2024
Assessing Free-Living Postural Sway in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis
Meyer B, Cohen J, DePetrillo P, Ceruolo M, Jangraw D, Cheney N, Solomon A, McGinnis R. Assessing Free-Living Postural Sway in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis. IEEE Transactions On Neural Systems And Rehabilitation Engineering 2024, 32: 967-973. PMID: 38373134, PMCID: PMC10966905, DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2024.3366903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeasures of postural swayPostural swayFall riskPostural instabilityAssessment of postural instabilityRemote patient monitoring technologyPostural sway assessmentMeasures of balanceMeasures of swayPredicting fall riskPatient-reported measuresPatient monitoring technologyForce platformBalance impairmentDisease statusMobility impairmentsWearable accelerometersLab-based measuresAssociated with disease statusSwayMultiple sclerosisAnalyzed dataRiskArea under curveDaily life
2020
Metrics extracted from a single wearable sensor during sit-stand transitions relate to mobility impairment and fall risk in people with multiple sclerosis
Tulipani L, Meyer B, Larie D, Solomon A, McGinnis R. Metrics extracted from a single wearable sensor during sit-stand transitions relate to mobility impairment and fall risk in people with multiple sclerosis. Gait & Posture 2020, 80: 361-366. PMID: 32615409, PMCID: PMC7413823, DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInertial sensorsAccelerometer-based approachFall riskBalance confidenceWearable inertial sensorsStand-to-sit transitionsTriaxial acceleration dataFall statusWearable sensorsAccelerometer-based metricsMeasures of disease severityAccelerometer featuresSelf-report outcome measuresChair stand testWearable accelerometersAccelerometer-derived metricsSit-to-standSit-stand transitionsAccuracy of functional assessmentsChallenging taskMetricsSensorClinical metricsAcceleration dataLogistic regression models