Objective Arm Swing Analysis in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease Using an RGB-D Camera (Kinect®).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Arm swing changes are common even in the early stages of Parkinson's disease (PD). We hypothesized that arm swing changes decrease with age and can be detected using a low-cost, RGB-D depth-sensing camera.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the differences in arm swing between PD patients and healthy participants and to investigate the possible effects of aging on these differences.

Methods

Twenty-five PD patients (aged 45-87 years) and 25 age-matched, healthy subjects (aged 46-88 years) were included. Clinical variables were evaluated using a descriptive analysis. No spatiotemporal variables were normally distributed; therefore, we used a Mann-Whitney U test to compare the continuous variables between groups and to perform age-stratified analysis. A rece

SUBMITTER: Ospina BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218143 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature