@inproceedings{8263ad612c3143e6b68fae5b0293579e,
title = "Freezing of Gait detection in Parkinson's disease using accelerometer based smart clothes",
abstract = "Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological disorder. Patients suffer from different movement disturbances. Amongst others, freezing of gait (FOG) is a common and disabling feature. A new method for FOG detection using a garment with integrated accelerometers, the MiMed-Pants, is presented and evaluated. MiMed-Pants are loose fitting washable pants for measuring movements and were previously developed. The accelerations of shanks and belt of 6 patients were recorded while walking on two standardized courses. The occurrence of FOG were detected and documented both by the new method and by a physician. Those recordings were then compared afterwards to determine the new method's sensitivity and specificity. With this wearable measurement device FOG could be detected without the distracting effects of an extensive measurement installation.",
keywords = "Parkinson disease, accelerometer, freezing of gait, textile integrated measurement device",
author = "K. Niazmand and K. Tonn and Y. Zhao and Fietzek, {U. M.} and F. Schroeteler and K. Ziegler and Ceballos-Baumann, {A. O.} and Lueth, {T. C.}",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1109/BioCAS.2011.6107762",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781457714696",
series = "2011 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2011",
pages = "201--204",
booktitle = "2011 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2011",
note = "2011 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2011 ; Conference date: 10-11-2011 Through 12-11-2011",
}