HONOLULU — Virtual reality (VR) may help clinicians better assess gait disturbances, including freezing of gait (FOG), in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Using a “Virtual Gait Lab” system, ...

For patients with Parkinson's disease, changes in their ability to walk can be dramatic. “Parkinson’s gait,” as it is often called, can include changes in step length and asymmetry between legs. This ...

Learn to manage anxiety in advanced Parkinson's with treatments like therapy, medication, lifestyle changes, and more to ...

Pseudoparkinsonism (parkinsonism) refers to symptoms like tremors and gait (walking) problems that occur as medication side effects. The symptoms go away when the drug is discontinued. Parkinsonism ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new way to improve walking for patients with Parkinson’s Disease using deep brain stimulation and artificial intelligence. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) ...

These findings indicate that PSP pathology affects gait control pathways that are also affected in PD. Gait changes associated with defective scaling of stride length and postural instability were ...

According to the paper, artificial intelligence addresses a core weakness in Parkinson’s care: reliance on subjective ...