Distinguishing Different Stages of Parkinson’s Disease Using Composite Index of Speed and Pen-Pressure of Sketching a Spiral

The speed and pen-pressure while sketching a spiral are lower among Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with higher severity of the disease. However, the correlation between these features and the severity level (SL) of PD has been reported to be 0.4. There is a need for identifying parameters with a...

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Main Authors: Poonam Zham, Dinesh K. Kumar, Peter Dabnichki, Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan, Sanjay Raghav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00435/full