INTRODUCTION Our study aimed to describe the clinical features of multiple system atrophy (MSA) in Singapore and verify its diagnosis using the consensus statement in the diagnosis of MSA. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients suspected to have MSA between 1995 and March 2005 were identified from the Movement Disorders database and the autonomic function testing results. The medical records were...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify potential items for an observational screening tool to assess safe, effective and appropriate walking aid use among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Such a tool is needed because of the association between fall risk and mobility aid use in this population. METHODS Four individuals with MS were videotaped using a one or two straight canes, ...

This paper discusses the design of a smart mobility aid for frail, visuallyimpaired people. The device is based on the concept of a walker or rollator a walking frame with wheels. The device, which is called the PAMAID (Personal Adaptive Mobility Aid) has two modes of operation – manual and assistive. In manual mode the device behaves very much like a normal walker. In assistive mode, the PAMAI...

To help blind people overcoming difficulty in their movement the physical environment and even home, a study on an engineering concept is very much necessary. So, our research comes out with aid that will surroundings. It can detect any obstacle block path of blind. And The motion user be sensed by bot. Thus, Blind comfortably receive bot assisting from one place to another. This paper describe...

Little is known about the integration of neural mechanisms for balance and locomotion. Muscle synergies have been studied independently in standing balance and walking, but not compared. Here, we hypothesized that reactive balance and walking are mediated by a common set of lower-limb muscle synergies. In humans, we examined muscle activity during multidirectional support-surface perturbations ...