Description
Over the past few years, there have been fundamental changes in the diagnosing and treating patients with chronic diseases, significantly affecting management of neurological movement disorders. In addition, the health and fitness sector developed several devices to better classify, track, and potentially treat chronic diseases. Both handling and interpreting these large datasets has been revolutionized, by machine and deep learning approaches, leading to new and more effective therapies, resulting in longer survival rates.Handbook of Digital Technologies in Movement Disorders aims to unite these factors to provide a comprehensive guide to patient focused treatments for movement disorders. This book is divided into five distinct sections, starting with an introduction to digital technologies, concepts, and terminologies. The following section reviews various perspectives on technology in movement disorders, including patient and medical professionals. The third section presents technologies used in detecting, measuring progression, and determining response to treatments. This is followed by reviewing the technology used in various treatments of movement disorders including assistive and robotic technologies. Finally, the last section examines the challenges with technology including privacy and other ethical issues.- Reviews different stakeholders' perspectives on technology in movement disorders- Presents technological advancements for diagnosing, monitoring, and managing Parkinson's disease- Discusses challenges with implementing technology into treatment
Table of Contents
Part 1: Digital technology: The primer 1. Digital technology: A multifacet discipline 2. Understanding medical and technical terminologies 3. Potential role of digital technologies in the management of PD: Unmet needs for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment 4. Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders for technologistsPart 2: Different stakeholders` perspectives on technology in movement disorders 5. Technology in movement disorders: patients` points of view and expectations 6. Technology in movement disorders: medical professionals` points of view and expectations 7. Which technology is available, what is in the pipeline? 8. Novel analysis approachesPart 3: Technology in movement disorders: detecting disease, measuring progression and determining response to treatment 9. Technologies for Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease 10. Technologies for monitoring of Parkinson's disease 11. Technologies for management of other movement disorders (chorea, dystonia, gait disorders, etc)Part 4: Technology in movement disorders: Treatment 12. Assistive technologies 13. Robotic technologies in movement disorders 14. Closed loop systemsPart 5: Challenges and future directions 15. The optimal digital health record: Implementation of technology 16. Challenges ahead: Harmonization of (digital) datasets, privacy and other ethical issues
