Harvard Tablet App Helps Doctors Monitor Concussions

When diagnosing neuromuscular problems in patients -- when they age or get a concussion, for example -- doctors typically make conclusions based on information that is qualitative, or subjective.

But a tablet app developed by researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering may be able to quantitatively measure neuromuscular performance for the first time.

In a clinical study of the technology, called "NeuroAssess," 150 people used a stylus to trace a moving target around a circle on a tablet. Their performance -- that is, how often they deviated from the path -- was measured, and then analyzed based on age, sex and handedness. From this, a numb…
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