Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new way to improve walking for patients with Parkinson's disease using deep brain stimulation and artificial intelligence. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) ...

HONOLULU — Virtual reality (VR) may help clinicians better assess gait disturbances, including freezing of gait (FOG), in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Using a “Virtual Gait Lab” system, ...

Footwear with lasers may be the next step in helping people with Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the Netherland’s University of Twente are working on a laser device that helps with freezing of the ...

Difficulty walking up the stairs, thanks to the onset of a “shuffling” gait, has been linked to increased dementia risk. And a decline in gait speed alongside cognitive changes has been associated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Burst stimulation yielded more positive results compared with tonic stimulation. No serious adverse events were ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s Health Headlines, is every tremor an indicator of Parkinson’s disease, and common myths about medications for Parkinson’s. What to know about treatments for gait ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of brain cells that produce dopamine, a brain chemical that helps coordinate movement, causing a variety of motor (movement- ...

A new study led by Bucknell University Professor Karlo Malaga, biomedical engineering, has identified key insights into optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease patients.