About the Authors

A. Stefanie Mikolaizak

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Gerontology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Lynn Rochester

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Walter Maetzler

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Basil Sharrack

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Sheffield NIHR Translational Neuroscience BRC, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Heleen Demeyer

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Claudia Mazzà

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Insigneo Institute, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Brian Caulfield

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Insight Centre for Data Analytics, O’Brien Science Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Judith Garcia-Aymerich

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

Beatrix Vereijken

Roles Funding acquisition, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Valdo Arnera

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clario, Geneva, Switzerland

Ram Miller

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Paolo Piraino

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany

Nadir Ammour

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Science & Operations, Global Development, Sanofi R&D, Chilly-Mazarin, France

Mark Forrest Gordon

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Specialty Clinical Development, Teva Pharmaceuticals, West Chester, PA, United States of America

Thierry Troosters

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Alison J. Yarnall

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Lisa Alcock

Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Heiko Gaßner

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Jürgen Winkler

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Jochen Klucken

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Digital Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Christian Schlenstedt

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, Institute of Interdisciplinary Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Henrik Watz

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Research Institute at LungClinic Grosshansdorf GmbH, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany

Anne-Marie Kirsten

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Research Institute at LungClinic Grosshansdorf GmbH, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany

Ioannis Vogiatzis

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England

Nikolaos Chynkiamis

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Thorax Research Foundation & First Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotiria General Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece

Emily Hume

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England

Dimitrios Megaritis

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England

Alice Nieuwboer

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Neurorehabilitation Research Group (eNRGy), Leuven, Belgium

Pieter Ginis

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Neurorehabilitation Research Group (eNRGy), Leuven, Belgium

Ellen Buckley

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience and Sheffield NIHR Translational Neuroscience BRC, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Insigneo Institute, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Gavin Brittain

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Sheffield NIHR Translational Neuroscience BRC, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Giancarlo Comi

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Casa di Cura del Policlinico, Milan, Italy

Letizia Leocani

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Jorunn L. Helbostad

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Lars Gunnar Johnsen

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Kristin Taraldsen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Physiotherapy, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Oslo, Norway

Hubert Blain

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital and MUSE, Montpellier, France

Valérie Driss

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital and MUSE, Montpellier, France

Anja Frei

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Milo A. Puhan

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ashley Polhemus

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Magda Bosch de Basea

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Elena Gimeno

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Nicholas S. Hopkinson

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Sara C. Buttery

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, England

Jeffrey M. Hausdorff

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine & Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Anat Mirelman

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine & Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Jordi Evers

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation McRoberts BV, The Hague, Netherlands

Isabel Neatrour

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

David Singleton

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Insight Centre for Data Analytics, O’Brien Science Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Lars Schwickert

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical Gerontology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Clemens Becker

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

clemens.becker@rbk.de

Affiliation Department of Clinical Gerontology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Carl-Philipp Jansen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Gerontology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

and members of the clinical validation study (WP4) on behalf of Mobilise-D consortium

Membership of the Mobilise-D consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

McRoberts is the manufacturer of the DynaPort. JE is employee of McRoberts. CB has done consultation work for Philipps Healthcare, Bosch Healthcare, Eli Lilly and Gait-up; he has received speaker honoraria from Amgen, Pfizer and Nutricia. LS is working as the Chief Technical Officer for Rölke Pharma. JMH reports having submitted a patent for assessment of mobility using wearable sensors in 400 Parkinson’s disease; the intellectual property rights 401 are held by the Tel Aviv Medical Center. GC has received consulting and speaking fees from Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Genzyme Corporation, Merck KGgA, Merck Serono SpA, Celgene Group, F. Hoffman-La Roche, Almirall SpA, Janssen. MFG is a full-time employee of Teva Pharmaceuticals. RRM is a full-time employee of The Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.