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SUMMARY:Measuring mobility outside the laboratory with digital health tech
 nology: are we there yet? - Silvia Del Din\, Translational and Clinical Re
 search Institute\, Newcastle Univerisity
DTSTART:20231024T150000Z
DTEND:20231024T160000Z
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CONTACT:Cecilia Mascolo
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever thought about how you walk? Did you know that mo
 bility and the way you walk – (your gait) is considered the 6th vital si
 gn\, acting as a biomarker for health status and brain function?\n\nMobili
 ty is emerging as a powerful tool to detect early risk and monitor disease
  progression across a number of diseases (e.g.\, Parkinson’s disease (PD
 )).\n\nTypically\, quantitative gait assessment has been limited to specia
 lised laboratory facilities. However\, measuring gait in home and communit
 y settings (i.e.\, in the “real world”) may provide a more accurate re
 flection of gait performance as it allows walking activity to be captured 
 over time in habitual contexts.\n\nIn this context\, using digital health 
 technology (e.g.\, accelerometers) allows objective measurement of real-wo
 rld walking activity/behaviour as well as discrete gait characteristics (e
 .g.\, gait speed).\n\nThis workshop will give an overview of how and why w
 e should monitor mobility in the real-world with digital health technology
 \, and the types of data/information can be collected remotely. Advantages
  and challenges of using digital health technology for remote monitoring o
 f mobility will be discussed\, including results from clinical research ap
 plications in PD.
LOCATION:Computer Lab\, FW11 and Online (zoom link on this page)
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