In order to optimally treat motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), it is necessary to have a good understanding of their severity and daily fluctuations. A report in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease describes how a new app, SleepFit, could be a useful tool in routine clinical practice to monitor motor symptoms and facilitate specific symptom-oriented follow-up. The researchers also determined that information obtained prospectively in real time from the user-friendly app can differ from data gathered retrospectively from patient interviews.
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