A Diadochokinesis-based expert system considering articulatory features of plosive consonants for early detection of Parkinson's disease.

Journal: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: A new expert system is proposed to discriminate healthy people from people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in early stages by using Diadochokinesis tests.

Authors

  • David Montaña
    Department of Computer and Communication Technologies, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Cáceres 10003, Spain. Electronic address: dmongut@unex.es.
  • Yolanda Campos-Roca
    Department of Computer and Communication Technologies, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Cáceres 10003, Spain. Electronic address: ycampos@unex.es.
  • Carlos J Pérez
    Department of Mathematics, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de Elvas s/n, Badajoz 06006, Spain. Electronic address: carper@unex.es.