Author(s): Vila‐Viçosa, Diogo ; Clemente, Ana ; Pona‐Ferreira, Filipa ; Leitão, Mariana ; Bouça-Machado, Raquel ; Azevedo Kauppila, Linda ; Costa, Rui M. ; Matias, Ricardo ; Ferreira, Joaquim J
Date: 2021
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54350
Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Subject(s): Movement disorders; Functional mobility; Activities of dailyliving; Telemedicine
COVID-19 brought multiple societal challenges that became a catalyst for worsening health in people with Parkinson’s disease (PwPD) and brought disruption in their social activities. It is hypothesized that the COVID-19 confinement also impacted the functional mobility of PwPD. One of the building blocks of functional mobility is the ability to walk. It enables independence and participation in social activities and contributes to global health. Long-term unsupervised assessments are crucial to quantify walking activity from ecologically valid and patient-relevant environments and overcome the limitations of conventional clinical assessments.
