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Dynamic Digital Biomarkers of Motor and Cognitive Function in Parkinson's Disease

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Published on: July 24, 2019

A Clinically Interpretable Computer-Vision Based Method for Quantifying Gait in Parkinson's Disease.

Samuel Rupprechter¹, Gareth Morinan¹, Yuwei Peng¹

¹Machine Medicine Technologies Ltd., The Leather Market Unit 1.1.4, 11/13 Weston Street, London SE1 3ER, UK.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

|August 28, 2021

Summary

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This study introduces a computer vision system to assess Parkinson's disease gait impairment using mobile phone videos. The AI model provides objective UPDRS ratings, aiding clinicians and enabling remote patient monitoring.

Keywords:

Parkinson’s disease computer vision gait interpretable machine learning pose estimation time series analysis

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science

Background:

Gait impairment is a key symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD), impacting patient quality of life.
Clinical gait assessments, often part of the Movement Disorder Society Unified PD Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), are crucial for PD management.
Current methods rely on subjective clinician ratings, necessitating objective and accessible assessment tools.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a novel computer vision-based methodology for estimating the severity of gait impairment in Parkinson's disease.
To create a system that can provide objective UPDRS gait ratings, assist clinicians, and facilitate remote home assessments.

Main Methods:

Collected 729 videos of Parkinson's patients during routine MDS-UPDRS gait assessments across five clinical sites.
Utilized a deep learning library to extract body key-point coordinates from video frames.
Calculated six features from time-series data, including step frequency (estimated via a Gamma-Poisson Bayesian model), arm swing, postural control, and movement smoothness.
Trained and evaluated an ordinal random forest classification model using 10-fold cross-validation.

Main Results:

Step frequency estimates showed high correlation with manual labels (Pearson's r=0.80, p<0.001).
The classifier achieved a balanced accuracy of 50% (chance=25%).
Estimated UPDRS ratings were within one point of clinician ratings in 95% of cases, with significant correlation (Spearman's ρ=0.52, p<0.001).

Conclusions:

A computer vision approach using consumer mobile devices can accurately estimate Parkinson's disease gait severity in standard clinical settings.
This technology offers objective ratings to support clinical decision-making and has potential for remote patient monitoring.
The system provides interpretable features, offering insights into gait impairment for clinicians.