Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurological movement disorders, and patients often suffer freezing of gait (FOG), in which they feel that their feet are "stuck to the floor" and are unable to take another step. Here we present work towards an electronic system which will sense FOG events and use electrical muscle stimulus to alleviate the episode. Our prototype has a Bluetooth module, microcontroller, accelerometer, and gyroscope. Sensor data can be recorded wirelessly to a PC. The end goal is to create a closed-loop system which can sense FOG and trigger an appropriate stimulus to re-initiate normal movement.
Tian, Andrew,
"Wireless system for alleviating freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease"
(2014).
Summer Research Symposium.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/d6s5-hf95
Each year, Brown University showcases the research of its undergraduates at the Summer Research Symposium. More than half of the student-researchers are UTRA recipients, while others receive funding from a variety of Brown-administered and national programs and fellowships and go …
