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October 12, 2021 News by Margarida Maia, PhD

Study of Keyboard Typing as Way of Monitoring Motor Skills Planned

nQ Medical and EvergreenHealth are looking for people with early stage Parkinson’s disease to enter a monthlong study of a software tool — known as neuroQWERTY — to help track motor symptoms by monitoring how fingers interact with a computer’s keyboard. The study, expected to start in July, will enroll about 50…

January 3, 2020 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD

Way of Detecting Parkinson’s Early via Typing Patterns Being Tested and Refined

A type of computational analysis that works to analyze typing patterns may help in detecting motor signs of Parkinson’s disease at early stages, the researchers who developed the analysis report. This new method, which appeared to allow researchers to discriminate between people with early Parkinson’s and those without the disease,…

April 3, 2018 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD

New Software May Help Detect Early Parkinson’s Motor Signs At Home

Researchers have validated a software that evaluates typing patterns with keyboards to detect Parkinson’s disease-specific motor impairment. This approach, done in an at-home setting, may allow early detection of the disease, as well as monitor disease progression. The study, “Detecting Motor Impairment in Early Parkinson’s Disease via Natural…

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