Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensors

BackgroundDifficulty getting out of bed is a common night-time and early morning manifestation of Parkinson's disease (PD), rated by 40% of the patients as their most concerning motor symptoms. However, current assessment methods are based on clinical interviews, video analysis, and clinical sc...

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Main Authors: Jirada Sringean, Chusak Thanawattano, Roongroj Bhidayasiri
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmedt.2022.922218/full
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Chusak Thanawattano
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description BackgroundDifficulty getting out of bed is a common night-time and early morning manifestation of Parkinson's disease (PD), rated by 40% of the patients as their most concerning motor symptoms. However, current assessment methods are based on clinical interviews, video analysis, and clinical scales as objective outcome measures are not yet available.ObjectiveTo study the technical feasibility of multisite wearable sensors in the assessment of the supine-to-stand (STS) task as a determinant of the ability to get out of bed in patients with PD and age-matched control subjects, and develop relevant objective outcome measures.MethodsThe STS task was assessed in 32 patients with PD (mean Hoehn and Yahr; HY = 2.5) in the early morning before their first dopaminergic medication, and in 14 control subjects, using multisite wearable sensors (NIGHT-Recorder®; trunk, both wrists, and both ankles) in a sleep laboratory. Objective getting out of bed parameters included duration, onset, velocity and acceleration of truncal rotation, and angle deviation (a°) from the z-axis when subjects rose from the bed at different angles from the x-axis (10°, 15°, 30°, 45°, and 60°) as measures of truncal lateral flexion. Movement patterns were identified from the first body part or parts that moved. Correlation analysis was performed between these objective outcomes and standard clinical rating scales.ResultsCompared to control subjects, the duration of STS was significantly longer in patients with PD (p = 0.012), which is associated with a significantly slower velocity of truncal rotation (p = 0.003). Moderate and significant correlations were observed between the mean STS duration and age, and the Nocturnal Hypokinesia Questionnaire. The velocity of truncal rotation negatively and significantly correlated with HY staging. Any arm and leg moved together as the first movement significantly correlated with UPDRS-Axial and item #28. Several other correlations were also observed.ConclusionOur study was able to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using multisite wearable sensors to quantitatively assess early objective outcome measures of the ability of patients with PD to get out of bed, which significantly correlated with axial severity scores, suggesting that axial impairment could be a contributing factor in difficulty getting out of bed. Future studies are needed to refine these outcome measures for use in therapeutic trials related to nocturia or early morning akinesia in PD.
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spelling doaj.art-a9775b633bbd4aa0b0d526a6d45bce592022-12-22T01:27:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medical Technology2673-31292022-08-01410.3389/fmedt.2022.922218922218Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensorsJirada Sringean0Chusak Thanawattano1Roongroj Bhidayasiri2Roongroj Bhidayasiri3Chulalongkorn Centre of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease & Related Disorders, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, ThailandNational Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathumthani, ThailandChulalongkorn Centre of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease & Related Disorders, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, ThailandThe Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok, ThailandBackgroundDifficulty getting out of bed is a common night-time and early morning manifestation of Parkinson's disease (PD), rated by 40% of the patients as their most concerning motor symptoms. However, current assessment methods are based on clinical interviews, video analysis, and clinical scales as objective outcome measures are not yet available.ObjectiveTo study the technical feasibility of multisite wearable sensors in the assessment of the supine-to-stand (STS) task as a determinant of the ability to get out of bed in patients with PD and age-matched control subjects, and develop relevant objective outcome measures.MethodsThe STS task was assessed in 32 patients with PD (mean Hoehn and Yahr; HY = 2.5) in the early morning before their first dopaminergic medication, and in 14 control subjects, using multisite wearable sensors (NIGHT-Recorder®; trunk, both wrists, and both ankles) in a sleep laboratory. Objective getting out of bed parameters included duration, onset, velocity and acceleration of truncal rotation, and angle deviation (a°) from the z-axis when subjects rose from the bed at different angles from the x-axis (10°, 15°, 30°, 45°, and 60°) as measures of truncal lateral flexion. Movement patterns were identified from the first body part or parts that moved. Correlation analysis was performed between these objective outcomes and standard clinical rating scales.ResultsCompared to control subjects, the duration of STS was significantly longer in patients with PD (p = 0.012), which is associated with a significantly slower velocity of truncal rotation (p = 0.003). Moderate and significant correlations were observed between the mean STS duration and age, and the Nocturnal Hypokinesia Questionnaire. The velocity of truncal rotation negatively and significantly correlated with HY staging. Any arm and leg moved together as the first movement significantly correlated with UPDRS-Axial and item #28. Several other correlations were also observed.ConclusionOur study was able to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using multisite wearable sensors to quantitatively assess early objective outcome measures of the ability of patients with PD to get out of bed, which significantly correlated with axial severity scores, suggesting that axial impairment could be a contributing factor in difficulty getting out of bed. Future studies are needed to refine these outcome measures for use in therapeutic trials related to nocturia or early morning akinesia in PD.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmedt.2022.922218/fullParkinson's diseasegetting out of bedearly morning akinesianocturiawearable sensorobjective outcome measure
spellingShingle Jirada Sringean
Chusak Thanawattano
Roongroj Bhidayasiri
Roongroj Bhidayasiri
Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensors
Frontiers in Medical Technology
Parkinson's disease
getting out of bed
early morning akinesia
nocturia
wearable sensor
objective outcome measure
title Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensors
title_full Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensors
title_fullStr Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensors
title_full_unstemmed Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensors
title_short Technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with Parkinson's disease: Insights from multisite wearable sensors
title_sort technological evaluation of strategies to get out of bed by people with parkinson s disease insights from multisite wearable sensors
topic Parkinson's disease
getting out of bed
early morning akinesia
nocturia
wearable sensor
objective outcome measure
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmedt.2022.922218/full
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