The Role Of Mobility In Parkinson's Disease

The ability to move from one point to other independently is known as mobility. Mobility is the important in order to maintain independence of the human begin. Walking becomes a task which cannot be performed without the considerable attention. The greatest number of individuals is affected by mobility problem in their adulthood. This mobility disability not only affects the human’s quality life style of health and productivity but also affects the family and people around them. People mostly affected by the mobility problem are around and above the age of 50. Mobility assessment is required to make decision about how much the Parkinson’s disease severity. Mobility assessment which is used to determine the mobility issues outside a
hospital environment in order to know about the real time issues faced by the patients. This helps for the treatment for the disease. Currently, many type of mobility assessment is done in the clinical under the supervision of the physician. This mobility assessment test which as clinical test, quantitative measure and feedback from the subject that is from the client to the physician. Even though clinical mobility test as values like assessment tools, proper surveillance it is not appropriate for independent community walking and the impacts faced by the subjects from the surroundings.
Assessment of mobility in the non-clinical condition is quite different from the clinical condition as the subject faces variety of problems in the real time conditions. Subject are mostly aged, the small negligence will leads to severity in the mobility condition. So, non-clinical monitoring for people with mobility is very important. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder which affects a part of brain. It leads to multiple impairments mainly in the motor functions including tremor, rigidity, and postural instability. PD mainly affects the brain co-ordination with the muscle movement in various parts. It’s named after the doctor who first described it. Parkinson’s disease mainly affects the people who are above 50. As this become common with the increasing age. About five in thousand people over the age of sixty and forty in thousand over the age of eighty have PD. It affects both men and women but predominantly affects the men. Nowadays it starts to affect the people who are under the age of
50. PD is commonly not an inherited disease, as it can affect anyone else. But in recent days the genetic factors plays a vital role in few people who develop PD under the age of 50. A small part in the brain known as Substantia Nigra which sends the messages down the nerves in the spinal cord which is used to control the muscles of the body. Messages are passed from the brain cell by a chemical called neurotransmitter to the nerve and to the muscles. Dopamine is the main neuro transmitter that appointed by the brain cell in the Substania Nigra. The Substania Nigra content in PD affected people becomes damaged and dies. The exact reason for this damage is unknown. As the time passes or increase in age of the PD patient which leads to increase in destruction level of the Substania Nigra in cell. As the result, the Dopamine production is reduced. The combination of cell destruction and reduced amount Dopamine which is presented in part of the brain leads to slow down and abnormal message transmission between the brain and the muscles. Wearable Sensor Device (WSD) is designed to be worn around the human body without causing inconvenience to them along with that, it also permits for mobility monitoring of the subjects in their home and community. Most of the mobility monitoring devices is mainly used to measure the biomedical parameters. Wearable sensor device plays a vital role in the emerging pervasive computing health monitoring as it can be used in the real time manner with the great human comfort. Many types of wearable sensors are developed for the real time monitoring of the task performed by the respective subjects. WSD uses battery as their main source of power. Telemedicine has been used to transfer healthcare services to patients in remote locations. In addition to improving the interaction between patient and doctor, telemedicine also permits professionals and health services to develop their reach. Reducing the cost of health care is one of the main reasons for funding and adopting telemedicine technologies. Telemedicine has been shown to decrease the cost of health care and increase efficiency through improved treatment of diseases like heart disease, diabetes mellitus, or asthma, information shared with health care professional, reduced travel times, and fewer or shorter hospital stays and visits. Patients need telemedicine. The largest impact of telemedicine is on the patients, their family and their group of people. The telemedicine technologies are used the travel time and stress is reduced for the patient. Telemedicine used for facilities the patients and their families.