TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bernhard, Felix P.
AU  - Sartor, Jennifer
AU  - Bettecken, Kristina
AU  - Hobert, Markus A
AU  - Arnold, Carina
AU  - Weber, Yvonne G
AU  - Poli, Sven
AU  - Margraf, Nils G
AU  - Schlenstedt, Christian
AU  - Hansen, Clint
AU  - Maetzler, Walter
TI  - Wearables for gait and balance assessment in the neurological ward - study design and first results of a prospective cross-sectional feasibility study with 384 inpatients.
JO  - BMC neurology
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
SN  - 1471-2377
CY  - Heidelberg
PB  - Springer
M1  - DZNE-2020-06472
SP  - 114
PY  - 2018
AB  - Deficits in gait and balance are common among neurological inpatients. Currently, assessment of these patients is mainly subjective. New assessment options using wearables may provide complementary and more objective information.In this prospective cross-sectional feasibility study performed over a four-month period, all patients referred to a normal neurology ward of a university hospital and aged between 40 and 89 years were asked to participate. Gait and balance deficits were assessed with wearables at the ankles and the lower back. Frailty, sarcopenia, Parkinsonism, depression, quality of life, fall history, fear of falling, physical activity, and cognition were evaluated with questionnaires and surveys.Eighty-two percent (n = 384) of all eligible patients participated. Of those, 39
KW  - Adult
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW  - Feasibility Studies
KW  - Female
KW  - Gait: physiology
KW  - Gait Disorders, Neurologic: diagnosis
KW  - Gait Disorders, Neurologic: epidemiology
KW  - Gait Disorders, Neurologic: physiopathology
KW  - Germany: epidemiology
KW  - Humans
KW  - Inpatients
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Postural Balance: physiology
KW  - Prospective Studies
KW  - Research Design
KW  - Wearable Electronic Devices
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:30115021
C2  - pmc:PMC6094895
DO  - DOI:10.1186/s12883-018-1111-7
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/140150
ER  -