Quantification of pathological gait parameter thresholds of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients in clinical gait analysis.

The aim of the study was to distinguish the hypokinetic gait disorder in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) patients from the gait decline in the elderly population by quantifying pathological gait parameter thresholds utilizing a multiple condition gait assessment. 55 NPH patients and 55 age-matched healthy subjects underwent a standardized gait assessment with eight gait conditions. Spatiotemporal gait parameters were assessed through a pressure-sensitive carpet.

Multimodal Mobility Assessment Predicts Fall Frequency and Severity in Cerebellar Ataxia.

This cohort study aims to evaluate the predictive validity of multimodal clinical assessment and quantitative measures of in- and off-laboratory mobility for fall-risk estimation in patients with cerebellar ataxia (CA).Occurrence, severity, and consequences of falling were prospectively assessed for 6 months in 93 patients with hereditary (N = 36) and sporadic or secondary (N = 57) forms of CA and 63 healthy controls. Participants completed a multimodal clinical and functional fall risk assessment, in-laboratory gait examination, and a 2-week inertial sensor-based daily mobility monitoring.

Style transfer-based domain adaptation for vegetation segmentation with optical imagery.

Style transfer methods are an important task for domain adaptation of optical imagery to improve the performance of deep learning models when using different sensor systems. For the transformation between datasets, cycle-consistent adversarial networks achieve good results. However, during the style transfer process, characteristic spectral information that is essential for the analysis of vegetation could get lost.

Fall prediction in neurological gait disorders: differential contributions from clinical assessment, gait analysis, and daily-life mobility monitoring.

Objective: To evaluate the predictive validity of multimodal clinical assessment outcomes and quantitative measures of in- and off-laboratory mobility for fall-risk estimation in patients with different forms of neurological gait disorders.

Methods: The occurrence, severity, and consequences of falls were prospectively assessed for 6 months in 333 patients with early stage gait disorders due to vestibular, cerebellar, hypokinetic, vascular, functional, or other neurological diseases and 63 healthy controls. At inclusion, participants completed a comprehensive multimodal clinical and functional fall-risk assessment, an in-laboratory gait examination, and an inertial-sensor-based daily mobility monitoring for 14 days.

The gait disorder in primary orthostatic tremor.

Objective: To uncover possible impairments of walking and dynamic postural stability in patients with primary orthostatic tremor (OT).

Methods: Spatiotemporal gait characteristics were quantified in 18 patients with primary OT (mean age 70.5 ± 5.

Clinical and neurophysiological risk factors for falls in patients with bilateral vestibulopathy.

Patients with bilateral vestibular failure (BVF) exhibit imbalance when standing and walking that is linked to a higher fall risk. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for falls in BVF. We therefore systematically investigated the interrelationship of clinical and demographic characteristics, gait impairments, and the fall frequency of these patients.