SMART-PD: Evaluating the Impact of Smartphone-Based Wearable Technology on Motor Symptoms and Quality of Life in People With Parkinson's Disease

KinesiaU is a commercially available wearable technology, which includes a smart watch and a mobile application which can continuously monitor and quantify motor symptoms such as tremor, bradykinesia, dyskinesia, gait parameters throughout the day. The technology has been validated for motor symptoms and has high agreement with clinician ratings of motor severity. The motion sensor records data using KinesiaU smart watch and is then transmitted to a secure cloud database, where specialized algorithms analyze the information to detect motor symptoms and compute severity scores every 2 minutes. The results are then not only available to clinicians in the form of detailed reports for review but also for PwP in easily understandable format on the phone application . The validity of this device has been studied to assess tremor, bradykinesia and dyskinesia.

Participants in the control group will receive standard of care, consisting of regular management of their motor symptoms and monitoring using motor dairy, interview by their neurologist, family physician, and other healthcare providers.