Estimating the Potential Risk of Parkinson's Disease using Center-of-Pressure Trajectories

Abstract

Patients of the Parkison's disease typically show motor disorders such as involuntary limb shakings, slow walking, and so on. These symptoms have been used in the medical diagnosis of the Parkinson's disease. This study explores the possibility of an easy and practical way to assess the potential risk of the Parkinson's disease based on the postural control reflected on the center-of-pressure (CoP) trajectories. We report our early attempts describing the basic CoP statistics common and difference across healthy subjects and patients.