The objective is to design, build, and clinically assess ParkinStep", a compact, portable, wireless movement disorder monitor technology to quantify gait and balance performance in Parkinson's disease (PD). A standardized platform for repeatable, automated testing to assess gait and balance in response to deep brain stimulation (DBS) settings should optimize patient outcomes and provide a novel research tool for new DBS protocols targeted to gait and balance. There has currently been tremendous growth and active research into PD pathophysiology and treatment including pharmaceutical interventions and DBS. Efficacy is judged by alleviation of patient symptoms and improved quality of life. After initial DBS surgery, several follow-up examinations optimize stimulation parameters to minimize motor symptoms and side effects, increase battery life, and decrease required drug therapy. The current standard in symptom evaluation is the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), a qualitative ranking system. During DBS programming sessions, a neurologist typically assesses upper extremity function using a subset of the UPDRS motor exam. While gait and balance are critical components to quality of life measures and irregular lower extremity function can be disabling, these often receive less attention than upper extremity counterparts. CleveMed has previously developed a technology platform called ParkinSense" to quantify upper extremity PD motor symptoms. Clinical trials have been conducted with PD subjects to quantitatively assess severity of tremor and bradykinesia. Outputs were highly correlated with clinicians' qualitative UPDRS scores. Additionally, the objective, quantitative ParkinSense output scores provided increased resolution on a continuous scale compared to visual observations using the discrete UPDRS. With only minor hardware upgrades required for gait and balance and excellent clinical results to date, this previously existing base enhances likelihood of project success. We hypothesize ParkinStep will successfully capture quantitative symptom variables related to gait and balance, process those variables into a algorithm whose output correlates to qualitative clinician scoring of gait and balance, and demonstrate high clinical acceptability by both patients and clinicians. This development will continue CleveMed's path to providing a standardized platform for quantitatively assessing all components of the UPDRS motor section.
Public Health Relevance: Parkinson's disease is primarily characterized by the "classic" motor symptoms of tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity; however, other lower extremity symptoms such as balance and gait disturbances, especially in advanced patients, can be very debilitating, leading to decreased mobility and independence, decreased quality of life and an increased falling/hip fracture risk. Clinicians lack quantitative tools to optimize deep brain stimulation programming for alleviating Parkinson's motor symptoms. ParkinStep" will be a repeatable, automated tool that can quantify lower extremity motor function and assist stimulation programming during outpatient follow up to optimize patient outcomes.,
Public Health Relevance Statement:, Parkinson's disease is primarily characterized by the "classic" motor symptoms of tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity; however, other lower extremity symptoms such as balance and gait disturbances, especially in advanced patients, can be very debilitating, leading to decreased mobility and independence, decreased quality of life and an increased falling/hip fracture risk. Clinicians lack quantitative tools to optimize deep brain stimulation programming for alleviating Parkinson's motor symptoms. ParkinStep" will be a repeatable, automated tool that can quantify lower extremity motor function and assist stimulation programming during outpatient follow up to optimize patient outcomes.,
Project Terms:, Abnormal gait; Active Follow-up; Adverse effects; Affect; Algorithms; Amplifiers; Attention; Bradykinesia; Clinical; Clinical Research; Clinical Study; Clinical Trials; Clinical Trials, Unspecified; Complex; Computer Programs; Computer software; Custom; Data; Deep Brain Stimulation; Development; Devices; Diagnostic; Disease; Disorder; Drug Therapy; Dysfunction; Dyskinesia Syndromes; Dystonia; EMG; Electromyography; Equilibrium; Evaluation; Feedback; Figs; Figs - dietary; Fingers; Functional disorder; Gait; Gait abnormality; Gait disorder; Gait disturbances; Generalized Growth; Growth; Hip Fractures; Home; Home environment; Housing; Human; Human, General; Huntington Chorea; Huntington Disease; Huntington's; Huntington's Disease; Huntington's Disease Pathway; Huntingtons Disease; Idiopathic Parkinson Disease; Intervention; Intervention Strategies; Investigators; Lewy Body Parkinson Disease; Life; Lower Extremity; Lower Limb; Man (Taxonomy); Man, Modern; Measures; Membrum inferius; Membrum superius; Memory; Minor; Modification; Monitor; Motion; Motor; Movement; Movement Disorder Syndromes; Movement Disorders; Muscle Dystonia; Muscle Rigidity; Neurologist; Operation; Operative Procedures; Operative Surgical Procedures; Out-patients; Outcome; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Outcomes Assessment; Outpatients; Output; Paralysis Agitans; Parkinson; Parkinson Disease; Parkinson's; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsons disease; Patients; Pattern; Performance; Pharmaceutical Agent; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmacologic Substance; Pharmacological Substance; Pharmacotherapy; Phase; Physiopathology; Primary Parkinsonism; Process; Programs (PT); Programs [Publication Type]; Progressive Chorea, Hereditary, Chronic (Huntington); Protocol; Protocols documentation; QOL; Quality of life; Radio; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Researchers; Resolution; Rigidity; Rigidity, Muscular; Risk; Severities; Software; Surgical; Surgical Interventions; Surgical Procedure; Symptoms; System; System, LOINC Axis 4; Technology; Testing; Time; Tissue Growth; Treatment Efficacy; Treatment Side Effects; Tremor; Upper Extremity; Upper Limb; Visual; Wireless Technology; balance; balance function; base; body movement; clinical investigation; computer program/software; computerized data processing; data acquisition; data exchange; data processing; design; designing; disease/disorder; falls; follow-up; improved; insight; interventional strategy; movie; novel; ontogeny; pathophysiology; patient safety; programs; prototype; public health relevance; response; sensor; side effect; signal processing; success; surgery; therapeutic efficacy; therapeutically effective; therapy adverse effect; tool; treatment adverse effect; wireless
