All that is required for taking this test is a usual smartphone or a tablet. A smartphone app to help detect a form of Huntington 's disease has been developed at Huntington ’s Disease Association . 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 Lithuania 's Kaunas University of Technology , tells users to seek medical advice if symptoms are found. About 20,000 people in Europe have been diagnosed with the disease that has almost no visible symptoms. Researchers said early detection could give a sufferer 3-16 years of healthy life.
A smartphone app to help detect a form of Huntington 's disease has been developed at Huntington ’s Disease Association . 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 Lithuania 's Kaunas University of Technology , tells users to seek medical advice if symptoms are found. About 20,000 people in Europe have been diagnosed with the disease that has almost no visible symptoms. Researchers said early detection could give a sufferer 3-16 years of healthy life.