Mügge, F.
Kleinholdermann, U.
Heun, A.
Ollenschläger, M.
Hannink, J.
Pedrosa, D. J.
Article History
Received: 19 April 2023
Accepted: 23 June 2023
First Online: 10 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the ethical committee of the University of Marburg under the reference number reference number 33/20. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation in the experiment. We confirm that we have read the Journal’s position on issues involved in ethical publication and affirm that this work is consistent with those guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: FM and AH declare no competing interests relevant to this work. UK has participated in a DBS training course which was industry funded by Boston Scientific Corp. MO and JH are both employees of Portabiles HealthCare Technologies, the producer of the gait sensors used in this work. DP received honoraria as a speaker at symposia sponsored by Boston Scientific Corp, Medtronic, AbbVie Inc, Zambon and Esteve Pharmaceuticals GmbH. He received payments as a consultant for Boston Scientific Corp and Bayer, and he received a scientific grant from Boston Scientific Corp for a project entitled: “Sensor-based optimisation of Deep Brain Stimulation settings in Parkinson’s disease” (COMPARE-DBS). Finally, DP was reimbursed by Esteve Pharmaceuticals GmbH and Boston Scientific Corp for travel expenses to attend congresses.