PC-users with Parkinson's disease? – Tips for appropriate
Today, technology is a key part of our everyday life. In spite of their general parkinsons disease (PD) ailments, people with PD want of course to continue living as normally as possible. This article presents possible alternative equipment when using a PC.
Story by: Miriam Nes - 27.01.2009
We now try to summarize the results of the project Parkinsons Disease and ICT Challenges (PIKT) in terms of finding appropriate adaptations for ICT-users with PD. The project was founded by IT Funk/The Norwegian Research Council. A complete overview of the results are in PIKT project Sluttrapport (in Norwegian).
Particular problem areas for PC users with PD are inertia, muscle rigidity, problems with the use of the computer mouse, tremours and issues related to the keyboard and ergonomics.
The individual differences (symptoms) are quite different from person to person with PD. This hampers efforts to identify general recommendations.
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