Parkinson’s: Smartwatches may detect signs up to 7 years early

• A recent study explored the use of wrist-worn accelerometers to detect Parkinson’s disease before clinical diagnosis.
• The researchers found that a decrease in movement speed could be observed several years before a person is diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
• The accelerometer data outperformed other models based on medical symptoms, genetics, lifestyle, or blood biochemistry data and could potentially be incorporated into clinical practice in the future.

In Parkinson’s disease, the deterioration of specific brain cells causes problems with movement and other health problems that get worse over time. Unfortunately, there is still no treatment that reverses or stops the disease.

Several studies are underwayTrusted Source to test treatments that might protect the brain from further damage in the early...

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