article_snippet.sent: But many factors can interfere with motor ability, including sleep deprivation, which reduces dexterity.
article_snippet.sent: For instance, it can distinguish between typing done in the middle of the night, when sleep deprivation impairs motor skills, and typing performed when fully rested.
article_snippet.sent: The study, which has been published in the journal Neurology focused on the effects of fatigue, but they say they could diagnose conditions that impair motor function, such as Parkinson's disease, much earlier than is now possible.
article_snippet.sent: Overall, it strikes me that this has great potential to detect subtle motor impairments even in advance of a clinician's ability to find them,' adds Growdon, who was not involved in the study.
article_snippet.sent: they believe this strategy could also be used to evaluate patients with other diseases that affect motor skills, such as rheumatoid arthritis. '
article_snippet.sent: This might have applications in any disease producing a motor impairment, whether This's in your hands and muscles or the brain,' Sanchez-Ferro says.
highlights_snippet.sent: Team could detect other problems that affect movement, such as arthritis .