The progression of Parkinson’s is characterized by a deterioration in motor control, and researchers are beginning to explore how this might be monitored via a person’s walking patterns. A new MIT ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Machine learning techniques could soon be used for the differential diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes and to predict gait dysfunction for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ...

Seven to 10 million people in the world live with neurodegeneration from Parkinson’s disease (PD). Gait impairments include abnormal navigation and lateral drifts. They can’t process sensory ...

Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges in tracking its severity and ...

27 July 2022, Hamburg: Dilar Kisikyol (m), professional boxer & social pedagogue leads a group of eleven women who suffer from Parkinson's disease and undergo boxing training - When fists fly against ...

The way you walk, something you likely perform automatically thousands of times daily, contains a wealth of information about your overall health. Gait analysis, once primarily the domain of elite ...

By Vijay Kumar Malesu New UK Biobank data reveal that falling daily step counts may flag emerging Parkinson’s years before diagnosis, offering a simple digital clue to early neurodegenerative changes.

"Gait variability" is a term used to describe stride-to-stride fluctuations in timing and distance traversed as someone walks. Source: Hamsterfreund/Pixabay Key points: New research into the ...