Virtual reality in research and rehabilitation of gait and balance in Parkinson disease

CG Canning, NE Allen, E Nackaerts, SS Paul… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a promising tool for studying and
rehabilitating gait and balance impairments in people with Parkinson disease (PD) as it …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing neuroinflammation via therapeutic compounds and lifestyle to prevent or delay progression of Parkinson's disease

E Kip, LC Parr-Brownlie - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common age-associated neurodegenerative
disorder and is characterised by progressive loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Parkinson's disease: hidden sorrows and emerging opportunities

RC Helmich, BR Bloem - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the past few months, the world seems to have come to a virtual standstill. As the SARS-
CoV-2 virus continues to spread across the globe, many countries have taken drastic …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress, physical activity, and symptom severity in Parkinson's disease

A Van der Heide, MJ Meinders… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Background: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has many consequences for people with
Parkinson's disease (PD). Social distancing measures complicate regular care and result in …

Virtual exam for Parkinson's disease enables frequent and reliable remote measurements of motor function

M Burq, E Rainaldi, KC Ho, C Chen, BR Bloem… - NPJ digital …, 2022 - nature.com
Sensor-based remote monitoring could help better track Parkinson's disease (PD)
progression, and measure patients' response to putative disease-modifying therapeutic …

Outcome measures based on digital health technology sensor data: data-and patient-centric approaches

KI Taylor, H Staunton, F Lipsmeier, D Nobbs… - NPJ digital …, 2020 - nature.com
Digital health technology tools (DHTT) are technologies such as apps, smartphones, and
wearables that remotely acquire health-related information from individuals. They have the …

An apple a day to keep the Parkinson's disease doctor away?

BR Bloem, E Post, DA Hall - Annals of Neurology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is challenging to reliably assess the motor features of Parkinson's disease in real‐time.
This has motivated the search for new digital outcomes that can objectively and remotely …

Lifestyle interventions for the prevention of Parkinson disease: a recipe for action

JM Janssen Daalen, S Schootemeijer, E Richard… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
The prevalence of Parkinson disease (PD) is growing fast, amplifying the quest for disease-
modifying therapies in early disease phases where pathology is still limited. Lifestyle …

Revolutionizing our understanding of Parkinson's disease: Dr. Heinz Reichmann's pioneering research and future research direction

M Tanaka, L Vécsei - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2024 - Springer
Millions of individuals around the world are afflicted with Parkinson's disease (PD), a
prevalent and incapacitating neurodegenerative disorder. Dr. Reichmann, a distinguished …

[HTML][HTML] Real-life gait performance as a digital biomarker for motor fluctuations: the Parkinson@ Home validation study

LJW Evers, YP Raykov, JH Krijthe… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Wearable sensors have been used successfully to characterize bradykinetic
gait in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), but most studies to date have been conducted …