Cultural bias in motor function patterns: Potential relevance for predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quantification of motor performance has a promising role in personalized medicine by diagnosing and monitoring, e.g. neurodegenerative diseases or health problems related to aging. New motion assessment technologies can evolve into patient-centered eHealth applications on a global scale to support personalized healthcare as well as treatment of disease. However, uncertainty remains on the limits of generalizability of such data, which is relevant specifically for preventive or predictive applications, using normative datasets to screen for incipient disease manifestations or indicators of individual risks.

Objective

This study explored differences between healthy German and Japanese adults in the performance of a short set of six motor tests.

Methods

Six mo

SUBMITTER: Otte K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954970 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature