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The Use of Digital Devices to Monitor Physical Behavior in Motor Neuron Disease: Systematic Review

The Use of Digital Devices to Monitor Physical Behavior in Motor Neuron Disease: Systematic Review

The Use of Digital Devices to Monitor Physical Behavior in Motor Neuron Disease: Systematic Review

Lucy Samantha Musson   1 * , BSc, MSc ;   Nina Mitic   2 * , MSc ;   Victoria Leigh-Valero   3 , MBChB ;   Gladys Onambele-Pearson   4 , PhD ;   Liam Knox   1 , PhD ;   Frederik J Steyn   5, 6 , PhD ;   Cory J Holdom   7 , PhD ;   Taylor JM Dick   5 , PhD ;   Ruben PA van Eijk   8, 9 , PhD ;   Jordi WJ van Unnik   8 , PhD ;   Lianne CM Botman   8 , MSc ;   Emily Beswick   10 , PhD ;   Deirdre Murray   10 , PhD ;   Alys Griffiths   1 , PhD ;   Christopher McDermott   1, 11 , PhD ;   Esther Hobson   1, 11 , PhD ;   Amina Chaouch   12 , PhD ;   Emma Hodson-Tole   2 , PhD

1 Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Division of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

2 Department of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

3 University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

4 Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

5 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

6 Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

7 Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

8 Department of Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

9 Biostatistics & Research Support, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

10 Academic Unit of Neurology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

11 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

12 Manchester Centre of Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Lucy Samantha Musson, BSc, MSc
  • Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience
  • Division of Neuroscience
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