Toward objective monitoring of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms using a wearable device: wearability and performance evaluation of PDMonitor®

Research output: Contribution to journalResearch articleContributedpeer-review

Contributors

  • Angelo Antonini - , University of Padua (Author)
  • Heinz Reichmann - , Department of Neurology (Author)
  • Giovanni Gentile - , University of Padua (Author)
  • Michela Garon - , University of Padua (Author)
  • Chiara Tedesco - , University of Padua (Author)
  • Anika Frank - , Department of Neurology, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (Author)
  • Bjoern Falkenburger - , Department of Neurology, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden site (Partner: DZNE of the Helmholtz Association) (Author)
  • Spyridon Konitsiotis - , University of Ioannina (Author)
  • Konstantinos Tsamis - , University of Ioannina (Author)
  • Georgios Rigas - , PD Neurotechnology Ltd. (Author)
  • Nicholas Kostikis - , PD Neurotechnology Ltd. (Author)
  • Adamantios Ntanis - , PD Neurotechnology Ltd. (Author)
  • Constantinos Pattichis - , University of Cyprus (Author)

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by a variety of motor and non-motor symptoms. As disease progresses, fluctuations in the response to levodopa treatment may develop, along with emergence of freezing of gait (FoG) and levodopa induced dyskinesia (LiD). The optimal management of the motor symptoms and their complications, depends, principally, on the consistent detection of their course, leading to improved treatment decisions. During the last few years, wearable devices have started to be used in the clinical practice for monitoring patients' PD-related motor symptoms, during their daily activities. This work describes the results of 2 multi-site clinical studies (PDNST001 and PDNST002) designed to validate the performance and the wearability of a new wearable monitoring device, the PDMonitor®, in the detection of PD-related motor symptoms. For the studies, 65 patients with Parkinson's disease and 28 healthy individuals (controls) were recruited. Specifically, during the Phase I of the first study, participants used the monitoring device for 2-6 h in a clinic while neurologists assessed the exhibited parkinsonian symptoms every half hour using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Part III, as well as the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) for dyskinesia severity assessment. The goal of Phase I was data gathering. On the other hand, during the Phase II of the first study, as well as during the second study (PDNST002), day-to-day variability was evaluated, with patients in the former and with control subjects in the latter. In both cases, the device was used for a number of days, with the subjects being unsupervised and free to perform any kind of daily activities. The monitoring device produced estimations of the severity of the majority of PD-related motor symptoms and their fluctuations. Statistical analysis demonstrated that the accuracy in the detection of symptoms and the correlation between their severity and the expert evaluations were high. As a result, the studies confirmed the effectiveness of the system as a continuous telemonitoring solution, easy to be used to facilitate decision-making for the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number1080752
Number of pages20
JournalFrontiers in neurology
Volume14
Publication statusPublished - 16 May 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC10228366
Scopus 85153748525
ORCID /0000-0002-2387-526X/work/150328941

Keywords

Library keywords