Skip to Content

Disclaimer

Disclaimer
MDS makes every effort to publish accurate information on the website. "Google Translate" is provided as a free tool for visitors to read content in one's native language. Translations are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. Neither MDS nor its employees assume liability for erroneous translations of website content.

 
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Disclaimer: MDS does not support, endorse or recommend applications listed in this database. They are listed as a courtesy, and include contact information for the developer or company responsible for the application creation.
Main Content

Dual-Task Gait and Balance Assessment

Target population: Patients with Parkinson's Disease 

Measures:  Gait / Mobility 

Clinical support: Monitoring 

The app can enable the remote assessment of gait and balance, especially in dual task condition, in different environments, including the clinical laboratory or in the user's home. By using the app, the standing postural sway and gait variability can be automatically characterized. The tests can be completed by older adults and people with PD by putting the phone into the pocket and following the automatic cue from the app. No training or high-tech expertise is needed to use this application. 
 


Languages:  English

Platform:  Mobile Phone (iPhone, Android) 

User interfaces:  Patients, Caregivers (professional/non-professional), Research study personnel, Doctors, Therapists

Additional Features:

  • Unlimited amount of participants
  • Can generate a database
  • Control data available
  • Support for usage/test-setting/analysis. Additional cost
  • Data storage in cloud-based server
  • User owns the data. Development team can manage it with IRB approval.

 

For more information:
Junhong Zhou, Brad Manor
junhongzhou@hsl.harvard.edu 

We use cookies to give you the best possible experience with our website. These cookies are also used to ensure we show you content that is relevant to you. If you continue without changing your settings, you are agreeing to our use of cookies to improve your user experience. You can click the cookie settings link on our website to change your cookie settings at any time. Note: The MDS site uses related multiple domains, including mds.movementdisorders.org and mds.execinc.com. This cookie policy only covers the primary movementdisorders.org and mdscongress.org domain. Please refer to the MDS Privacy Policy for information on how to configure cookies for all other domains on the MDS site.
Cookie PolicyPrivacy Notice

Cookie Settings

  • Your Privacy

  • Strictly Necessary

  • Performance

  • Targeting/Advertising

Your Privacy

When you visit a website, it may collect information about your browser, your preferences, or your device to make the website work as you expect it to. This information is collected in the form of cookies. The information collected does not identify you directly, but it can give you a more personalized website experience. The following describes the different types of cookies we are using and gives you the option to not allow some types of cookies. Click on the category headings to learn more and change your default cookie settings. Please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your website experience.

Strictly Necessary

Always Enabled

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, website services, such as remembering your shopping cart items, cannot be provided. We are unable to turn these cookies off in the system. While you may be able to set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, some parts of the website will not function without them.

Modules:

Performance

These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use the website: website visits, traffic sources, click patterns and similar metrics. They help us understand what pages are the most popular. All of the information collected is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our website.

Modules:

Targeting/Advertising

These cookies collection information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are set up through our advertising partners, who compile your interests and target you with relevant ads on other websites or platforms. If you do not allow these cookies, you will not experience our targeted advertising on other places throughout the web.

Modules: