Bringing research to the benefit of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease

On Saturday, we had the honor to celebrate the Finnish Movement Disorders Association’s 40th anniversary together with over 200 guests, including people diagnosed with movement disorders and their relatives. The celebrations took place in Turku, where the central office of the association is based.

Since 1984, the Finnish Movement Disorders Association has operated to the benefit of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, as well as their families and relatives.

The day seminar opened by the association’s Executive Director, Johanna Reiman, and Chairman, Osmo Pammo as well as the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Taru Koivisto offered an informative and inspiring program including the latest results from research on movement disorders at the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital presented by Jaakko Pullinen, Doctoral Researcher and Doctor specializing in Neurology at the University of Turku and latest findings on sleep and movement disorders shared by Professor Markku Partinen, Neurologist and international expert in sleep research and medicine.

During the seminar, we had the opportunity to introduce our research-based technology able to measure the visible and invisible motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and explain how it can support clinicians in making more informed treatment decisions – improving their patients’ quality of life. We were overwhelmed by the great interest in our solution and the interesting and insightful discussions we had with people affected by the disease.

The seminar was concluded with a talk by Neuropsychologist and PhD Ulla Ellfolk about how to adapt to the changes caused by movement disorders – both as a patient and a family member, and experiences from Juliana Routola-Lietzen on living with family members suffering from Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease.

“We were very happy that the seminar attracted so many patients and their loved ones. Our role as a patient advocacy organization is to support people diagnosed with movement disorders and their relatives in the changes and challenges of everyday life,” comments Johanna Reiman.

Adamant Health was founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the University of Eastern Finland to bring the results of more than 15 years of research to patients, healthcare professionals, and companies developing new therapies. We are looking forward to continuing our cooperation with the Finnish Movement Disorders Association to help people with Parkinson’s get the best care possible.

On Saturday, it was a pleasure to meet with and speak to the people our technology will benefit most – the patients!