| abstract |
The present invention relates to the field of disease tracking and potentially even diagnosis. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of assessing a subject for muscle disability, and preferably Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), comprising the steps of: determining at least one performance parameter from a pressure measurement dataset of individual finger forces from the subject using a mobile device and comparing the determined at least one performance parameter to a reference, thereby assessing muscle disability, and preferably SMA. The invention also relates to a mobile device comprising a processor, at least one pressure sensor and a database, and software tangibly embedded in the device and executing the method of the invention when run on the device, and using such a device for assessing muscle disabilities, and preferably SMA. |