Real World Stories – Episode 3: “My balance is elusive advanced Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Always optimistic. Want to walk at least 25 times a month for eight months #2021Walkathon. Love my Travelscoot (The Trike)”. This is the Twitter bio of “Patrick Burke, I walk very slowly”, the inspiration behind the third episode of our Real World Stories. Patrick (68) is happily married and has three children in their 30s. He is medically…
Monitoring patients’ mobility during the COVID19 pandemic could easily have been impossible due to lockdown and restrictions such as social distancing. However, this isn’t the case for the Mobilise-D technical validation study (TVS) where 120 participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, congestive heart failure or hip fracture, along with healthy older adults, will be enrolled. Our test sites in Newcastle and Sheffield have found a way to work around the distancing restrictions to keep the study open, and confirmed that the technical validation…