Rishav Selvam | Polygence
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Rishav Selvam

Class of 2026Ashburn, Virginia

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  • "Can Parkinson’s be detected through gait analysis? " with mentor Shashwat (Working project)

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Can Parkinson’s be detected through gait analysis?

Started May 21, 2025

Abstract or project description

Outline: 5.5 pages to 10 pages plus references and figures/tables (double spaces, 12 pt font). Arial vs Times New Roman

Introduction (1-2) Overview of the disease Epidemiology How many pts per years? Male vs Female? Race/Ethnicity? Prognosis Statement Symptoms: motor and non=motor Treatments improve quality of life but no cure Many people are hoping to detect early so aiming to detect through gait. Risk Factors Research Question What we are hoping to achieve Methods (1-2) Overview and description of the database Demographic and data exploration graphs Machine Learning model description Description of any statistical tests you used Python version? Python packages? Results (2-3) Univariate logistic regression models Multivariate logistic regression models Machine Learning Model Discussion (1-2) Discuss performance of these models Future directions Conclusion (0.5) Gait analysis may be able to provide earlier detection of Parkinsons.