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TitleGait in Mild Alzheimer's Disease: Feasibility of Multi-Center Measurement in the Clinic and Home with Body-Worn Sensors: A Pilot Study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsArdle, RMc, Morris, R, Hickey, A, Del Din, S, Koychev, I, Gunn, RN, Lawson, J, Zamboni, G, Ridha, B, Sahakian, BJ, Rowe, JB, Thomas, A, Zetterberg, H, MacKay, C, Lovestone, S, Rochesteron, L
Corporate AuthorsDeep and Frequent Phenotyping study team (
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume63
Issue1
Pagination331-341
Date Published2018
ISSN1875-8908
Abstract

Gait is emerging as a potential diagnostic tool for cognitive decline. The 'Deep and Frequent Phenotyping for Experimental Medicine in Dementia Study' (D&FP) is a multicenter feasibility study embedded in the United Kingdom Dementia Platform designed to determine participant acceptability and feasibility of extensive and repeated phenotyping to determine the optimal combination of biomarkers to detect disease progression and identify early risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Gait is included as a clinical biomarker. The tools to quantify gait in the clinic and home, and suitability for multi-center application have not been examined. Six centers from the National Institute for Health Research Translational Research Collaboration in Dementia initiative recruited 20 individuals with early onset AD. Participants wore a single wearable (tri-axial accelerometer) and completed both clinic-based and free-living gait assessment. A series of macro (behavioral) and micro (spatiotemporal) characteristics were derived from the resultant data using previously validated algorithms. Results indicate good participant acceptability, and potential for use of body-worn sensors in both the clinic and the home. Recommendations for future studies have been provided. Gait has been demonstrated to be a feasible and suitable measure, and future research should examine its suitability as a biomarker in AD.

DOI10.3233/JAD-171116
Alternate JournalJ. Alzheimers Dis.
PubMed ID29614664
Grant ListMC_U105597119 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/L023784/1 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
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