A better testing method for patients with Parkinson's disease

(Chinese Association of Automation) Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that manifests through symptoms such as tremor, slow movements, limb rigidity and gait and balance problems. As such, nearly all diagnostic testing revolves around how a patient moves and requires the patient to walk for extensive distances and amounts of time. An international team of researchers based in Saudi Arabia and Sweden proposed a new kind of computational analysis based on less physically-demanding testing.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news