A new app that helps Parkinson's Disease patients has been developed with help from researchers at the University of Rochester. The app, called mPower, is only hours old and already has thousands of downloads. It's part of a large research project being conducted at the university. For the first time, the app allows Parkinson's patients to share their symptoms with researchers while also getting to see real-time results themselves. The app is designed to measure dexterity, balance and gait, voice and memory multiple times a day. We can bring about greater collaboration with greater accuracy, but compress the time frame so in that sense it's a very powerful tool," said patient Gary Hilburger. "I really look forward to being able to participate in this study and help out in whatever way I can." "We hope to also understand how the disease changes over the course of time to get better sense of the disease itself and to identify factors, whether disease, diet, exercise or other factors that patients tell us is making their symptoms better or worse," said Dr. Ray Dorsey, M.D., MBA and Professor of Neurology. The app will allow researchers to gain greater insight into the disease. Right now, it is only available for download in the Apple App Store.
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