Smartphone-Based Monitoring of Parkinson Disease: Quasi-Experimental Study to Quantify Hand Tremor Severity and Medication Effectiveness.

Elina Kuosmanen Florian Wolling Julio Vega Valerii Kan Yuuki Nishiyama Simon Harper Kristof Van Laerhoven Simo Hosio Denzil Ferreira

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

Our work demonstrates the potential use of smartphone inertial sensors as a systematic symptom severity assessment mechanism to monitor PD symptoms and to assess medication effectiveness remotely. Our smartphone-based monitoring app may also be relevant for other conditions where hand tremor is a prevalent symptom.

Keyphrases

parkinson disease
deep brain stimulation
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
healthcare
adverse drug
patient reported
emergency department
physical activity
depressive symptoms
human health
climate change