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Neurol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>The identification of patients with gait disturbance associated with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is challenging. This is due to the multifactorial causes of gait disturbance in elderly people and the single moment examination of laboratory tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>We aimed to assess whether the use of gait sensors in a patient's home environment could help establish a reliable diagnostic tool to identify patients with iNPH by differentiating them from elderly healthy controls (EHC).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Five wearable inertial measurement units were used in 11 patients with iNPH and 20 matched EHCs. Data were collected in the home environment for 72 h. Fifteen spatio-temporal gait parameters were analyzed. Patients were examined preoperatively and postoperatively. We performed an iNPH sub-group analysis to assess differences between responders vs. non-responders. We aimed to identify parameters that are able to predict a reliable response to VP-shunt placement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nine gait parameters significantly differ between EHC and patients with iNPH preoperatively. Postoperatively, patients with iNPH showed an improvement in the swing phase (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.042), and compared to the EHC group, there was no significant difference regarding the cadence and traveled arm distance. Patients with a good VP-shunt response (NPH recovery rate of \u22655) significantly differ from the non-responders regarding cycle time, cycle time deviation, number of steps, gait velocity, straight length, stance phase, and stance to swing ratio. A receiver operating characteristic analysis showed good sensitivity for a preoperative stride length of \u22650.44 m and gait velocity of \u22650.39 m\/s.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>There was a significant difference in 60% of the analyzed gait parameters between EHC and patients with iNPH, with a clear improvement toward the normalization of the cadence and traveled arm distance postoperatively, and a clear improvement of the swing phase. Patients with iNPH with a good response to VP-shunt significantly differ from the non-responders with an ameliorated gait pattern.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2023.1126298","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,4]],"date-time":"2023-04-04T05:19:30Z","timestamp":1680585570000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Gait pattern analysis in the home environment as a key factor for the reliable assessment of shunt responsiveness in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Sandra Fernandes","family":"Dias","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christina","family":"Graf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elisabeth","family":"Jehli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Markus Florian","family":"Oertel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia","family":"Mahler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marianne","family":"Schmid Daners","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lennart Henning","family":"Stieglitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"307","DOI":"10.1016\/0022-510X(65)90016-X","article-title":"The special clinical problem of symptomatic hydrocephalus with normal cerebrospinal fluid pressure. 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