Thread: Yawning, Parkinsons and Control Theory - an engineers perspective
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Old 06-10-2015, 05:41 PM
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If "PD is a small thing" then your PhD is going to win a Nobel Prize!

Following on from BreezyRacers's idea, I find that the side to side tap test (counting the number of times you can type q followed by p in a fixed period using just one finger) gives good results. You can run this test online at:

http://www.parkinsonsmeasurement.org...eToSideTap.htm

John
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