Measuring motor signs of neurodegenerative diseases using a tapping test

Jon Škoberne (2018) Measuring motor signs of neurodegenerative diseases using a tapping test. EngD thesis.

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Abstract

This diploma thesis is part of a larger group project, to which three students are contributing. The goal of the project is a system that consists of three parts: 1. measurement of PD symptoms with accelerometer and other mobile sensors, 2. measurement of PD symptoms with the help of finger tapping test, 3. tracking, visualization and learning pacient’s symptoms. This thesis focuses on the measurement of PD symptoms with the help of finger tapping test. Application will be programmed in QML. It is composed of two areas on which the subject will alternately finger tap. The application will be used for two assignments: 1. finger tapping from the wrist, distal bradyhypokinesia, 2. finger tapping from the shoulder, proxim bradyhypokinesia. With the help of these two tests/assignments we can observe possible reduction of voluntary movements in speed and amplitude, that is the quintessential PD symptom - it can be used to classify Parkinson’s bradyhypokinesia and non-Parkinson’s bradyhypokinesia.

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