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Assessment of Gait Disorder in Parkinson's Disease

Assessment of Gait Disorder in Parkinson's Disease
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Author(s): Divya Govindaraju (Anna University, India), Gururaj Nagarajan (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India)and Paramasivam Alagumariappan (B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, India)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 20
Source title: Early Detection of Neurological Disorders Using Machine Learning Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sudip Paul (North-Eastern Hill University Shillong, India), Pallab Bhattacharya (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Ahmedabad, India)and Arindam Bit (National Institute of Technology Raipur, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8567-1.ch007

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Abstract

Neurological disorders are some of the leading chronic disorders that impose a massive burden on low-income and developing countries. The disability resulting from the neurological disorder increases the severity and costs during the primary healthcare and for entire lifetime. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common chronic neurodegenerative disorder which is slowly progressive with decrease in the motor and non-motor function of the nervous system due to cognitive impairment leading to gait abnormality. PD is most common in the age group of 40-65years leading to increase in gait disorders associated with slowing down of the movement, balance instability, rigidness in the muscles, and difficulty in performing everyday tasks. The assessment of gait plays a significant role in maintaining the balance disorders in Parkinson's disease. In patients with PD, the neurons present in substantia nigra region of the brain get injured, and they progressively decline during their lifetime. Therefore, the patients lose their ability to perform movement and also lose their stability. The symptoms of PD can be monitored and controlled by assessing gait parameters based on gait disorder.

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