Topic: Activities of daily living

Parkinson's Disease (PD) presents with debilitating motor and non-motor symptoms affecting patient quality of life (QoL). Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) holds promise for mitigating motor symptoms but requires further investigation regarding its impact on QoL. The study explored DBS's effects on PD patients' QoL, employing clinical assessments, patient-reported outcomes, and longitudinal follow-up. A prospective cohort study was conducted involving 150 PD patients who underwent DBS surgery. Baseline assessments of motor and non-motor symptoms, alongside QoL, were recorded using standardized scal

Visual prostheses (VP) address vision loss by electrically stimulating neuronal activity within the visual pathway, effectively bypassing the damaged site and providing individuals with phosphene perception. An ideal VP should capture images in real-time and stimulate visual pathways based on the image content, creating precepts that accurately represent the visual scene in front of the user, using phosphenes as building blocks. At present, however, the perception provided by the VP is rudimentary and markedly distinct from natural vision. Here, we evaluated whether pattern stimulation through