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 ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco put AI to work analyzing study participants’ gaits, then had it develop personalized brain ...

The brain's prefrontal cortex may play a role in walking difficulties that afflict Parkinson's disease patients, new research suggests. The prefrontal cortex is involved in cognitive function, which ...

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 ...

Gait-related disturbances adversely affect the quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), a condition affecting millions worldwide. Although various pharmacological, surgical, and ...

Novel non-pharmacological and non-invasive treatment may offer significant relief to and restore gait function in patients with neurological disorders Gait-related disturbances adversely affect the ...

April 22, 2003 — The rate of progression of Parkinsonian symptoms as measured by the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) is associated with a more than 8-fold increased risk of developing ...

Tremors (involuntary shaking), which usually start in the hands but may also affect the arms, legs, jaw, or head Muscle stiffness or rigidity (the muscles remain tense and contracted), which can be ...

March 7, 2008 — A distinct and persistent parkinsonian syndrome associated with illicit intravenous use of the psychostimulant methcathinone has been identified in individuals in Latvia. However, ...