The application of gait analysis in the identification, differential diagnosis and assessment of Parkinson's disease / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

Parkinson′s disease is a neurodegenerative disease with characteristic motor symptoms. Due to its increasing disease burden, it has been received widespread attention worldwide. At present, its diagnosis, differential diagnosis, assessment of symptoms and therapeutic effect mostly rely on the clinical experience of medical staff and the subjective feelings of patients, while lack objective and quantitative evaluation criteria. Gait analysis can quantify gait abnormalities by collecting spatiotemporal parameters in the walking cycle, providing new ideas for early identification, accurate discovery of disease progression, and reasonable selection of therapies of Parkinson′s disease. In the future, with the further improvement and maturity of gait analysis technology, it may become an indispensable and important method in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson′s disease.