2023
Chest-Based Wearables and Individualized Distributions for Assessing Postural Sway in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis
Meyer B, Cohen J, Donahue N, Fox S, O’Leary A, Brown A, Leahy C, VanDyk T, DePetrillo P, Ceruolo M, Cheney N, Solomon A, McGinnis R. Chest-Based Wearables and Individualized Distributions for Assessing Postural Sway in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis. IEEE Transactions On Neural Systems And Rehabilitation Engineering 2023, 31: 2132-2139. PMID: 37067975, PMCID: PMC10408383, DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2023.3267807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported measuresPostural sway featuresPostural swaySway featuresForce platformBalance assessmentMeasures of postural swayPostural sway measuresAssess postural swayStanding tasksSway measuresFall statusBalance impairmentLower backMobility impairmentsConcurrent validityChest accelerometerEyes-openMultiple sclerosisSensor patchSwayStatus groupsEyes-closedAccelerometerTraditional computers
2022
How Much Data Is Enough? A Reliable Methodology to Examine Long-Term Wearable Data Acquisition in Gait and Postural Sway
Meyer B, Depetrillo P, Franco J, Donahue N, Fox S, O’Leary A, Loftness B, Gurchiek R, Buckley M, Solomon A, Ng S, Cheney N, Ceruolo M, McGinnis R. How Much Data Is Enough? A Reliable Methodology to Examine Long-Term Wearable Data Acquisition in Gait and Postural Sway. Sensors 2022, 22: 6982. PMID: 36146348, PMCID: PMC9503816, DOI: 10.3390/s22186982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree-living environmentBalance impairmentIntra-class correlationPostural sway measuresMeasures of gaitEvaluation of gaitWearable accelerometer dataWear durationSway measuresPostural swayCapturing gaitEstablished patientMovement variabilityImpairment measuresGaitPatient burdenAccelerometer dataClinical measuresDays of monitoringWearable sensor-based methodsSensor wearSwayRegression analysisComprehensive assessmentStudy costs