The turning and barrier course reveals gait parameters for detecting freezing of gait and measuring the efficacy of deep brain stimulation.

Freezing of gait (FOG) is a devastating motor symptom of Parkinson's disease that leads to falls, reduced mobility, and decreased quality of life. Reliably eliciting FOG has been difficult in the clinical setting, which has limited discovery of pathophysiology and/or documentation of the effica...

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Main Authors: Johanna O'Day, Judy Syrkin-Nikolau, Chioma Anidi, Lukasz Kidzinski, Scott Delp, Helen Bronte-Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231984