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Measuring Community Mobility In Older Adults With Parkinson’S Disease Using A Wearable Gps Sensor And Self-Report Assessment Tools, Lynn Zhu
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Community mobility (CM) is an important instrumental activity of daily living associated with quality of life and independence. Measuring the CM of older adults, particularly those with gait disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), is an important way to understand how to help people maintain mobility in the real life setting. CM is measured using self-report measures and emergent technologies, such as wearable Global Positioning System (GPS) sensors. However, the measurement properties of most available assessments have not been compared within a PD population to determine their appropriateness and identify any feasibility issues.
The primary objective of this project was …