Evaluating the Utility of Wearable Sensors for the Early Diagnosis of Parkinson Disease: Systematic Review
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis is crucial for ensuring that patients with Parkinson disease (PD) receive timely treatment, which can improve their quality of life and prolong lifespan. Wearable sensors have emerged as promising tools for early PD diagnosis, offering noninvasive, continuous symptom monitoring. OBJECTIVE: This review aimed to evaluate how wearable sensors have been applied in early diagnosis of PD over the past decade, focusing on sensor types, methods, findings, and limitations. METHODS: The systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. Studies were sourced from PubMed, IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and Web of Science and screened based on predefined criteria. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) the study was observational or experimental, (2) wearable sensors were applied for the early diagnosis of PD, (3) participants were diagnosed with early-stage or prodromal PD, (4) the study included at least 10 participants with PD, and (5) the article was published between 2013 and 2023. Studies were excluded if they focused solely on treatment, rehabilitation, symptom monitoring, or nonwearable devices; lacked diagnostic clarity; were not published in English; or were not primary research articles. All the selected studies were assessed for quality using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2, the quality assessment tool recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration.…
How strong is the evidence?
Evidence Hub reads this as a systematic review, done in people. Its evidence level is 1 of 5 (Highest · pooled evidence). Pooled evidence from several studies sits at the top of the evidence pyramid. Reported size: 10 participants or records.
Read the paper
Related studies
- Current state and future directions for deep learning based automatic seismic fault interpretation: A systematic review
- Physics of Partially Saturated Porous Media: Residual Saturation and Seismic-Wave Propagation
- Modern Imaging Using Seismic Reflection Data
- Effects of marine seismic surveys on free-ranging fauna: a systematic literature review
- A review of the recent seismic activity in the southern part of egypt (upper egypt)
- A review of research on mechanism of seismic attenuation and energy compensation
Go deeper in Evidence Hub
Evidence Hub adds a study data sheet (design, sample size, evidence level, key numbers), an AI summary and a chat grounded in the paper's text.