Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review

<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Diabetes mellitus is considered a serious public health problem due to its high prevalence and related complications, including gait and posture impairments due to neuropathy and vascular alterations and the subsequent increased risk of falls. The gait o...

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Autores principales:	Lorenzo Brognara, Antonio Mazzotti, Alberto Di Martino, Cesare Faldini, Omar Cauli
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	diabetes gait inertial sensor wearable device wearable sensor posture Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:32762a290139488db2f27b2221bb5a312021-11-25T18:18:02ZWearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review10.3390/medicina571111451648-91441010-660Xhttps://doaj.org/article/32762a290139488db2f27b2221bb5a312021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/11/1145https://doaj.org/toc/1010-660Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1648-9144<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Diabetes mellitus is considered a serious public health problem due to its high prevalence and related complications, including gait and posture impairments due to neuropathy and vascular alterations and the subsequent increased risk of falls. The gait of patients with diabetes is characterized by alterations of the main spatiotemporal gait parameters such as gait velocity, cadence, stride time and length, which are also known to worsen with disease course. Wearable sensor systems can be used for gait analysis by providing spatiotemporal parameters and postural control (evaluated from the perspective of body sway), useful for investigating the disease progression. Thanks to their small size and low cost of their components, inertial measurement units (IMUs) are easy to wear and are cheap tools for movement analysis. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> The aim of this study is to review articles published in the last 21 years (from 2000 to 2021) concerning the application of wearable sensors to assess spatiotemporal parameters of gait and body postural alterations in patients with diabetes mellitus. Relevant articles were searched in the Medline database using PubMed, Ovid and Cochrane libraries. <i>Results:</i> One hundred and four articles were initially identified while searching the scientific literature on this topic. Thirteen were selected and analysed in this review. Wearable motion sensors are useful, noninvasive, low-cost, and objective tools for performing gait and posture analysis in diabetic patients. The IMUs can be worn at the lumber levels, tibias or feet, and different spatiotemporal parameters of movement and static posture can be assessed. <i>Conclusions:</i> Future research should focus on standardizing the measurement setup and selecting the most informative spatiotemporal parameters for gait and posture analysis.Lorenzo BrognaraAntonio MazzottiAlberto Di MartinoCesare FaldiniOmar CauliMDPI AGarticlediabetesgaitinertial sensorwearable devicewearable sensorpostureMedicine (General)R5-920ENMedicina, Vol 57, Iss 1145, p 1145 (2021)
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spellingShingle	diabetes gait inertial sensor wearable device wearable sensor posture Medicine (General) R5-920 Lorenzo Brognara Antonio Mazzotti Alberto Di Martino Cesare Faldini Omar Cauli Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review
description	<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Diabetes mellitus is considered a serious public health problem due to its high prevalence and related complications, including gait and posture impairments due to neuropathy and vascular alterations and the subsequent increased risk of falls. The gait of patients with diabetes is characterized by alterations of the main spatiotemporal gait parameters such as gait velocity, cadence, stride time and length, which are also known to worsen with disease course. Wearable sensor systems can be used for gait analysis by providing spatiotemporal parameters and postural control (evaluated from the perspective of body sway), useful for investigating the disease progression. Thanks to their small size and low cost of their components, inertial measurement units (IMUs) are easy to wear and are cheap tools for movement analysis. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> The aim of this study is to review articles published in the last 21 years (from 2000 to 2021) concerning the application of wearable sensors to assess spatiotemporal parameters of gait and body postural alterations in patients with diabetes mellitus. Relevant articles were searched in the Medline database using PubMed, Ovid and Cochrane libraries. <i>Results:</i> One hundred and four articles were initially identified while searching the scientific literature on this topic. Thirteen were selected and analysed in this review. Wearable motion sensors are useful, noninvasive, low-cost, and objective tools for performing gait and posture analysis in diabetic patients. The IMUs can be worn at the lumber levels, tibias or feet, and different spatiotemporal parameters of movement and static posture can be assessed. <i>Conclusions:</i> Future research should focus on standardizing the measurement setup and selecting the most informative spatiotemporal parameters for gait and posture analysis.
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author	Lorenzo Brognara Antonio Mazzotti Alberto Di Martino Cesare Faldini Omar Cauli
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title	Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review
title_short	Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review
title_full	Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review
title_fullStr	Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review
title_full_unstemmed	Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review
title_sort	wearable sensor for assessing gait and postural alterations in patients with diabetes: a scoping review
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Wearable Sensor for Assessing Gait and Postural Alterations in Patients with Diabetes: A Scoping Review

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