UI professors study wearable sensors for Parkinson’s treatment

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UI professors study wearable sensors for Parkinson’s treatment

University of Illinois professors Manuel Enrique Hernandez and Richard Sowers, in collaboration with James R. Brasic, professor at Johns Hopkins and New York University, have published a study demonstrating how a low-cost, wearable sensor could help people with Parkinson’s monitor their symptoms.  According to Hernandez, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical and Translational Science, this project has been in the works for almost f…