TY - GEN
T1 - GaitAssist
T2 - 12th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom Workshops 2014
AU - Mazilu, Sinziana
AU - Blanke, Ulf
AU - Hardegger, Michael
AU - Troster, Gerhard
AU - Gazit, Eran
AU - Dorfman, Moran
AU - Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Many patients with Parkinson's disease suffer from short periods during which they cannot continue walking, the so-called freezing of gait. Patients can learn to use rhythmic auditory sounds as support during these episodes. We developed GaitAssist, a personalized wearable system for freezing of gait support, that enables training in unsupervised environments. GaitAssist detects freezing episodes from ankle-mounted motion sensors, which stream data via Bluetooth to an Android phone. In response, the system plays a rhythmic auditory sound that adapts to the patient's regular gait speed. While GaitAssist can be used as a daily-life assistant, it also provides support for three types of training and rehabilitation exercises. The user can create personalized training sessions by adjusting the exercise and feedback parameters.
AB - Many patients with Parkinson's disease suffer from short periods during which they cannot continue walking, the so-called freezing of gait. Patients can learn to use rhythmic auditory sounds as support during these episodes. We developed GaitAssist, a personalized wearable system for freezing of gait support, that enables training in unsupervised environments. GaitAssist detects freezing episodes from ankle-mounted motion sensors, which stream data via Bluetooth to an Android phone. In response, the system plays a rhythmic auditory sound that adapts to the patient's regular gait speed. While GaitAssist can be used as a daily-life assistant, it also provides support for three types of training and rehabilitation exercises. The user can create personalized training sessions by adjusting the exercise and feedback parameters.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84901369307
U2 - 10.1109/PerComW.2014.6815179
DO - 10.1109/PerComW.2014.6815179
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84901369307
SN - 9781479927364
T3 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, PERCOM WORKSHOPS 2014
SP - 135
EP - 137
BT - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, PERCOM WORKSHOPS 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Y2 - 24 March 2014 through 28 March 2014
ER -