| abstract |
The present invention relates to the field of disease tracking and potentially even diagnostics. Specifically, it relates to a method of assessing a muscular disability and, preferably, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in a subject comprising the steps of determining at least one performance parameter from a dataset of pressure measurements of the individual finger strength from said subject using a mobile device, and comparing the determined at least one performance parameter to a reference, whereby the muscular disability and, preferably, SMA will be assessed. The present invention also relates to a mobile device comprising a processor, at least one pressure sensor and a database as well as software which is tangibly embedded to said device and, when running on said device, carries out the method of the invention as well as the use of such a device for assessing a muscular disability and, preferably, SMA. |