the WATCH-PD study<\/a>, researchers tracked early-stage Parkinson\u2019s patients for 12 months.<\/p>\nData from devices revealed significant declines in gait, increased tremors, and minor speech changes. The smartwatch detected reduced arm swing and recorded daily step counts, aligning with other long-term studies of the disease.<\/p>\n
The study aimed to replicate a multi-centre clinical trial involving early, untreated Parkinson\u2019s patients, with contributions from the pharmaceutical industry, regulators, researchers, and patients.<\/p>\n
Supported by the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the WATCH-PD study has been extended for an additional 18 months.<\/p>\n
Adams added: \u201cThis study brings us closer to having meaningful digital measures for future use in Parkinson\u2019s clinical trials, which may speed up therapeutic development and get treatments to our patients faster.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Research suggests that widely used smartwatches could be used to monitor Parkinson\u2019s disease stages in patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":48496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10551],"tags":[24493,849],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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