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Finger Tapping Measures for Parkinson's Disease: Preliminary Evaluation of an Android Application for Data Collection
Hanna Suominen1,2,3, Mehika Manocha1, Jane Desborough1
1The Australian National University (ANU), Australia.
Abstract:
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive chronic disorder with a high misdiagnosis rate. Because finger-tapping tasks correlate with its fine-motor symptoms, they could be used to help diagnose and assess PD. We first designed and developed an Android application to perform finger-tapping tasks without trained supervision, which is not always feasible for patients. Then, we conducted a preliminary user evaluation in Australia with six patients clinically diagnosed with PD and sixteen controls without PD. The application could be used in research and healthcare for regular symptom and progression assessment and feedback.
