A smartphone app to help detect a form of Huntington's disease has been developed at Lithuania’s Kaunas University of Technology. "Our app is aimed at the early detection - we are attempting to diagnose the disease when visually there are no symptoms", says Andrius Lauraitis, KTU doctoral student who is developing the model for evaluating the prevalence Huntington's disease symptoms. Tasks are designed to evaluate cognitive and motor skills and may also help to evaluate other conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or dementia. The app, developed in co-operation with the Huntington's Disease Association, tells users to seek medical advice if symptoms are found. Researchers from Lithuania have created an Android application that can be used by people who suffer from Huntington’s disease. Researchers said early detection could give a sufferer up to 16 years of healthy life.
A smartphone app to help detect a form of Huntington's disease has been developed at Lithuania’s Kaunas University of Technology. Tasks are designed to evaluate cognitive and motor skills and may also help to evaluate other conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or dementia. The app, developed in co-operation with the Huntington's Disease Association, tells users to seek medical advice if symptoms are found. Researchers from Lithuania have created an Android application that can be used by people who suffer from Huntington’s disease. Researchers said early detection could give a sufferer up to 16 years of healthy life.