Predicting the effects of oscillator-based assistance on stride-to-stride variability of Parkinsonian walkers

Virginie Otlet,Renaud Ronsse,Virginie Otlet,Renaud Ronsse

Parkinson's disease is a severe neurodegenerative disorder that affects sensorimotor control. In particular, several gait impairments are reported, including a decrease of long-range autocorrelations in stride duration time series. This complex statistics is potentially a biomarker of the risk of falling. This paper aims at developing model-based predictions about the loss of long-range autocorrel...