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ICT platform requirements and KPIs definitions
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detailed use cases will be identified based on Integrated Design and
Delivery Services (IDDS) framework findings. Unified Modelling
Language (UML) methodologies will be used in the task for a
normalised specification of needs. Additional technical definitions with
sequence diagrams will be identified. Relevant workflows of the user
types and the identification of best interaction and communication
methods with them will be identified. Needs for monitoring and
reporting services including the virtual tools and mobile communication
needs via mobile apps, augmented reality presentations and novel
visualisation functionalities will be identified.This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement Nº 820805.peer-reviewe
Hand Pronation-Supination Movement as a Proxy for Remotely Monitoring Gait and Posture Stability in Parkinson's Disease
The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) is a subjective Parkinson's Disease (PD) physician scoring/monitoring system. To date, there is no single upper limb wearable/non-contact system that can be used objectively to assess all UPDRS-III motor system subgroups (i.e., tremor (T), rigidity (R), bradykinesia (B), gait and posture (GP), and bulbar anomalies (BA)). We evaluated the use of a non-contact hand motion tracking system for potential extraction of GP information using forearm pronation-supination (P/S) motion parameters (speed, acceleration, and frequency). Twenty-four patients with idiopathic PD participated, and their UPDRS data were recorded bilaterally by physicians. Pearson's correlation, regression analyses, and Monte Carlo validation was conducted for all combinations of UPDRS subgroups versus motion parameters. In the 262,125 regression models that were trained and tested, the models within 1% of the lowest error showed that the frequency of P/S contributes to approximately one third of all models; while speed and acceleration also contribute significantly to the prediction of GP from the left-hand motion of right handed patients. In short, the P/S better indicated GP when performed with the non-dominant hand. There was also a significant negative correlation (with medium to large effect size, range: 0.3-0.58) between the P/S speed and the single BA score for both forearms and combined UPDRS score for the dominant hand. This study highlights the potential use of wearable or non-contact systems for forearm P/S to remotely monitor and predict the GP information in PD