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. 2021 Dec 17;23(2):153. doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.11076

Table II.

Home-based telemedicine systems used in advanced stages of Parkinson's disease.

Author Year Evidence type Method Treatment Outcome (Refs.)
Willows et al 2017 Observational study Nasojejunal tube placed during fluoroscopic passive/active positioning, with radiological confirmation of placement LCIG delivery initiated through telemedicine over a 16-h period: total morning 5-10 ml (100-200 mg levodopa) to 20 ml max; median time for titration 2.8 days Technically achievable, a well-tolerated alternative method (12)
Evans et al 2020 Pilot Study Phone consultations in virtual clinic combined with a report from a Parkinson's KinetiGraph - Acceptable for most patients, timesaving, in need of further cost analysis (13)
Hssayeni et al 2019 Comparative Study Wearable sensors combined with gradient tree boosting or with a deep learning model based on LSTM networks - Highest correlation for gradient tree boosting; solid approach for assessing tremor severity (14)
Cilia et al 2020 Observational Study Remote telenursing assistance service ‘Parkinson Care’ and video-consultations on Microsoft teams® platform - Introduction of a new element (case managers, not initially part of patient's care team); development of triage algorithm (15)
Beck et al 2017 Randomized controlled trial Usual care by a physician compared to 4 virtual consults by a remote neurologist added to usual care - Virtual care was achievable with no major differences in quality of life and burden (16)

LCIG, levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel; LSTM, long short-term memory.