Gait Assessment in Parkinson's Disease: Toward an Ambulatory System for Long-Term Monitoring
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · University Hospital of Lausanne · +1 more institution
Abstract
An ambulatory gait analysis method using body-attached gyroscopes to estimate spatio-temporal parameters of gait has been proposed and validated against a reference system for normal and pathologic gait. Later, ten Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) implantation participated in gait measurements using our device. They walked one to three times on a 20-m walkway. Patients did the test twice: once STN-DBS was ON and once 180 min after turning it OFF. A group of ten age-matched normal subjects were also measured as controls. For each gait cycle, spatio-temporal parameters such as stride length (SL), stride velocity (SV), stance (ST), double support (DS),…
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7Topics & keywords
- Gait
- Ambulatory
- Gait analysis
- Deep brain stimulation
- Subthalamic nucleus
- Parkinson's disease
- Rating scale
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Good health and well-being