Remote smartphone gait monitoring and fall prediction in Parkinson's disease during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Massimo MaranoFrancesco MotoleseMariagrazia RossiAlessandro MagliozziZiv YekutieliVincenzo Di LazzaroPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
Our study provides new data on falls in Parkinson's disease during the lockdown. The reduction of falling events and the relationship with the stand-up time might suggest that a different quality of falls occurs when patient is forced to stay home - hence, clinicians should point their attention also on monitoring patients' sit-to-stand body transition other than more acknowledged features based on step quality.