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Adaptive Assistance for Parkinsonian Gait

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posted on 2024-02-14, 05:20 authored by Lee Yu Wu

People with Parkinson's (PwP) experience gait impairment that can significantly reduce their quality of life. External feedback such as visual, auditory, and tactile cues can be used to improve the mobility of PwP. However, current cueing strategies are limited as the same cue is provided regardless of the person’s condition or medication state. This thesis proposes an adaptive cue-provision framework that can provide personalized assistance based on the individual’s real-time response. The framework is validated with healthy adults, older adults, and PwP. The results show that the adaptive framework can improve gait performance in all three groups of participants.

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Campus location

Australia

Principal supervisor

Dana Kulic

Additional supervisor 1

Anna Murphy

Additional supervisor 2

Chao Chen

Year of Award

2024

Department, School or Centre

Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Course

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Type

DOCTORATE

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

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