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Map cross-disciplinary evidence on the clinical utility, validity, and responsiveness of 34 digital mobility outcomes across Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hip fracture.

October 14, 2021npj Digital MedicineOpen Access

Walking on common ground: a cross-disciplinary scoping review on the clinical utility of digital mobility outcomes

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Map cross-disciplinary evidence on the clinical utility, validity, and responsiveness of 34 digital mobility outcomes across Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hip fracture.
Searched 11 databases in November 2019 for records assessing validity and responsiveness of 34 digital mobility outcomes across four target medical conditions.
Screened 19,672 unique records and systematically charted findings from 855 eligible records representing 775 studies.
Analyses focused predominantly on gait speed (70.4% of studies), step length (30.7%), cadence (21.4%), and daily step count (20.7%).
Study aims addressed associations with clinical measures (48.8%), differences between healthy and pathological gait (36.4%), responsiveness to interventions (26.8%), and associations with clinical outcomes (4.3%).
Gait speed, step length, cadence, step time, and step count showed consistent validity and responsiveness across conditions, whereas evidence for other digital outcomes was limited or inconsistent.

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Scoping review demonstrates consistent validity of key digital mobility outcomes across four medical conditions, highlighting the need for cross-disciplinary validation before clinical adoption.

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Polhemus et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85c6a702a1bc3ea31e764e https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00513-5

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Scoping review demonstrates consistent validity of key digital mobility outcomes across four medical conditions, highlighting the need for cross-disciplinary validation before clinical adoption.

Walking on common ground: a cross-disciplinary scoping review on the clinical utility of digital mobility outcomes

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Walking on common ground: a cross-disciplinary scoping review on the clinical utility of digital mobility outcomes

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