Accelerometer data from nearly 95,000 adults show that higher daily step counts predict lower short-term Parkinson’s disease ...

An uneven stride might be more than just a quirk – it could be an early indicator of something requiring medical attention. The way you walk tells a story about your neurological well-being long ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco put AI to work analyzing study participants’ gaits, then had it develop personalized brain ...

The progression of Parkinson’s is characterized by a deterioration in motor control, and researchers are beginning to explore how this might be monitored via a person’s walking patterns. A new MIT ...

The way you walk, something you likely perform automatically thousands of times daily, contains a wealth of information about your overall health. Gait analysis, once primarily the domain of elite ...

For the more than 10 million people living with Parkinson’s, tracking the progression of the disease is vital to letting doctors know whether patients are responding well to medicine, whether symptoms ...

In his mid-30s, Marc Gauthier noticed a creeping stiffness in his muscles. His hand shook when trying to hold steady. He struggled to maintain his balance while walking. Then he began to freeze in ...

Your steps could say more about your brain than you think. A new study shows that changes in how you walk—especially how long each step is—may help flag early signs of Alzheimer's or other ...

Jim Bowman spends hours in his workshop turning imperfect pieces of wood into art. He learned the art of woodturning as a child and picked the hobby back up in retirement. “I let the wood speak to me, ...