“…A growing number of studies are attempting to proceed PD diagnosis at the level of brain functions by investigating brain activation features from functional magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalographic, and diffusion tensor imaging in the resting state [14], [15], [16], [17]. In addition to these modalities, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), an emerging neuroimaging technology, is increasingly applied to explore the brain functional neurodegeneration of PD patients in clinical walking tests [18], [19], [20] for its portability for task-related measurement, convenience to transfer and use, flexibility for experiments and tolerance to movement noises, etc [21], [22].…”