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Performing Dynamic Weight-Shifting Balance Exercises With a Smartphone-Based Wearable Telerehabilitation System for Home Use by Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Study
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol 31, Pp 456-463 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2023.
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Abstract
- Telerehabilitation technology often helps individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to control their balance and improve postural stability. This proof-of-concept study describes the redesign of a smartphone-based wearable balance rehabilitation system, or Smarter Balance System (SBS) intended for in-home use, and determines the number of exercise sessions required to achieve steady-state balance exercise performance by people with PD who performed 6 weeks of in-home dynamic weight-shifting balance exercises. The redesigned SBS supplied real-time multimodal (visual and vibrotactile) biofeedback during dynamic weight-shifting balance exercises (WSBEs). A Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) questionnaire completed by participants validated its acceptability and use. The results of regression analyses of participants’ balance exercise performance, based on the average cross-correlations and absolute position errors between the target motion and the exerciser’s motion, showed exponential trends, a performance plateau after 3 weeks, and a quasi-steady state performance by the end of 6 consecutive weeks.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15580210
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.55996f023494515b632ee9501feb062
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2022.3226368