Bob Marcotte, University of Rochester03.22.17
When her medications aren’t working, Bernadette Mroz says, “my world goes into a spin cycle. I cannot function mentally, emotionally, or physically.”
Mroz, who has Parkinson’s disease, does not expect a cure in her lifetime. But she is hopeful that University of Rochester researchers will soon be able to “better tune in” the medications that help control her tremors and memory lapses.
Toward that end, the Hannibal, New York, resident recently participated in a Rochester clinical trial in which she wore five sensors – one on each of her limbs and her chest. Thirty times a second, each sensor recorded acceleration in three directions – in effect recording her every movement, including tremors, for 46 hours at a time.
The sensors provide a wealth of data about the progression her disease – data that would allow physicians to make better informed decisions about treatments, including adjustments to her medications.
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