BackgroundFreezing of gait (FoG) is a complex, frequent, and disabling motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). Wearable technology has the potential to improve FoG assessment by providing objective, quantitative, and continuous monitoring.Objectiv...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Mar 6, 2025
Human activity recognition (HAR) can play a vital role in biomedical and health informatics by enabling the monitoring of human daily activities and health behaviors. Accurate HAR can provide valuable insights into patients' physical activity levels,...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Feb 10, 2025
Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is essential for monitoring and analyzing human behavior, particularly in health applications such as fall detection and chronic disease management. Traditional methods, even those incorporating attention mechanisms, ...
Early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, improves treatment and care outcomes for patients. Early signs of cognitive decline can be detected using functional scales, which are written records completed by a clinicia...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Dec 5, 2024
Detecting gait abnormalities is crucial for assessing fall risks and early identification of neuromusculoskeletal disorders such as Parkinson's and stroke. Traditional assessments in gait clinics are infrequent and pose barriers, particularly for dis...
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Nov 21, 2024
The severity of mobility deficits is one of the most critical parameters in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and rehabilitation. The current approach for severity evaluation is clinical scaling that relies on a clinician's subjective observa...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Oct 29, 2024
Motor symptoms such as tremor and bradykinesia can develop concurrently in Parkinson's disease; thus, the ideal home monitoring system should be capable of tracking symptoms continuously despite background noise from daily activities. The goal of thi...
As Canada's population of older adults rises, the need for aging-in-place solutions is growing due to the declining quality of long-term-care homes and long wait times. While the current standards include questionnaire-based assessments for monitorin...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
May 6, 2024
Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has recently attracted widespread attention, with the effective application of this technology helping people in areas such as healthcare, smart homes, and gait analysis. Deep learning methods have shown remarkable pe...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Sep 1, 2022
Proactively detecting falls and preventing injuries are among the primary keys to a healthy life for the elderly. Near-fall remote monitoring in daily life could provide key information to prevent future falls and obtain quantitative rehabilitation s...
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