HUB John Hopkins University by Wick Eisenberg 12/18/2021
Motion detection devices such as those found in your cellphone could be useful in predicting outcomes for patients who have suffered severe brain injury, a team of Johns Hopkins clinicians and engineers has found.
The current approach for evaluating responsiveness in patients with SBI relies primarily on bedside physical examination, which is prone to error, as patients are often struggling with impaired or fluctuating levels of consciousness.
To improve the accuracy of these predictions, clinicians at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and engineers at the Whiting School of Engineering conducted a study in which they placed wearable accelerometers on the ankles, elbows, and wrists of SBI patients admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital Neuroscience Critical Care Unit.
Full Article: Wearable motion sensors help predict outcomes for patients with severe brain injury