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hi james At 14:20 99/01/19 +0000, you wrote: >As a computer scientist beginning work in the area of movement disorders, >I am particularly interested in studying the diagnosis and evaluation of >Parkinsons sufferers through the use of handwriting analysis. Is there >anyone out there who is currently working on research in this field, or >who has been a subject in these trials? If so, I would be particularly >interested in mailing you. I believe that early diagnosis and effective, >accurate evaluation are the cornerstones of therapy and treatment, >particularly in Parkinsons, with its random and unstable spread of >symptoms. I hope you have something useful, but even if you do not; > hello to everybody, and best wishes, > James G. Clacher your investigative bent appeals to me handwriting analysis seems only too logical in re evaluating pd in retrospect, pre-diagnosis, my handwriting was a crystal clear daily diary of my physical decline i maintained a handwritten record of long distance phone calls in a steno pad; flipping through the pages, week after week, month after month was like watching a living silent movie of pd's persistent approach i have done a preliminary search at the PubMed website at: for references to clinical studies on this topic using the criteria "parkinson AND handwriting" and was given a list of over 64 abstracts describing such studies in the medical journals the key ones seem to point toward using handwriting analysis as a means of evaluating the ons and offs of responses to medication using handwriting analysis as a diagnostic tool for pd might bring a brilliant new aspect to a difficult 'guessing game' i will post the PubMed results in a separate message i do hope that you will share any other responses with us your cyber-sibling janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm [log in to unmask]