Performing Dynamic Weight-Shifting Balance Exercises With a Smartphone-Based Wearable Telerehabilitation System for Home Use by Individuals With Parkinson's Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Beom Chan Lee, Junmo An, Jiyeon Kim, Eugene C. Lai

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Abstract

Telerehabilitation technology often helps individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) to control their balance and improve postural stability. This proof-of-concept study describes the redesign of a smartphone-based wearable balance rehabilitation system, or Smarter Balance System (SBS) intended for in-home use, and determines the number of exercise sessions required to achieve steady-state balance exercise performance by people with PD who performed 6 weeks of in-home dynamic weight-shifting balance exercises. The redesigned SBS supplied real-time multimodal (visual and vibrotactile) biofeedback during dynamic weight-shifting balance exercises (WSBEs). A Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) questionnaire completed by participants validated its acceptability and use. The results of regression analyses of participants' balance exercise performance, based on the average cross-correlations and absolute position errors between the target motion and the exerciser's motion, showed exponential trends, a performance plateau after 3 weeks, and a quasi-steady state performance by the end of 6 consecutive weeks.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)456-463
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Volume31
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Parkinson's disease
  • Smartphone
  • in-home balance exercises
  • telerehabilitation
  • wearable biofeedback technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Neuroscience(all)
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Rehabilitation

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