“…Accelerometers have previously been connected to the head [3], pelvis [4], trunk [5,6], and even ski boots [7] to provide an inexpensive way to monitor human movement [8]. In clinical settings, accelerometers have been used to identify between-group differences in the gait of old and young [9,10], fallers and non-fallers [11], and people with and without Parkinson's disease (PD) [3,12]. Statistical associations, however, do not necessarily translate into biomarkers, if prevalence is low, as for PD, and falsepositive rates are high.…”