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- Desenvolvimento de uma aplicação para diagnóstico, monitorização e reabilitação de doenças neurodegenerativasPublication . Santos, Paulo Alexandre Sequeira; Coelho, Luís Filipe Martins PintoThe progress of healthcare over the last years led to an aging of the world population, increasing the prevalence of age-related diseases in the society, mainly neurodegenerative diseases. These pathologies currently affect more than 30 million people worldwide, and there is currently no cure for them. The high costs experienced by patients and their families are largely due to the individual monitoring performed by technicians. New technologies are providing alternatives for monitoring, diagnosis and rehabilitation of individuals with these diseases. This project includes the development of a web application which allows patients with neurodegenerative diseases to be monitored with less invasion and costs, enabling greater adherence. The application follows several examples from the literature for the construction of games, includes diagnostic assessments used in the medical field and promotes its use through gamification techniques. The construction of the web server used the Python language and the Flask framework because of the availability of useful modules, large supporting community and scalability. The software was specially designed for people with Parkinson’s disease, featuring a simple navigation between menus and an easy-to-use interface. The web application was named "Mentalist". The development of the application was followed by professional neurologists and the results obtained were guided by clinicians’ practice. According to these experts, the developed functionalities cover the most important aspects of diagnosis, monitoring and rehabilitation, making it a tool of high importance and applicability in daily clinical practice