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Is Parkinson's Kinetigraph useful in frail patients with Parkinson's disease?
Author(s) -
Evans Lauren,
Mohamed Biju,
Thomas Chris
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.707
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , disease , medicine , movement disorders , psychology , gerontology , physical therapy , pathology
The use of accelerometer device technology in Parkinson's disease allows a period of continuous monitoring giving insight into disease pattern and aiding the optimisation of medication regimens. This service evaluation explores the use of such technology in a geriatrician‐led movement disorder clinic. The authors describe successful use of the Parkinson's Kinetigraph (PKG) in frail older people and discuss how frailty may have implications on the interpretation of the PKG results.