Neurological Wearables for Clinical Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions

Dear Colleagues,

Advances in low-cost wearable sensor technologies have enabled a host of novel applications for diagnostics and therapeutics, which is the focus of this Special Issue. The portable nature of such technologies has the major advantage of permitting these assessments and treatments to be performed remotely, outside of the laboratory or clinical settings. This has important implications in the context of global pandemics or in remote communities, where in-person access to a neurologist is limited. Here, we focus on a subset of technologies within the context of remote assessment and treatment of neurological injury and disease. These so-called ‘neurological wearables’ hold the promise of enabling various new ‘telehealth’ or ‘virtual rehabilitation’ alternatives to standard neurological testing in the clinic. One common example includes motion tracking of the body during balance or mobility training; however, a range of different emerging approaches will be highlighted in this Special Issue. These wearables often wirelessly pair to a user-friendly smart device app interface for administering testing or a therapeutic session and capturing data obtained from the sensor(s). Moving standard neurological testing and treatment outside of the clinic is poised to drastically improve the cost/time efficiency and quality of healthcare while empowering users to participate in their patient journey.

Dr. Ryan Peters
Guest Editor

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