Researcher seeks participants for heat survey
Heat Sensitivity in People with Parkinson’s Disease is being conducted by Dr Andrew Hunt from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The study aims to: increase knowledge and understanding of how people with Parkinson’s experience the heat develop a scale for the assessment of heat sensitivity in people with Parkinson’s. These findings will help shed light […]
Monash Uni gait research project seeking participants
Parkinson’s can result in a decline in gait – or the manner or style of walking. Symptoms include shuffling and freezing, which in addition to reducing mobility, also impact quality of life and loss of confidence. According to the researchers, existing assistive devices that help alleviate freezing of gait can only provide non-adaptive assistance regardless […]