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IoT 16(8): e5

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Parkinson’s disease as a Working Model for Global Healthcare Restructuration: The Internet of Things and Wearables Technologies

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261705,
        author={Cristian Pasluosta and Heiko Gassner and Juergen Winkler and Jochen Klucken and Bjoern Eskofier},
        title={Parkinson’s disease as a Working Model for Global Healthcare Restructuration: The Internet of Things and Wearables Technologies},
        journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things},
        volume={2},
        number={8},
        publisher={ACM},
        journal_a={IOT},
        year={2015},
        month={12},
        keywords={internet of things, wearables, parkinson, postural instability},
        doi={10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261705}
    }
    
  • Cristian Pasluosta
    Heiko Gassner
    Juergen Winkler
    Jochen Klucken
    Bjoern Eskofier
    Year: 2015
    Parkinson’s disease as a Working Model for Global Healthcare Restructuration: The Internet of Things and Wearables Technologies
    IOT
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261705
Cristian Pasluosta1,*, Heiko Gassner2, Juergen Winkler2, Jochen Klucken2, Bjoern Eskofier1
  • 1: Digital Sports Group, Pattern Recognition Lab, Department of Computer Science, Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
  • 2: Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
*Contact email: cristian.pasluosta@fau.de

Abstract

With the rapid growth and increased life expectancy of the world’s population, the prevalence of chronic disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) is also increasing. This challenges the current healthcare system in terms of cost and resources reallocation. An emerging approach facilitated by a new technological platform, called the Internet of Things, and the introduction of wearable devices for medical applications is a potential solution to this problem. Miniaturized and low-cost sensor units are placed close to the patients’ body to unobtrusively collect information about their health status. This information is distributed through a smart Internet grid, creating an efficient structure that reduces costs and maximizes the resources. Patient engagement plays a key role in this healthcare restructuration. Here, we discuss the state-of-the-art of this technological revolution with emphasis in Parkinson’s disease. As an example for the application of this platform to PD, we present a potential approach to assess an important symptom- namely postural instability- using wearable sensor technology.

Keywords
internet of things, wearables, parkinson, postural instability
Published
2015-12-22
Publisher
ACM
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261705

Copyright © 2015 C. Pasluosta et al., licensed to EAI. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.

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