Content

The data collected throughout the study contains assessments of participants' ability (with and without self-declared MS) to perform simple tasks on their smartphones with the aim of understanding the effects of MS on mood, cognition, hand-motor function, postural stability, and gait. The tasks are categorized into the following:

• Brain: Quick daily questions about how participants feel to understand their well-being and mood. Matching symbol tasks to assess the speed of processing information.
• Hand: Hand-motor function tasks designed by healthcare professionals to gather information on manual dexterity, strength, and precision over time.
• Mobility: Walking and posture tasks to track changes in your mobility, stability, speed, and balance over time.
• Passive monitoring: Collect data continuously in the background on how participants move throughout the day.

Related Publications

• FLOODLIGHT Open – A Global, Prospective, Open-Access Study to Better Understand Multiple Sclerosis Using Smartphone Technology
• Digital Health: Smartphone-based monitoring of multiple sclerosis using Floodlight

Acknowledgements

The data came from the Floodlight Open Study: https://floodlightopen.com, please reference and cite the original page and check there for more details on the acquisition, protocol, ethics approval, and updated data.

Inspiration

• Can you come up with a classifier for accurately differentiating the MS from the control patients?
• How does the time change for activity performance vary between MS and healthy patients?
• Can you predict the severity (speed and amount of deterioration) of MS from information about the patient (age, initial abilities, location)