Editorial: new advanced wireless technologies for objective monitoring of motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

Nowadays, a growing number of researchers is using advanced wearable technologies with inertial measurement units (IMUs) to improve the evaluation of motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). In this contest, wearable sensors are promising technologies possibly helpful for the overall clinical management of PD. The present Research Topic entitled “New Advanced Wireless Technologies for Objective Monitoring of Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease” explores advances and perspectives of new wearable devices applied to patients with PD in order to support the clinical assessment with objective methods. The eleven manuscripts included in this Research Topic deal with the evaluation of a wide range of motor symptoms in patients with PD, including the classical cardinal signs such as bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, postural instability and disabling gait disorders such as Freezing of Gait (FOG). FOG significantly increases the risk of falls in patients with PD, resulting in a negative impact on quality of life

New advanced wireless technologies for objective monitoring of motor symptoms in parkinson's disease

Edition of a Research topic of Frontiers in Neurology with 12 reviewed and accepted original papersPeer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Analysis of PMMA distribution around spine cannulated pedicle screws in osteoporotic lumbar and sacral vertebrae

The main goal of this project has been to analyse the distribution of injected cement into vertebrae. The study has focused on the cement’s behaviour around pedicle screws inserted into lumbar (L4 and L5) and sacral (S1) vertebrae of elder people who underwent vertebroplasty. Models of the screw and cement were obtained from Computed Tomography. Once treated with CAD software, the models were ready to be studied. Longitudinal and transversal views of the maximum injected cement profiles were obtained. From these profiles, results could be obtained. They showed a tendency of injected cement into S1 vertebra to behave asymmetrically compared to a more symmetrical and homogeneous behaviour shown when injected into L4 and L5 vertebrae. Thus, leading to the assumption that pedicle screws injected into L4 and L5 vertebrae have a better chance of success than those injected into S1 vertebra

Enhancing FoG detection by means of postural context using a waist accelerometer

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