Sarah Bouhadoun, Aline Delva, Michael A Schwarzschild, Ronald B Postuma
{"title":"Preparing for Parkinson's disease prevention trials: Current progress and future directions.","authors":"Sarah Bouhadoun, Aline Delva, Michael A Schwarzschild, Ronald B Postuma","doi":"10.1177/1877718X251334050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1877718X251334050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent decades, numerous clinical trials have aimed to delay or prevent Parkinson's disease (PD) progression. Despite the theoretical promise and encouraging preclinical data, none have shown clear efficacy in slowing or preventing PD progression, related to several key limitations. Conventional motor and non-motor scales often fall short in detecting early disease changes, while the heterogeneity of PD phenotypes complicates treatment efficacy. The timing of interventions is also critical, as most trials target patients already in advanced stages of neurodegeneration. A deeper understanding of the preclinical phase and the emergence of new pathological frameworks have shifted the focus toward preventing the onset of clinical PD. Recent advances in biomarker research, including tissue, fluid, and imaging markers, are poised to transform PD research by improving patient selection, stratification, and disease progression monitoring. New biologically grounded frameworks for classifying synucleinopathies aim to distinguish biological subtypes from clinical phenotypes, enabling more targeted prevention trials. Successful PD prevention trials will require early enrollment of individuals at the highest risk, employing low-risk personalized interventions, with biomarkers or sensitive clinical markers as endpoints. Early involvement of key stakeholders will be essential to ensure that trials are timely, ethically sound, and aligned with the needs of the PD community.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"1877718X251334050"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vanessa Fleury, Emilie Tomkova, Sabina Catalano Chiuvé, Louise Penzenstadler
{"title":"Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for Parkinson's disease without depression: A case-report.","authors":"Vanessa Fleury, Emilie Tomkova, Sabina Catalano Chiuvé, Louise Penzenstadler","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241312604","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241312604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundPsychedelic assisted psychotherapy (PAP) can improve treatment-resistant depression. Its usefulness in Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown. PD patients may have problems adjusting to their chronic progressive neurological disease. A change from emotional avoidance to acceptance has been reported following psilocybin administration in patients with treatment-resistant depression.ObjectiveTo report for the first time the effect of psilocybin in a PD patient.MethodsA non-depressed 43-year-old female with a 2-year history of PD presented with difficulty adjusting to PD, anxious ruminations and pessimism. The patient declined an increase in dopaminergic medication or the introduction of an anxiolytic. Therapeutic patient education was not beneficial. The patient received four sessions of high-dose PAP within one year. Neurological and psychiatric assessments were performed before and at one year follow-up using qualitative interviews and quantitative assessment of motor status, dispositional optimism, depression, anxiety, apathy, and well-being.ResultsPAP was well tolerated. It significantly improved the patient's overall pessimistic outlook on her future and decreased her anxious ruminations and worries about potential handicap due to PD. Her general well-being improved, as well as all psychometric scores except for the apathy scale. Motor status remained unchanged. Better acceptance of PD allowed her to accept pharmacological treatment adjustment.ConclusionsPAP could be a safe and useful treatment for PD patients with dispositional pessimism and difficulties accepting their disease by promoting profound decentration from habitual thoughts and emotions, improving mood and PD acceptance. Randomized, controlled studies are needed to confirm this result.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"440-444"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143457896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stewart A Factor, David Weinshenker, J Lucas McKay
{"title":"A possible pathway to freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Stewart A Factor, David Weinshenker, J Lucas McKay","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241308487","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241308487","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Freezing of gait (FOG), a common, perplexing gait disorder observed in Parkinson's disease (PD), is a leading cause of injurious falls and contributes significantly to social isolation. Unlike other PD cardinal features, FOG appears to develop independently, and its heterogeneity presents challenges for both definition and measurement. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying FOG remain poorly understood, limiting the development of effective treatments. Although the roles of specific, targetable biomarkers in FOG development remain unidentified, evidence suggests that it is likely multimodal, potentially involving extranigral transmitter circuits. The diversity of FOG phenotypes may also reflect underlying differences in pathophysiology. In this paper, we first present evidence that FOG may occur independently of dopaminergic influence. We then review an expanding body of research supporting the hypothesis that FOG arises from a dysfunctional pathophysiological feedback loop, involving norepinephrine (NE) depletion, neuroinflammation, and amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation. This biological disruption occurs concurrently with, but distinct from, the primary dopaminergic pathology of PD. When they occur on the background of dopamine loss, the interactions between NE, Aβ, and inflammation, as observed in Alzheimer's disease models, may similarly play a critical role in the development of FOG in PD and could serve as pathobiological markers. The proposed changes in the pathophysiological loop might even precede its onset, highlighting the need for further investigation. A deeper understanding of the involvement of Aβ, NE, and inflammatory markers in FOG could pave the way for rapid clinical trials to test existing amyloid-clearing therapies and noradrenergic drugs in appropriate patient populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"282-290"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leonardo Rigon, Francesco Bove, Alessandro Izzo, Nicola Montano, Livia Brusa, Rocco Cerroni, Alessandro De Biase, Lazzaro di Biase, Giorgio Quintino D'Alessandris, Danilo Genovese, Pasquale Maria Pecoraro, Antonella Peppe, Marina Rizzo, Alessandro Stefani, Antonio Suppa, Anna Rita Bentivoglio, Paolo Calabresi, Carla Piano
{"title":"Concordance between imaging and clinical based STN-DBS programming improves motor outcomes of directional stimulation in Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Leonardo Rigon, Francesco Bove, Alessandro Izzo, Nicola Montano, Livia Brusa, Rocco Cerroni, Alessandro De Biase, Lazzaro di Biase, Giorgio Quintino D'Alessandris, Danilo Genovese, Pasquale Maria Pecoraro, Antonella Peppe, Marina Rizzo, Alessandro Stefani, Antonio Suppa, Anna Rita Bentivoglio, Paolo Calabresi, Carla Piano","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241305725","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241305725","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundAdvances in STN-DBS technology, among which directional stimulation, improved Parkinson's disease (PD) treatment efficacy, while increasing the clinical programming complexity. Lead localization software may aid the stimulation contact selection process.ObjectiveWe aimed to assess the concordance between imaging-suggested (IGP) and conventional-programming (CP) selected stimulation contacts one year after surgery and its impact on motor outcomes.MethodsSixty-four PD patients with bilateral STN-DBS were enrolled. Lead localization was reconstructed with Brainlab<sup>TM</sup> software. For each electrode, the vertical contact level and, when applicable, the directionality predicted by the lead reconstruction software to be the most effective were established and compared to the stimulation parameters clinically activated one-year post-surgery. IGP/CP concordance ratio was calculated for both stimulation level and directional contacts. Post-operative modifications of PD motor symptoms severity were compared among groups of concordant and discordant IGP/CP programming.ResultsOne-year post-surgery, IGP/CP concordance was 80% for active stimulation vertical contact level and 51% for directionality. No significant difference in motor outcomes was found between IGP/CP concordant and discordant patients for contact level activation, whereas patients with concordant IGP/CP active directional stimulation (c-Direction) showed superior motor outcomes at one-year follow-up than those discordant (d-Direction) (UPDRS-III stimulation-induced improvement: c-Direction = -25.66 ± 13.74 vs. d-Direction = -12.54 ± 11.86; p = 0.011).ConclusionsVisual reconstruction software correctly predicted the most clinically effective stimulation contact levels in most patients. Imaging therefore facilitates classic STN-DBS clinical programming while assuring similar outcomes. Moreover, better motor outcomes were reached by patients with concordant IGP/CP directional parameters, suggesting that visualization can represent an added value in particular for directional stimulation programming.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"409-420"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143649443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly A Mills, Hiroto Kuwabara, Yong Du, Gabriela Gomez, Chelsie S Motley, Yana Skorobogatova, Ergi Spiro, Jennifer M Coughlin, Wojciech Lesniak, Jason Brandt, Vidya Kamath, Martin G Pomper, Gwenn S Smith
{"title":"Cortical α4β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Kelly A Mills, Hiroto Kuwabara, Yong Du, Gabriela Gomez, Chelsie S Motley, Yana Skorobogatova, Ergi Spiro, Jennifer M Coughlin, Wojciech Lesniak, Jason Brandt, Vidya Kamath, Martin G Pomper, Gwenn S Smith","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241313373","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241313373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundAutopsy and <i>in vivo</i> molecular imaging studies suggest altered binding of the α4β2-nicotinic cholinergic receptor (α4β2-nAChR) with cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD).ObjectiveTo determine the relationship between cortical and hippocampal binding of the α4β2-nAChR with [<sup>18</sup>F]XTRA PET, a high-affinity radiotracer that enables quantification of α4β2-nAChR in these regions, and cognitive function in individuals with PD.MethodsIndividuals with PD (N = 32) and age-similar, controls without PD or dementia (N = 10) completed a cognitive assessment and one 90-min, [<sup>18</sup>F]XTRA PET scan. Metabolite-corrected arterial input function radioactivity time-activity curves were generated to obtain total distribution volume (V<sub>T</sub>) across 12 regions of interest (ROIs). [<sup>18</sup>F]XTRA binding was compared 1) between controls and people with PD and 2) between controls, persons with PD with normal cognition (PD-NC), and persons with PD with MCI (PD-MCI).Results[<sup>18</sup>F]XTRA binding was higher in the occipital cortex of the combined group of PD participants compared to age-similar controls. No regions showed lower binding in PD. V<sub>T</sub> with, but not without, partial volume correction was different between controls, PD-NC, and PD-MCI groups, and this was driven by higher binding in PD-MCI compared to controls. Regression of regional V<sub>T</sub> on cognitive domain T-scores, adjusting for age, showed that worse performance in visual-spatial memory tasks was associated with higher V<sub>T</sub> in the precuneus and the entire parietal cortex.ConclusionsHigher α4β2-nAChR binding in posterior cortical regions is found in PD and associated with worse visual perception and memory, possibly due to lower receptor occupancy by endogenous acetylcholine.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"374-386"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oyedele J Olaoye, Sophie L Farrow, Denis M Nyaga, Antony A Cooper, Justin M O'Sullivan
{"title":"From blood vessels to brain cells: Connecting the circulatory system and Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Oyedele J Olaoye, Sophie L Farrow, Denis M Nyaga, Antony A Cooper, Justin M O'Sullivan","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241308168","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241308168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease (PD) is traditionally recognized as a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor dysfunction and α-synuclein protein accumulation in the brain. However, recent research suggests that the circulatory system may also contribute to PD pathogenesis through the spread of α-synuclein beyond the brain. The blood-brain barrier (BBB), a key regulator of molecular exchange between the bloodstream and the brain, may become compromised in PD, allowing harmful substances, including pathogenic forms of α-synuclein, to infiltrate the brain and promote neurodegeneration. Transport mechanisms such as P-glycoprotein and the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-related protein (LRP-1) further modulate the movement of α-synuclein across the BBB, influencing disease progression. Additionally, extracellular vesicles are emerging as crucial mediators in the dissemination of α-synuclein between the brain and peripheral tissues, facilitating its spread and accumulation. The lymphatic system, responsible for clearing α-synuclein, may also contribute to PD pathology when impaired. This review highlights the growing evidence for a circulatory axis in the initiation and progression of PD. We propose that future research should explore the hypothesis that the circulatory system contributes to the pathogenesis of PD by aiding the distribution of α-synuclein throughout the body.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"255-268"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sinah Röttgen, Marie-Sophie Lindner, Aline Seger, Johanna Kickartz, Kim-Lara Weiß, Christopher Ej Doppler, Gereon R Fink, Anja Ophey, Michael Sommerauer
{"title":"Non-motor symptoms in prodromal Parkinson's disease are linked to reduced quality of life.","authors":"Sinah Röttgen, Marie-Sophie Lindner, Aline Seger, Johanna Kickartz, Kim-Lara Weiß, Christopher Ej Doppler, Gereon R Fink, Anja Ophey, Michael Sommerauer","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241310726","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241310726","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) highlights an early α-synucleinopathy. This study compared health-related quality of life (hrQoL) in 62 individuals with iRBD with 19 healthy controls (HC) and 29 individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) and identified factors linked to poorer hrQoL. HrQoL was significantly lower in individuals with iRBD (83.33 ± 16.96) compared to HC (92.29 ± 5.49, p = 0.027). Poorer hrQoL in individuals with iRBD was linked to severity of multiple non-motor symptoms, most prominently fatigue and depressive symptoms being significant predictors (<i>p </i>< 0.001, adjusted <i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = 0.81). This study highlights the importance of non-motor symptoms for hrQoL in prodromal PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"434-439"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guillaume Carey, Mark L Kuijf, Stijn Michielse, Amée F Wolters, Kathy Dujardin, Albert Fg Leentjens
{"title":"Reduced volume of the mediodorsal and anteroventral thalamus is associated with anxiety in Parkinson's disease: A cross-sectional 7-tesla MRI study.","authors":"Guillaume Carey, Mark L Kuijf, Stijn Michielse, Amée F Wolters, Kathy Dujardin, Albert Fg Leentjens","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241308141","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241308141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundParkinson's disease (PD)-related anxiety occurs frequently and may be associated with imbalance between anxiety-related circuits. While the thalamus is a shared region of these circuits, its role in PD-related anxiety has not been explored so far.ObjectiveTo identify changes in volume of the thalamus and its subnuclei in patients with PD-related anxiety.MethodsCognitively intact PD patients (n = 105) were divided into two groups based on their score on the Parkinson anxiety scale (PAS): 31 PD patients had anxiety (Anx-PD) and 74 did not have anxiety (non-Anx-PD). Forty-five healthy control subjects were included. Participants underwent 7-Tesla MRI scanning. Using automatic segmentation, the volumes of the thalamus and its subnuclei were measured, compared between the groups and regressed on the PAS.ResultsThe volumes of the thalamus and its subnuclei did not significantly differ between the groups. However, in anxious PD patients, more severe anxiety was strongly associated with a smaller volume of the right medial thalamic subregion, specifically the right mediodorsal magnocellular nucleus and the right mediodorsal parvocellular nucleus (R = 0.63, ß<sub>PAS </sub>= -0.546, p-value<sub>model </sub>= 0.007 and R = 0.60, ß<sub>PAS </sub>= -0.547, p-value<sub>model </sub>= 0.016, respectively), and of the left anteroventral thalamus (R = 0.73, FDR p-value<sub>model </sub>= 0.002, ß<sub>PAS </sub>= -0.407, p-value<sub>PAS </sub>= 0.01).ConclusionsA reduced volume of the mediodorsal and anteroventral thalamus, overlapping structures between the anxiety related circuits, are associated with more severe PD-related anxiety and may explain its high prevalence in the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"338-348"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher Käufer, Miloš Stanojlović, Alina Schidlitzki, Jana Bonsberger, Alexander Storch, Franziska Richter
{"title":"Alterations in non-REM sleep and EEG spectra precede REM-sleep deficits in a model of synucleinopathy.","authors":"Christopher Käufer, Miloš Stanojlović, Alina Schidlitzki, Jana Bonsberger, Alexander Storch, Franziska Richter","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241310723","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241310723","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundSleep disturbances often precede motor symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Neuroinflammation is implicated in PD pathophysiology and may contribute to non-motor symptoms such as sleep disturbances. The Thy1-αSyn mouse model, overexpressing human alpha-synuclein (αSyn), mimics key aspects of PD and DLB, making it valuable for studying related sleep disturbances and neuroinflammatory changes.ObjectiveTo investigate early-stage alterations in sleep architecture, electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns, and neuroinflammation in Thy1-αSyn mice.MethodsWe used telemetric EEG/electromyography (EMG) with video surveillance to compare sleep patterns and EEG spectral power between 2.5- and 4.5-month-old male Thy1-αSyn transgenic mice and wild-type littermates. Neuroinflammation was assessed by examining microglial (Iba1) and astrocytic (GFAP) activation in key sleep-regulating brain regions.ResultsThy1-αSyn mice showed decreased resting wake time and increased non-REM sleep, with altered sleep bout frequency and length, indicating significant sleep architecture changes. Spectral analysis revealed a shift from higher to lower frequency bands, suggesting early neural circuitry disruptions due to αSyn overexpression. Significant microglial activation was observed at 3 months, with astrogliosis progressing by 5 months in key sleep-regulating regions, indicating that neuroinflammation may contribute to the observed sleep disturbances.ConclusionsEarly-stage Thy1-αSyn mice exhibit significant sleep architecture changes, EEG spectral shifts, and neuroinflammatory alterations. These findings suggest that neuroinflammation may play a role in the initial pathophysiological changes in PD and related synucleinopathies. Sleep, EEG, and neuroinflammatory changes could serve as early biomarkers for these diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"311-328"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving reliability of movement assessment in Parkinson's disease using computer vision-based automated severity estimation.","authors":"Jinyu Xu, Xin Xu, Xudong Guo, Zezhi Li, Boya Dong, Chen Qi, Chunhui Yang, Dong Zhou, Jiali Wang, Lu Song, Ping He, Shanshan Kong, Shuchang Zheng, Sichao Fu, Wei Xie, Xuan Liu, Ya Cao, Yilin Liu, Yiqing Qiu, Zhiyuan Zheng, Fei Yang, Jing Gan, Xi Wu","doi":"10.1177/1877718X241312605","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1877718X241312605","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundClinical assessments of motor symptoms rely on observations and subjective judgments against standardized scales, leading to variability due to confounders. Improving inter-rater agreement is essential for effective disease management.ObjectiveWe developed an objective rating system for Parkinson's disease (PD) that integrates computer vision (CV) and machine learning to correct potential discrepancies among raters while providing the basis for model performance to gain professional acceptance.MethodsA prospective PD cohort (n = 128) were recruited from multi-centers. Motor examination videos were recorded using an android tablet with CV-based software following the MDS-UPDRS Part-III instructions. Videos included facial, upper- and lower-limb movements, arising from a chair, standing, and walking. Fifteen certified clinicians were recruited from multi-centers. For each video, five clinicians were randomly selected to independently rate the severity of motor symptoms, validate the videos and movement variables (MovVars). Machine learning algorithms were applied for automated rating and feature importance analysis. Inter-rater agreement among human raters and the agreement between artificial intelligence (AI)-generated ratings and expert consensus were calculated.ResultsFor all validated videos (n = 1024), AI-based ratings showed an average absolute accuracy of 69.63% and an average acceptable accuracy of 98.78% against the clinician consensus. The mean absolute error between the AI-based scores and clinician consensus was 0.32, outperforming the inter-rater variability (0.65), potentially due to the combined utilization of diverse MovVars.ConclusionsThe algorithm enabled accurate video-based evaluation of mild motor symptom severity. AI-assisted assessment improved the inter-rater agreement, demonstrating the practical value of CV-based tools in screening, diagnosing, and treating movement disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"349-360"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}