Technology-based Analysis of Movement Disorders
Technology-based Analysis of Movement Disorders
Objectives: To generate pilot data to investigate the feasibility and the potential use in
 clinical practice of technology based objective measures of motor performances in patients
 affected by different movement disorders. To correlate kinematics findings with demographic
 and clinical details. Trial design and methods: Participants enrolled in prof. Bhatia's
 movement disorders clinic, will be classifies according to the main movement disorder,
 specifically, tremor, parkinsonism, dystonia, chorea, ataxia. In the study visit (one day
 only), they will undergo a clinical evaluation using the appropriate clinical scales
 (respectively, Fahn-Tolosa-Marin tremor rating scale, MDS-UPDRS Part III, Toronto Western
 Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale 2, Unified Hungtington Disease Rating scale and Scale for
 the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia) and a kinematic evaluation, using wearables and an
 infra-red and LED markers system. Then the protocol is concluded and they will continue the
 routine clinical follow-up
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  clinical diagnosis of parkinsonism and/or dystonia and/or tremor due to:

 1. idiopatic parkinson's disease

 2. atypical parkinsonism

 3. sporadic or inherited/genetic dystonia

 4. young-onset Parkinson's disease

 5. Ataxia syndrome

 6. Choereic syndrome

 7. Essential tremor

 8. Dystonic tremor

 -  18 to 80 years of age

 -  Willing and able to provide informed consent

 -  able to walk unassisted

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Change in pharmacological therapy in the last 3 months.

 -  Participated in a clinical drug trial up to 3 months before inclusion into the present
 study

 -  Orthopaedical comorbidities affecting gait or posture.

 -  Cognitive deficit