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CleveMed's Remote Parkinson's Monitor OK'D U.S. firm CleveMed said Tuesday it has been cleared to market its Kinesia wireless movement-disorder monitor for Parkinson's patients. The company said the device is worn on the wrist and uses accelerometers and gyroscopes to monitor upper-extremity, movement-disorder symptoms mostly associated with Parkinson's disease. Patients with the disease typically experience movement disorders including tremor, bradykinesia or slowed movements, and dyskinesias, or exaggerated, involuntary movements. The device works by monitoring the patient wirelessly and then telemetering the data to a computer for display and analysis. The Kinesia software includes videos to guide the patient through tasks known to elicit symptoms, similar to instructions given by a doctor when evaluating motor symptoms, CleveMed said. Progress in developing new therapies needs equipment that can reliably quantify movement and Kinesia has performed very well in clinical and research settings for high-quality physiological recordings of tremor and dyskinesia, Peter LeWitt, director of the Division of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders for Henry Ford Health Systems, said in a statement issued by the company. Source: United Press International ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn