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. 2023 Aug 18;25:e42950. doi: 10.2196/42950

Table 4.

Technical characteristics of wearable devices.

Study, year Sensor Wearable device type Placement of wearable device Measured biosignal Connectivity Host device Sensing approach AIa and MLb technology used Clinical aim of AI and ML technology
Buckley et al [74], 2019 Accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer Inertial measurement unit Head, lumbar region, and pelvis Upper body acceleration and spatiotemporal characteristics Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic Receiver operating characteristic and area under the curve Determine the correlation of clinical feature and gait analysis
Coates et al [75], 2020 Accelerometer, light sensor, and temperature sensor Smart band Lumbar region Sample entropy and gait USB cable Data server Opportunistic IAAFTc Determine the correlation of clinical features
De Vos et al [76], 2020 Accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer Inertial measurement unit Lumbar region, wrist, and feet Gait and postural sway Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic LASSOd and random forest Parkinson disease classification
Dominey et al [77], 2020 Accelerometer Smartwatch Wrist Bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and sleep disturbance Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic No e
Dunne-Willows et al [78], 2019 Accelerometer, light sensor, and temperature sensor Smart band Lumbar region Gait USB cable Data server Opportunistic Phase algorithm Gait analysis
Huo et al [69], 2020 Force sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and mechanomyography sensor Smart band Arm Rigidity, tremor, and bradykinesia Bluetooth Data server Opportunistic 1-NNf, AdaBoost classifier, and MLPg neural networks classifier Ranking Parkinson disease symptoms
Lacy et al [79], 2018 Electromagnetic sensor Smart finger Finger Finger tapping Sensor cable Data server Opportunistic Echo state network Parkinson disease classification
Lones et al [80], 2017 Accelerometer, gyroscope Smart band Head, chest, arms, and legs Dyskinesia Wi-Fi Mobile phone Opportunistic IRCGPh Parkinson disease classification
Mc Ardle et al [72], 2020 Accelerometer, light sensor, and temperature sensor Smart band Lumbar region Gait USB cable Data server Opportunistic Black box Parkinson disease classification
Mc Ardle et al [73], 2021 Accelerometer, light sensor, and temperature sensor Smart band Lumbar region Gait and balance impairment USB cable Data server Opportunistic Area under the curve Parkinson disease classification
Pantall et al [81], 2018 Accelerometer, light sensor, and temperature sensor Smart band Lumbar region Sample entropy USB cable Data server Opportunistic Area under the curve Parkinson disease classification
Pantall et al [82], 2018 Accelerometer, light sensor, and temperature sensor Smart band Unreported Balance impairment and posture USB cable Data server Opportunistic Black box Determine the correlation of clinical features
Payne et al [70], 2020 Accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer Inertial measurement unit and Smart band Head, upper back, lumbar region, and ankles Motor impairment and gait Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic Area under the curve Determine the correlation of clinical features
Rehman et al [83], 2019 Accelerometer, light sensor, and temperature sensor Smart band Lumbar region Gait USB cable Data server Opportunistic Support vector machine and random forest Gait analysis and Parkinson disease classification
Rehman et al [84], 2020 Accelerometer, light sensor, temperature sensor Smart band Lumbar region Gait USB cable Data server Opportunistic PLS-DAi Gait analysis and Parkinson disease classification
Rehman et al [85], 2020 Accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer Inertial measurement unit Head, neck, lumbar region, and ankles Gait Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic PLS-DA Gait analysis Parkinson disease classification
Stack et al [86], 2018 Accelerometer and gyroscope Smart band Wrist Instability Unreported Unreported Opportunistic No
Stuart et al [87], 2015 Accelerometer, light sensor, temperature sensor, and eye tracker Smart band and Smart glasses Head Eye movements and gait USB cable and Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic No
van Wamelen et al [88], 2019 Accelerometer Smartwatch Wrist Bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and levodopa equivalent dose Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic Black box Determine the correlation of clinical features
van Wamelen et al [89], 2021 Accelerometer Smartwatch Wrist Rigidity, tremor, and bradykinesia Wi-Fi Data server Opportunistic Black box Determine the correlation of clinical features

aAI: artificial intelligence.

bML: machine learning.

cIAAFT: iterated amplitude–adjusted Fourier transform.

dLASSO: least absolute shrinkage and selection operator.

eNot available.

fNN: nearest neighbor.

gMLP: multilayer perceptron.

hIRCGP: implicit context representation Cartesian genetic programming.

iPLS-DA: partial least square discriminant analysis.