WiiPD--an approach for the objective home assessment of Parkinson's disease

J Synnott; L Chen; C D Nugent; G Moore

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090666

WiiPD--an approach for the objective home assessment of Parkinson's disease

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011:2011:2388-91. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090666.

Authors

J Synnott¹, L Chen, C D Nugent, G Moore

Affiliation

¹ Computer Science Research Institute and the School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster. synnottj2@email.ulster.ac.uk

PMID: 22254822
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090666

Abstract

This paper introduces WiiPD, an approach to home-based objective assessment of Parkinson's disease. WiiPD aims to make use of the many capabilities of the Nintendo Wii Remote in combination with a number of bespoke data gathering methods to provide a rich and engaging user experience that can capture a wide range of motor and non-motor metrics. In this paper we discuss the architecture of the approach, and provide details of the implementation and testing of the motor-assessment component of the system. Initial results of testing on 6 users indicate that the system is able to differentiate between normal and abnormal motor performance, suggesting that the system has the potential to monitor the motor fluctuations associated with Parkinson's disease.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Humans
Movement Disorders / diagnosis*
Movement Disorders / etiology
Parkinson Disease / complications
Parkinson Disease / diagnosis*
Reproducibility of Results
Self Care / methods*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Video Games*