A public data set of walking full-body kinematics and kinetics in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Background: To our knowledge, there is no Parkinson's disease (PD) gait biomechanics data sets available to the public.

Objective: This study aimed to create a public data set of 26 idiopathic individuals with PD who walked overground on ON and OFF medication.

Materials And Methods: Their upper extremity, trunk, lower extremity, and pelvis kinematics were measured using a three-dimensional motion-capture system (Raptor-4; Motion Analysis).

Gait and posture are correlated domains in Parkinson's disease.

Establishing a relationship between gait and posture in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for PD treatment and rehabilitation. While previous studies have indicated that gait and posture are independent domains in PD, shared neuromechanisms related to gait and posture control and previous studies investigating the relationship between gait and posture parameters in stroke survivors and neurologically healthy older adults have shown a correlated domain. Thus, this study analyzed the relationship of gait and posture domains, primarily through gait temporal sub-phases (i.

Biomechanical aspects that precede freezing episode during gait in individuals with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review.

Background: The freezing episode (FE) management during gait in Parkinson's disease is inefficient with current medications, neurosurgery, and physical interventions. Knowing the biomechanical change patients suffer preceding FE would be the ultimate goal to measure, predict, and prevent these events.

Objective: We performed a systematic review to summarize the kinematic, kinetic, electromyographic, and spatio-temporal characteristics of the events that precede the FE during gait in Parkinson's disease.