A new actigraph for long-term registration of the duration and intensity of tremor and movement

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 386-395

  Van Someren, Eus J W ^a   Vonk, Ben F M ^a   Thijssen, Wim A ^a   Speelman, Johannes D ^a   Schuurman, Peter R ^a   Mirmiran, Majid ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Activity; Ambulatory monitoring; Circadian rhythm; Parkinson's disease; Pharmacological profile; Tremor; Ultradian rhythm

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DETECTOR CIRCUITS; DISEASES; HIGH PASS FILTERS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PATIENT MONITORING; SOLID STATE DEVICES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ACTIGRAPH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TREMOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WRIST;

EID: 0032032150     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.661163     Document Type: Article

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