Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological Disorders
Balance impairment is a major mechanism behind falling along with environmental hazards. Under physiological conditions, ageing leads to a progressive decline in balance control per se. Moreover, various neurological disorders further increase the risk of falls by deteriorating specific nervous syst...
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| author | Alessandro Zampogna Ilaria Mileti Eduardo Palermo Claudia Celletti Marco Paoloni Alessandro Manoni Ivan Mazzetta Gloria Dalla Costa Carlos Pérez-López Filippo Camerota Letizia Leocani Joan Cabestany Fernanda Irrera Antonio Suppa |
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| description | Balance impairment is a major mechanism behind falling along with environmental hazards. Under physiological conditions, ageing leads to a progressive decline in balance control per se. Moreover, various neurological disorders further increase the risk of falls by deteriorating specific nervous system functions contributing to balance. Over the last 15 years, significant advancements in technology have provided wearable solutions for balance evaluation and the management of postural instability in patients with neurological disorders. This narrative review aims to address the topic of balance and wireless sensors in several neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and other neurodegenerative and acute clinical syndromes. The review discusses the physiological and pathophysiological bases of balance in neurological disorders as well as the traditional and innovative instruments currently available for balance assessment. The technical and clinical perspectives of wearable technologies, as well as current challenges in the field of teleneurology, are also examined. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-881ebcbef281487d8041e617e515e00e2023-11-20T03:06:28ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-06-012011324710.3390/s20113247Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological DisordersAlessandro Zampogna0Ilaria Mileti1Eduardo Palermo2Claudia Celletti3Marco Paoloni4Alessandro Manoni5Ivan Mazzetta6Gloria Dalla Costa7Carlos Pérez-López8Filippo Camerota9Letizia Leocani10Joan Cabestany11Fernanda Irrera12Antonio Suppa13Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Neurorehabilitation and Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, INSPE-Institute of Experimental Neurology, University Vita-Salute and Hospital San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, ItalyTechnical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Vilanova I la Geltrú, 08800 Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Neurorehabilitation and Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, INSPE-Institute of Experimental Neurology, University Vita-Salute and Hospital San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, ItalyTechnical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Vilanova I la Geltrú, 08800 Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyBalance impairment is a major mechanism behind falling along with environmental hazards. Under physiological conditions, ageing leads to a progressive decline in balance control per se. Moreover, various neurological disorders further increase the risk of falls by deteriorating specific nervous system functions contributing to balance. Over the last 15 years, significant advancements in technology have provided wearable solutions for balance evaluation and the management of postural instability in patients with neurological disorders. This narrative review aims to address the topic of balance and wireless sensors in several neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and other neurodegenerative and acute clinical syndromes. The review discusses the physiological and pathophysiological bases of balance in neurological disorders as well as the traditional and innovative instruments currently available for balance assessment. The technical and clinical perspectives of wearable technologies, as well as current challenges in the field of teleneurology, are also examined.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/11/3247wireless sensorswearablesbalanceposturographyAlzheimer’s diseaseParkinson’s disease |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Zampogna Ilaria Mileti Eduardo Palermo Claudia Celletti Marco Paoloni Alessandro Manoni Ivan Mazzetta Gloria Dalla Costa Carlos Pérez-López Filippo Camerota Letizia Leocani Joan Cabestany Fernanda Irrera Antonio Suppa Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological Disorders Sensors wireless sensors wearables balance posturography Alzheimer’s disease Parkinson’s disease |
| title | Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological Disorders |
| title_full | Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological Disorders |
| title_fullStr | Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological Disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological Disorders |
| title_short | Fifteen Years of Wireless Sensors for Balance Assessment in Neurological Disorders |
| title_sort | fifteen years of wireless sensors for balance assessment in neurological disorders |
| topic | wireless sensors wearables balance posturography Alzheimer’s disease Parkinson’s disease |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/11/3247 |
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