AI Guided Dystonia App

What is Dystonia

Dystonia is a brain condition that causes involuntary muscle movements. It can cause repetitive or twisting movements, usually affecting the same group of muscles, causing a repetitive pattern of movements over time. It initially arises after specific movements or tasks but, in advanced stages, it may occur at rest.
Specifically dystonia results from abnormal functioning of the basal ganglia. The basal ganglia is the deep seated part of the brain controlling muscle coordination and movement.
Anyone can develop dystonia

Why design an AI guided app

Some Dystonia patients have lost mobility making it challenging or impossible to use a mobile app so having an AI assistant will make it accessible.

Treatment with Dance & Other Movement

There are a variety of treatments that range from traditional medicine to non-medicinal movement therapies. This app specifically aims to focus on healing through community connections and movement therapy.

If you’d like to know more about dystonia, read in-depth at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Designing a Conversational Flow

How do we envision the AI assistant interacting with the user? Ultimately the assistant should be a guide and taskmaster but also be understanding of the nature of physical limitations and how they can influence a mood.

Onboarding Conversational Flow For New User

Conversational Flow for Existing User

Flow insights

An app built with conversational AI as the taskmaster, is like a box with all contents inside at once. There is a flow to design but overall anything can happen at anytime depending on the user need. The app design isn’t necessarily linear.