IJPAM: Volume 63, No. 3 (2010)
TWO AUTOCOVARIANCE-BASED MEASURES OF BALANCE
IN PARKINSONIANS AND NORMAL CONTROLS
IN PARKINSONIANS AND NORMAL CONTROLS
Gregory M. Constantine
, Marius Buliga
,
Yoram Vodovotz
,
Nicolaas I. Bohnen
Department of Mathematics
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
e-mail: gmc@pitt.edu
Department of Mathematics
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Bradford, PA 16701, USA
e-mail: buliga@pitt.edu
Department of Surgery
Center for Inflamation and Regenerative Modeling
McGowen Institute for Regenerative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
e-mail: vodovotzy@upmc.edu
Department of Radiology and Neurology
University of Michigan
Ann-Arbor, MI 48105, USA
e-mail: nbohnen@umich.edu
, Marius Buliga,
Yoram Vodovotz
,
Nicolaas I. Bohnen
Department of Mathematics
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
e-mail: gmc@pitt.edu
Department of Mathematics
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Bradford, PA 16701, USA
e-mail: buliga@pitt.edu
Department of Surgery
Center for Inflamation and Regenerative Modeling
McGowen Institute for Regenerative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
e-mail: vodovotzy@upmc.edu
Department of Radiology and Neurology
University of Michigan
Ann-Arbor, MI 48105, USA
e-mail: nbohnen@umich.edu
Abstract.Center of pressure electronic platform testing is proposed as an affordable early diagnostic tool for persons at risk of Parkinson's disease. A stiffness measures and crossing time statistic are studied for possible use in such a diagnosis.
Received: August 27, 2009
AMS Subject Classification: 23A30, 22B40
Key Words and Phrases: human postural control, center of pressure, logistic regression
Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN: 1311-8080
Year: 2010
Volume: 63
Issue: 3