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Article

Quantitative Assessment of Gait Parameters in People with Parkinson's Disease in Laboratory and Clinical Setting: Are the Measures Interchangeable?

by
Massimiliano Pau
1,*,
Federica Corona
1,
Roberta Pili
2,
Carlo Casula
2,
Marco Guicciardi
3,
Giovanni Cossu
2 and
Mauro Murgia
4
1
Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy
2
AOB "G. Brotzu" General Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
3
Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Italy
4
Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Neurol. Int. 2018, 10(2), 7729; https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2018.7729
Submission received: 19 April 2018 / Revised: 19 April 2018 / Accepted: 20 May 2018 / Published: 4 July 2018

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate possible differences in spatio-temporal gait parameters of people with Parkinson’s Disease (pwPD) when they are tested either in laboratory using 3D Gait Analysis or in a clinical setting using wearable accelerometers. The main spatio-temporal gait parameters (speed, cadence, stride length, stance, swing and double support duration) of 31 pwPD were acquired: i) using a wearable accelerometer in a clinical setting while wearing shoes (ISS); ii) same as condition 1, but barefoot (ISB); iii) using an optoelectronic system (OES) undressed and barefoot. While no significant differences were found for cadence, stance, swing and double support duration, the experimental setting affected speed and stride length that decreased (by 17% and 12% respectively, P<0.005) when passing from the clinical (ISS) to the laboratory (OES) setting. These results suggest that gait assessment should be always performed in the same conditions to avoid errors, which may lead to inaccurate patient’s evaluations.
Keywords: gait; Parkinson's Disease; inertial sensor; spatio-temporal parameters gait; Parkinson's Disease; inertial sensor; spatio-temporal parameters

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Pau, M.; Corona, F.; Pili, R.; Casula, C.; Guicciardi, M.; Cossu, G.; Murgia, M. Quantitative Assessment of Gait Parameters in People with Parkinson's Disease in Laboratory and Clinical Setting: Are the Measures Interchangeable? Neurol. Int. 2018, 10, 7729. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2018.7729

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Pau M, Corona F, Pili R, Casula C, Guicciardi M, Cossu G, Murgia M. Quantitative Assessment of Gait Parameters in People with Parkinson's Disease in Laboratory and Clinical Setting: Are the Measures Interchangeable? Neurology International. 2018; 10(2):7729. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2018.7729

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Pau, Massimiliano, Federica Corona, Roberta Pili, Carlo Casula, Marco Guicciardi, Giovanni Cossu, and Mauro Murgia. 2018. "Quantitative Assessment of Gait Parameters in People with Parkinson's Disease in Laboratory and Clinical Setting: Are the Measures Interchangeable?" Neurology International 10, no. 2: 7729. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2018.7729

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