About this app
The ALS app is the leading digital health application for people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in Europe and offers the following features:- PRESENTATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL COURSE OF ALS: By answering the ALS functional scale, the individual course of the disease is displayed and the speed of the disease is estimated.
- CHRONICLE OF THE COURSE OF THE DISEASE: The phases of the disease and important dates of the ALS are presented in a chronicle. Appropriate support offers are presented in the phases of illness.
- NF-L AS A BIOMARKER FOR DISEASE ACTIVITY: The analysis results of the neurofilament light chain (NF-L) biomarker are displayed in a diagram and interpreted according to age in the course of the disease.
- News: Newsfeed with news about the clinical picture, research, treatment and care of ALS.
- COMMUNICATE NEED FOR AIDS: if aids are required, you can use the app to communicate this need to your ALS controllers.
- Communicate the need for medication: if medication is required, you can also use the app to notify your ALS guides of this need.
- OVERVIEW OF THE AID SUPPLY: all current and previous supplies of aids are displayed.
- SCAN AND UPLOAD FUNCTION: Prescriptions and photos of the care situation can be scanned or recorded and uploaded to the patient account in the outpatient clinic partner portal.
- DIGITAL SPEECH AND MIMIC ANALYSIS: the speech and facial muscles affected in the course of ALS are recorded via the smartphone's camera and microphone and analyzed for changes.
- NOTIFICATION FUNCTION: Push notifications serve, among other things, as a reminder to fill out the ALS function scale, for regular speech and facial expression analysis and for information on the status of the supply of an aid.
