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Real-Time Kinematic Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation Safely Reduces Gait Impairment and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

2026-03-02 neurology Title + abstract only
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Gait impairment (GI) and freezing of gait (FOG) affect 80% of patients with advanced Parkinsons disease. Continuous deep brain stimulation (cDBS) provides limited adaptability to address the episodic nature of FOG due to fixed parameters. Neural biomarkers for adaptive DBS are limited by signal artifacts and poor FOG classification. Wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) offer a promising alternative by directly measuring signatures of GI&FOG. We developed Kinematic adaptive DBS (KaDBS), the...

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