Assessing fall risk in multiple sclerosis using patient-reported outcomes and wearable gait metrics
Falls in pwMS are more frequent in patients who are older, have higher PDDS, slower walking, and worse balance. Gait aid use and T25FW >10.8 s were strongly associated with falls in the past year.
Authors
- Jay Mandrekar
- Farwa Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-3995)
- Jessica Sagen
- Orhun H. Kantarci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-8133)
- Eoin P. Flanagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6661-2910)
- Charles L. Howe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-8739)
- Matthew Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5901-5958)
- Omid Jahanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5379-1462)
- William Oliver Tobin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8141-2394)
- B. Mark Keegan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-935X)
- Samantha A. Banks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-1367)
- Robert Spence
- Kellie A Gossman
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental Translational and Clinical
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20552173251329825
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94
Funders
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences