ReviewTremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)2016
Using Portable Transducers to Measure Tremor Severity.
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- Validity of tremor analysis using smartphone compatible computer vision frameworks.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- A multimodal fusion network based on a cross-attention mechanism for the classification of Parkinsonian tremor and essential tremor.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Validation and application of computer vision algorithms for video-based tremor analysis.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Bedside clinical assessment of patients with common upper limb tremor and algorithmic approach.Asian biomedicine : research, reviews and news · 2024Review
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- Wearable Accelerometer and Gyroscope Sensors for Estimating the Severity of Essential Tremor.IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine · 2024Article
- Clinical and physiological characteristics of tremor in a large cohort of focal and segmental dystonia.Dystonia (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The role of laboratory investigations in the classification of tremors.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023Review
- Video Motion Analysis as a Quantitative Evaluation Tool for Essential Tremor during Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy.Neurology international · 2023Article
- Towards a Modular Pathological Tremor Simulation System Based on the Stewart Platform.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Accelerometric Classification of Resting and Postural Tremor Amplitude.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPortable motion transducers, suitable for measuring tremor, are now available at a reasonable cost. The use of these transducers requires knowledge of their limitations and data analysis. The purpose of this review is to provide a practical overview and example software for using portable motion transducers in the quantification of tremor.
methodsMedline was searched via PubMed.gov in December 2015 using the Boolean expression "tremor AND (accelerometer OR accelerometry OR gyroscope OR inertial measurement unit OR digitizing tablet OR transducer)." Abstracts of 419 papers dating back to 1964 were reviewed for relevant portable transducers and methods of tremor analysis, and 105 papers written in English were reviewed in detail.
resultsAccelerometers, gyroscopes, and digitizing tablets are used most commonly, but few are sold for the purpose of measuring tremor. Consequently, most software for tremor analysis is developed by the user. Wearable transducers are capable of recording tremor continuously, in the absence of a clinician. Tremor amplitude, frequency, and occurrence (percentage of time with tremor) can be computed. Tremor amplitude and occurrence correlate strongly with clinical ratings of tremor severity. DISCUSSION: Transducers provide measurements of tremor amplitude that are objective, precise, and valid, but the precision and accuracy of transducers are mitigated by natural variability in tremor amplitude. This variability is so great that the minimum detectable change in amplitude, exceeding random variability, is comparable for scales and transducers. Research is needed to determine the feasibility of detecting smaller change using averaged data from continuous long-term recordings with wearable transducers.
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