Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial
Official title:
Accuracy of Markerless 3D Motion Capture Evaluation to Differentiate Between On/Off Status in Parkinson's Disease After Deep Brain Stimulation
Body motion evaluation (BME) by markerless systems is increasingly being considered as an
alternative to traditional marker-based technology because they are faster, simpler, and less
expensive. They are increasingly used in clinical settings in patients with movement
disorders, however, the wide variety of systems available make results conflicting.
The objective of this study was to determine if a markerless 3D motion capture system is a
useful instrument to objectively differentiate between Parkinons's Disease (PD) patients with
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in On and Off state and controls; and its correlation with the
evaluation by means of Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS).
Six PD patients who underwent DBS bilaterally in the subthalamic nucleus were evaluated using
BME and UPDRS-III with DBS turned On and Off. BME of 16 different movements in six controls
paired by age and sex was compared with PD patients with DBS in On and Off states.
Kinematic data obtained with this markerless system could contribute to the discrimination
between PD patients and healthy controls. This emerging technology may help to clinically
evaluate PD patients more objectively.
Methodology. Patients. Six patients with PD, diagnosed in accordance with the United Kingdom
Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank Clinical Diagnostic Criteria by a certified
neurologist and movement disorder specialist, were included. This is a pilot study, and
sample size was chosen by convenience, accessibility and proximity to the researchers. The
study was approved by the investigator's institutional research board, and the patients and
controls provided written consent. In the months preceding the test, the PD patients were
clinically evaluated by the same physician according to the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating
Scale section III or motor section (UPDRS-III).
Instrument. Actually, there are many markerless motion capture systems in the market, with a
broad range of prices, as well as a broad range of reliability. However, DARI system has been
proven to be one of the best for numerous reasons. This system requires a quick calibration
at the beginning of each day that the technician can complete in less than 10 minutes. It
does not have to be repeated until the following day, no matter how many patients are
evaluated. The system depends on a computer-based software that acquires the patient's
skeleton or avatar using eighteen high-speed cameras (120 Hz) placed around the room to
collect whole body data and delivers kinematic analysis almost instantly using sophisticated
biomechanical algorithms.
Also, traditional motion labs use cumbersome floor-mounted pressure plates to measure the
forces generated by the body. These require frequent calibration and restrict the subject's
movement to a limited area. DARI's kinetic capture system does not require force plates and
can measure joint torques, ground reaction forces, and other measurements without restricting
the subject's natural movement.
Markerless 3D motion capture evaluation of kinematics in the PD patients and controls was
performed on a rectangle room that measures 6 x 6 meters and 3 meters in height. The room has
a green screen on the floor, and eighteen cameras are strategically placed on the walls,
twelve are placed 2.6 meters high and 6 are on a lower level at 30 centimeters from the
ground. The room has ample space, which allows for broader movements to be analyzed.
Evaluations. PD patients were asked to arrive in the morning wearing dark close-fitting
clothing, to skip their last PD medication, and with DBS in Off state for least 180 minutes.
On PD patients, UPDRS-III evaluation was done first. Then, to begin the markerless body
motion evaluation (BME), patients and controls' weight and height were entered into the
system to help establish the locations of joint centers. Once inside the green room, subjects
first stood with feet apart and arms outstretched to the side, while the system created a 3D
silhouette of each participant's form and a biometric skeleton was acquired; this took no
more than three seconds. For the BME, all subjects performed 16 different movements. This set
of movements was especially designed to evaluate PD patients and contains items that are
related to three major motor symptoms in this disease: rigidity, bradykinesia and postural
instability; tremor is not possible to assess. Once the BME was done, PD patients were asked
to turn their DBS to On state and wait 30 minutes before repeating both UPDRS-III and BME.
Controls only performed the BME, which took no more than 20 minutes. PD patients were
evaluated twice (DBS state On and Off) with a 1-hour wait in between; their evaluation
altogether took approximately 1.5 hours. The data files were uploaded to DARI Motion Platform
where the biomechanical analysis produced full-body kinematic results and, finally, these
data were exported to Excel for statistical analysis.
Analysis. A paired t-test was used to compare mean changes in UPDRS-III between the On and
Off state. Mean differences between groups were evaluated with ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis tests
depending of the distribution of the data of each independent variable. Post hoc analyses
were made for pairwise comparison in statistically significant results. Bivariate
correlations among evaluation modalities were examined. These correlations were examined in
the On and Off state between UPDRS-III and BME items. To compare them as accurately as
possible, the items on UPDRS-III and BME that were similar were correlated (e.g. rigidity in
upper limbs from UPDRS-III was correlated with shoulder flexion, extension, rotation from
BME). One of the correlations was hip displacement taken from BME, which analyzes balance by
measuring the movement of hips when patients stand during 10 seconds with arms outstretched
to the sides and eyes closed; this was correlated with posture stability item from UPDRS-III,
which is a quick pull, reactionary intervention test where patient's response is measured.
Because not all UPDRS-III items were measurable by DARI, seven out of 18 were correlated;
however, all BME items were correlated with UPDRS-III global score. IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0
software was used for data analysis. A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered to indicate
statistical significance.
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