ReviewFrontiers in neurology2021
A Review on Wearable Technologies for Tremor Suppression.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peripheral nerve stimulation for essential tremor: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical assessment of upper limb impairments and functional capacity in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2023Pooled it
- Essential Tremor Suppression with a Novel Anti-Tremor Orthosis: A Randomized Crossover Trial.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025Trial
- Feasibility Pilot of the LaceUp Compression-Weight Sleeve for Essential Tremor.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Wearable Ultrasound Sensing with Dual Arrays and Machine Learning for Real-Time Tremor Characterization and Antagonist Muscle Monitoring.IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement · 2026Article
- A smart pen prototype with adaptive algorithms for stabilizing handwriting tremor signals in Parkinson's disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tremor: Clinical Frameworks, Network Dysfunction and Therapeutics.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Parkinson's disease tremor explained by reflex loop changes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Designs of Upper Limb Tremor Suppression Orthoses: Efficacy and Wearer's Comfort.Journal of medical devices · 2025Review
- Learning to suppress tremors: a deep reinforcement learning-enabled soft exoskeleton for Parkinson's patients.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Upper limb intention tremor assessment: opportunities and challenges in wearable technology.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- Shaking Up Essential Tremor: Peripheral Devices and Mechanical Strategies to Reduce Tremor.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Review
- Viscous damping of tremor using a wearable robot with an optimized mechanical metamaterial.Wearable technologies · 2024Article
- Towards a Modular Pathological Tremor Simulation System Based on the Stewart Platform.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Electromagnetic radiation therapy for Parkinson's disease tremor reduction- systematic reviews and Bayesian meta-analyses for comparing the effectiveness of electric, magnetic and light stimulation methods.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Review
- Classification of Kinematic and Electromyographic Signals Associated with Pathological Tremor Using Machine and Deep Learning.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A modular, deep learning-based holistic intent sensing system tested with Parkinson's disease patients and controls.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Non-invasive electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves for the management of tremor.Journal of the neurological sciences · 2022Review
- Analyzing the Effects of Parameters for Tremor Modulation via Phase-Locked Electrical Stimulation on a Peripheral Nerve.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Tremor is defined as a rhythmic, involuntary oscillatory movement of a body part. Although everyone exhibits a certain degree of tremor, some pathologies lead to very disabling tremors. These pathological tremors constitute the most prevalent movement disorder, and they imply severe difficulties in performing activities of daily living. Although tremors are currently managed through pharmacotherapy or surgery, these treatments present significant associated drawbacks: drugs often induce side effects and show decreased effectiveness over years of use, while surgery is a hazardous procedure for a very low percentage of eligible patients. In this context, recent research demonstrated the feasibility of managing upper limb tremors through wearable technologies that suppress tremors by modifying limb biomechanics or applying counteracting forces. Furthermore, recent experiments with transcutaneous afferent stimulation showed significant tremor attenuation. In this regard, this article reviews the devices developed following these tremor management paradigms, such as robotic exoskeletons, soft robotic exoskeletons, and transcutaneous neurostimulators. These works are presented, and their effectiveness is discussed. The article also evaluates the different metrics used for the validation of these devices and the lack of a standard validation procedure that allows the comparison among them.
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