Patients with Parkinson’s disease are being given life-changing smart watches that allow doctors to remotely assess their condition in a pioneering project to revolutionise NHS care.

The cutting-edge gadget containing sensors, known as a Parkinson’s Kinetigraph (PKG), is worn around the clock for six days to monitor patients’ movements at home.

The information it collects is relayed to doctors who can look for signs that their medicines need changing, improving quality of life, or that make other interventions such as physiotherapy that can stop the condition getting worse.

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Further reading.

Home-based Parkinson’s Care project revolutionises care | European Parkinson’s Disease Association (epda.eu.com)

New smartwatch has potential to enhance personalised Parkinson’s care | Parkinson’s UK (parkinsons.org.uk)

NHS smartwatch for Parkinson’s patients hailed as ‘lifechanging’ | Parkinson’s disease | The Guardian

Parkinson’s patients to be given ‘smart watches’ to monitor their movements | ITV News