Parkinson's disease
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The system may now be used to target patients' internal globus pallidus, a portion of the brain associated with Parkinson's disease symptoms.
The initial rollout will have 150 patients monitored using the Parkinson's KinetiGraph device.
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The 100-patient study is a collaboration between Sensoria, the Michael J. Fox Foundation and Neuroscience Research Australia.
The exploratory study suggests that only a single sensor attached to the hand is necessary to collect the necessary data for automated symptom detection.