Bradykinesia is a disabling symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) which presents with
slowness of movement. Visual assessment using clinical rating scales is currently the gold
standard to assess bradykinesia. Such assessments require multiple separate movements,
are subjective, and rely on the ability of the rater to determine frequency and amplitude
features of excursion of multiple joints simultaneously. The current study introduces the use
of wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) to characterize full-arm repetitive movements …