Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems

Parkinson’s disease is one of the neurodegenerative conditions that has seen a significant increase in prevalence in recent decades. The lack of specific screening tests and notable disease biomarkers, combined with the strain on healthcare systems, leads to delayed detection of the disease, which w...

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Main Authors: Carlos Rangel-Cascajosa, Francisco Luna-Perejón, Saturnino Vicente-Diaz, Manuel Domínguez-Morales
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/9/7/183
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author Carlos Rangel-Cascajosa
Francisco Luna-Perejón
Saturnino Vicente-Diaz
Manuel Domínguez-Morales
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description Parkinson’s disease is one of the neurodegenerative conditions that has seen a significant increase in prevalence in recent decades. The lack of specific screening tests and notable disease biomarkers, combined with the strain on healthcare systems, leads to delayed detection of the disease, which worsens its progression. The development of diagnostic support tools can support early detection and facilitate timely intervention. The ability of Deep Learning algorithms to identify complex features from clinical data has proven to be a promising approach in various medical domains as support tools. In this study, we present an investigation of different architectures based on Gated Recurrent Neural Networks to assess their effectiveness in identifying subjects with Parkinson’s disease from gait records. Models with Long-Short term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) layers were evaluated. Performance results reach competitive effectiveness values with the current state-of-the-art accuracy (up to 93.75% (average ± SD: 86 ± 5%)), simplifying computational complexity, which represents an advance in the implementation of executable screening and diagnostic support tools in systems with few computational resources in wearable devices.
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spelling doaj-art-93a75ffda0f3453792d1a6336872a7ad2025-08-20T03:58:25ZengMDPI AGBig Data and Cognitive Computing2504-22892025-07-019718310.3390/bdcc9070183Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable SystemsCarlos Rangel-Cascajosa0Francisco Luna-Perejón1Saturnino Vicente-Diaz2Manuel Domínguez-Morales3Robotics and Technology of Computers Laboratory, ETSII-EPS, 41012 Seville, SpainRobotics and Technology of Computers Laboratory, ETSII-EPS, 41012 Seville, SpainRobotics and Technology of Computers Laboratory, ETSII-EPS, 41012 Seville, SpainRobotics and Technology of Computers Laboratory, ETSII-EPS, 41012 Seville, SpainParkinson’s disease is one of the neurodegenerative conditions that has seen a significant increase in prevalence in recent decades. The lack of specific screening tests and notable disease biomarkers, combined with the strain on healthcare systems, leads to delayed detection of the disease, which worsens its progression. The development of diagnostic support tools can support early detection and facilitate timely intervention. The ability of Deep Learning algorithms to identify complex features from clinical data has proven to be a promising approach in various medical domains as support tools. In this study, we present an investigation of different architectures based on Gated Recurrent Neural Networks to assess their effectiveness in identifying subjects with Parkinson’s disease from gait records. Models with Long-Short term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) layers were evaluated. Performance results reach competitive effectiveness values with the current state-of-the-art accuracy (up to 93.75% (average ± SD: 86 ± 5%)), simplifying computational complexity, which represents an advance in the implementation of executable screening and diagnostic support tools in systems with few computational resources in wearable devices.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/9/7/183deep learningdiagnostic supportparkinson’s diseaserecurrent neural networks
spellingShingle Carlos Rangel-Cascajosa
Francisco Luna-Perejón
Saturnino Vicente-Diaz
Manuel Domínguez-Morales
Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems
Big Data and Cognitive Computing
deep learning
diagnostic support
parkinson’s disease
recurrent neural networks
title Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems
title_full Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems
title_fullStr Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems
title_full_unstemmed Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems
title_short Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems
title_sort gait based parkinson s disease detection using recurrent neural networks for wearable systems
topic deep learning
diagnostic support
parkinson’s disease
recurrent neural networks
url https://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/9/7/183
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