A Usability Pilot Study of a Sensor-Guided Interactive System for Dexterity Training in Parkinson’s Disease
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Recruitment and Participants
2.2. The Smart Sensor Egg System
2.3. Experimental Procedure
2.4. Evaluation
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographic
3.2. Usability and Satisfaction
3.3. Algorithm Detection
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Repetition Count Overview
E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | |||||||||||||
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Participant | TGT | ACT | DIFF | TGT | ACT | DIFF | TGT | ACT | DIFF | TGT | ACT | DIFF | TGT | ACT | DIFF | TGT | ACT | DIFF |
PwPD1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
PwPD2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
PwPD3 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
PwPD4 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
PwPD5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
PwPD6 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 3 |
PwPD7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
HS1 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
HS2 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
HS3 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
HS4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
HS5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
HS6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 1 |
HS7 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 2 |
Appendix B. Example Signal
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Exercise | Image | Description | Sensor |
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1 | Compression and release of the SSE with one hand | FSR | |
2 | Compression and release of the SSE with the index finger | FSR | |
3 | Compression and release of the SSE with the ring finger | FSR | |
4 | Rotation of the SSE around the yaw axis with one hand | Gyroscope, Accelerometer | |
5 | Tossing and catching the SSE from one hand to the other | Accelerometer | |
6 | Tossing and catching the SSE with one hand | Accelerometer |
PwPD (n = 7) | HS (n = 7) | p-Value | |
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Age, y | 66 (64.5–73.5) | 64 (51.5–72.5) | 0.522 |
Sex (m/f), n | 6/2 | 6/2 | 1.000 |
MoCa 1 | 26 (26–27.5) | - | - |
Disease duration, y | 4 (3.5–10) | - | - |
MDS-UPDRS-III | 22 (21–33.5) | - | - |
Hoehn and Yahr Stage | 2 (2–2.5) | - | - |
Differenz | ||||||
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Participant | Exercise 1 | Exercise 2 | Exercise 3 | Exercise 4 | Exercise 5 | Exercise 6 |
PwPD1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - |
PwPD2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
PwPD3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
PwPD4 | 3 | 23 | 9 | - | 1 | - |
PwPD5 | - | 1 | 12 | - | 2 | - |
PwPD6 | 10 | 15 | 22 | - | 5 | 3 |
PwPD7 | - | - | 17 | 3 | - | - |
HS1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
HS2 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - |
HS3 | 2 | - | 7 | - | - | - |
HS4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
HS5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
HS6 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | 1 |
HS7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
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Krummenacher, N.; Gerber, S.M.; Pastore-Wapp, M.; Single, M.; Bohlhalter, S.; Nef, T.; Vanbellingen, T. A Usability Pilot Study of a Sensor-Guided Interactive System for Dexterity Training in Parkinson’s Disease. Sensors 2025, 25, 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25041051
Krummenacher N, Gerber SM, Pastore-Wapp M, Single M, Bohlhalter S, Nef T, Vanbellingen T. A Usability Pilot Study of a Sensor-Guided Interactive System for Dexterity Training in Parkinson’s Disease. Sensors. 2025; 25(4):1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25041051
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrummenacher, Nic, Stephan M. Gerber, Manuela Pastore-Wapp, Michael Single, Stephan Bohlhalter, Tobias Nef, and Tim Vanbellingen. 2025. "A Usability Pilot Study of a Sensor-Guided Interactive System for Dexterity Training in Parkinson’s Disease" Sensors 25, no. 4: 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25041051
APA StyleKrummenacher, N., Gerber, S. M., Pastore-Wapp, M., Single, M., Bohlhalter, S., Nef, T., & Vanbellingen, T. (2025). A Usability Pilot Study of a Sensor-Guided Interactive System for Dexterity Training in Parkinson’s Disease. Sensors, 25(4), 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25041051