ArticleClinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology2020
Distribution of tremor among the major degrees of freedom of the upper limb in subjects with Essential Tremor.
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- Potential of Individual Upper-Limb Muscles to Contribute to Postural Tremor: Simulations From Neural Drive to Joint Rotation.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Hand and distal joint tremor are most coherent with the activity of elbow flexors and wrist extensors in persons with essential tremor.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- Viscous damping of tremor using a wearable robot with an optimized mechanical metamaterial.Wearable technologies · 2024Article
- Essential Tremor accentuates the pattern of tremor-band coherence between upper-limb muscles.Journal of neurophysiology · 2023Article
- Distribution of tremorogenic activity among the major superficial muscles of the upper limb in persons with Essential tremor.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Wearable Peripheral Electrical Stimulation Devices for the Reduction of Essential Tremor: A Review.IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough Essential Tremor is one of the most common movement disorders, we do not currently know which muscles are most responsible for tremor. Determining this requires multiple steps, one of which is characterizing the distribution of tremor among the degrees of freedom (DOF) of the upper limb.
methodsUpper-limb motion was recorded while 22 subjects with ET performed postural and kinetic tasks involving a variety of limb configurations. We calculated the mean distribution of tremor among the seven DOF from the shoulder to the wrist, as well as the effect of limb configuration, repetition, and subject characteristics (sex, tremor onset, duration, and severity) on the distribution.
resultsOn average, kinetic tremor was greatest in forearm pronation-supination and wrist flexion-extension, intermediate in shoulder internal-external rotation and wrist radial-ulnar deviation and then shoulder flexion-extension and elbow flexion-extension, and least in shoulder abduction-adduction. The average distribution of postural tremor was similar except for forearm pronation-supination, which played a smaller role than in kinetic tremor. Limb configuration and subject characteristics did significantly affect tremor, but practically only in forearm pronation-supination and wrist flexion-extension. There were no significant differences between repetitions, indicating that the distribution was consistent over the duration of the experiment.
conclusionsThis paper presents a thorough characterization of tremor distribution from the shoulder to the wrist. SIGNIFICANCE: Understanding which DOF exhibit the most tremor may lead to more targeted peripheral tremor suppression.
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