Mild Gait Impairment and Its Potential Diagnostic Value in Patients with Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with early-stage PD presented increased variability but still symmetrical gait pattern. Some specific gait parameters can be applied to diagnose early-stage PD which may increase diagnosis accuracy. Our findings are helpful to improve patient's quality of life.PMID:33884040 | PMC:PMC8041560 | DOI:10.1155/2021/6696454

Source: Behavioural Neurology - April 22, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Zhuang Wu Xu Jiang Min Zhong Bo Shen Jun Zhu Yang Pan Jingde Dong Pingyi Xu Wenbin Zhang Jun Yan Li Zhang Source Type: research