abstract |
Aspects described herein relate to the field of disease tracking and diagnostics. Specifically, they relate to a method of assessing a muscular disability and, in particular, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in a subject comprising the steps of determining at least one parameter from a dataset of sensor measurements of the subject using a mobile device, and comparing the determined at least one parameter to a reference, whereby the muscular disability and, in particular, SMA will be assessed. Aspects described herein also relate 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, in particular, SMA. |