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Finger Tapping Measures for Parkinson's Disease: Preliminary Evaluation of an Android Application for Data Collection in Australia

Hanna Suominen, Mehika Manocha, Jane Desborough, Anne Parkinson, Deborah Apthorp

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNurses and Midwives in the Digital Age
EditorsMichelle Honey, Charlene Ronquillo, Ting-Ting Lee, Lucy Westbrooke
Place of PublicationAmsterdam, Netherlands
PublisherIOS Press
Pages475-480
ISBN (Print)9781643682211, 9781643682204
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
EventNI 2021: 15th International Congress in Nursing Informatics - Online Event, Online Event
Duration: 23 Aug 20212 Sept 2021

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
PublisherIOS Press
Number284
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

ConferenceNI 2021: 15th International Congress in Nursing Informatics
CityOnline Event
Period23/08/212/09/21

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