PARKSERVICE is a new telemedical application combining home-based support for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and a PD-specific walking aid which uses a strategy known as visual cueing. PD is estimated to affect 100-180 per 100,000 of the population (with most surveys favoring the higher estimate) and has an annual incidence of 4-20 per 100,000[1],[2]. Taking a population of approximately 450M citizens this implies 450,000-900,000 people with PD (PWP) in the EU. PD is a progressive, incurable neurological disease resulting in depletion of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. Currently all therapy is symptomatic and primarily based on pharmacological enhancement of dopamine levels via the drug levadopa.
