Wireless sensing system for long-time assistance in the Parkinson’s disease
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Irrera Fernanda, Kita Ardian, Rao Rosario, Suppa Antonio
A non-invasive wearable wireless sensing system for assisting patients affected by
Parkinson’s Disease is proposed. It uses inertial sensors to recognize gait states and involuntary gait
freezing. The system is designed for indoor and outdoor long-time monitoring and realizes an
individual electronic diary useful for doctors for estimating better the stage of the disease and
customizing the pharmacological therapy. Standard tests were performed on a noticeable number
of patients. The system performances are the state-of-art in the detection of specific movement
disorders of PD patients. The algorithm demonstrated its reliability and robustness respect to
individual specific gait and postural behaviors.