The Analysis of Correlation between MOCAP-Based and UPDRS-Based Evaluation of Gait in Parkinson's Disease Patients

The most common method used by neurologist to evalute the Parkinson’s Disease patients are different rating scales. They give overall picture of the PD patient, but are not objective and different experts can make different observations. In this article the results of correlation between UPDRS evaluation and different quality measures calculated based on MOCAP data recorded during walking for group of PD patients with implanted DBS stimulator have beed presented. This is a continuation of our previous research related to analysis of gait in Parkinson’s Disease Patients.

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