Title :
WiiPD — An approach for the objective home assessment of Parkinson´s disease
Author :
Synnott, J. ; Chen, L. ; Nugent, C.D. ; Moore, G.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Res. Inst. & the Sch. of Comput. & Math., Univ. of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
This paper introduces WiiPD, an approach to home-based objective assessment of Parkinson´s disease. WiiPD aims to make use of the many capabilities of the Nintendo Wii Remote in combination with a number of bespoke data gathering methods to provide a rich and engaging user experience that can capture a wide range of motor and non-motor metrics. In this paper we discuss the architecture of the approach, and provide details of the implementation and testing of the motor-assessment component of the system. Initial results of testing on 6 users indicate that the system is able to differentiate between normal and abnormal motor performance, suggesting that the system has the potential to monitor the motor fluctuations associated with Parkinson´s disease.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical optical imaging; diseases; medical control systems; medical image processing; neurophysiology; patient monitoring; remote consoles; video signal processing; Nintendo Wii Remote; Parkinson´s disease; WiiPD; bespoke data gathering methods; motor fluctuations; motor metrics; motor-assessment component; nonmotor metrics; objective home assessment; Accelerometers; Accuracy; Educational institutions; Parkinson´s disease; Presses; Testing; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Humans; Movement Disorders; Parkinson Disease; Reproducibility of Results; Self Care; Sensitivity and Specificity; Video Games;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090666
