Development of a system for measurement and analysis of tremor using a three-axis accelerometer

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 589-594

  Mamorita, N ^a   Iizuka, T ^a   Takeuchi, A ^a   Shirataka, M ^a   Ikeda, N ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Three axis accelerometer; Tremor measurement; Wii remote (nintendo)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MONITORING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREMOR;

ACCELERATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREMOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 76549260946     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME9243     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Findley LJ. Classification of tremors. J Clin Neurophysiol 1996; 13 (2): 122-132.
2. Deuschl G, Krack P, Lauk M, Timmer J. Clinical neurophysiology of tremor. J Clin Neurophysiol 1996; 13 (2): 110-121.
3. Oppel F, Umbach WU. A quantitative measurement of tremor. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1977; 43 (6): 885-888.
4. Behling K, Bleichert A, Scarperi M. A method for the measurement of tremor, and a comparison of the effects of tocolytic beta-mimetics. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 1978; 39 (3): 203-207.
5. Pimlott RM, Gibson JM, Brown IT, Kennard C. A new ambulatory monitoring system for tremor. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1983; 56 (6): 694-695.
6. Roels H, Malchaire J, Van Wambeke JP, Buchet JP, Lauwerys R. Development of a quantitative test for hand tremor measurement. Study of factors influencing the response in a control population. J Occup Med 1983; 25 (6): 481-487.
7. Bacher M, Scholz E, Diener HC. 24 hour continuous tremor quantification based on EMG recording. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1989; 72 (2): 176-183.
8. Van Someren EJ, van Gool WA, Vonk BF, Mirmiran M, Speelman JD, Bosch DA, et al. Ambulatory monitoring of tremor and other movements before and after thalamotomy: a new quantitative technique. J Neurol Sci 1993; 117 (1-2): 16-23.
9. Dunnewold RJ, Jacobi CE, van Hilten JJ. Quantitative assessment of bradykinesia in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci Methods 1997; 74 (1): 107-112.
10. Fahrenberg J, Foerster F, Smeja M, Muller W. Assessment of posture and motion by multichannel piezoresistive accelerometer recordings. Psychophysiology 1997; 34 (5): 607-612.
11. Spieker S, Boose A, Breit S, Dichgans J. Long-term measurement of tremor. Mov Disord 1998; 13 (Suppl 3): 81-84.
12. van Someren EJ, Vonk BF, Thijssen WA, Speelman JD, Schuurman PR, Mirmiran M, et al. A new actigraph for long-term registration of the duration and intensity of tremor and movement. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 1998; 45 (3): 386-395.
13. Norman KE, Edwards R, Beuter A. The measurement of tremor using a velocity transducer: comparison to simultaneous recordings using transducers of displacement, acceleration and muscle activity. J Neurosci Methods 1999; 92 (1-2): 41-54.
14. Manson AJ, Brown P, O'Sullivan JD, Asselman P, Buckwell D, Lees AJ. An ambulatory dyskinesia monitor. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000; 68 (2): 196-201.
15. Hoff JI, Wagemans EA, van Hilten BJ. Ambulatory objective assessment of tremor in Parkinson's disease. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2001; 24 (5): 280-283.
16. Brunetti FJ, Rocon E, Pons JL, Manto M. The tremor coherence analyzer (TCA): a portable tool to assess instantaneous inter-muscle coupling in tremor. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2004; 1: 61-64.
17. Thielgen T, Foerster F, Fuchs G, Hornig A, Fahrenberg J. Tremor in Parkinson's disease: 24-hr monitoring with calibrated accelerometry. Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2004; 44 (3): 137-146.
18. Salarian A, Russmann H, Wider C, Burkhard PR, Vingerhoets FJ, Aminian K. Quantification of tremor and bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease using a novel ambulatory monitoring system. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2007; 54 (2): 313-322.
19. Caccia MR, Osio M, Galimberti V, Cataldi G, Mangoni A. Propranolol, clonidine, urapidil and trazodone infusion in essential tremor: a double-blind crossover trial. Acta Neurol Scand 1989; 79 (5): 379-383.
20. Van Someren EJ. Actigraphic monitoring of movement and rest-activity rhythms in aging, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. IEEE Trans Rehabil Eng 1997; 5 (4): 394-398.
21. Dunnewold RJ, Hoff JI, van Pelt HC, Fredrikze PQ, Wagemans EA, van Hilten BJ. Ambulatory quantitative assessment of body position, bradykinesia, and hypokinesia in Parkinson's disease. J Clin Neurophysiol 1998; 15 (3): 235-242.
22. Hoff JI, van den Plas AA, Wagemans EA, van Hilten JJ. Accelerometric assessment of levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2001; 16 (1): 58-61.
23. Elble RJ, Higgins C, Elble S. Electrophysiologic transition from physiologic tremor to essential tremor. Mov Disord 2005; 20 (8): 1038-1042.
24. Davis TL. WiiMote Game Controller as a Device to Study Movement Disorders (cited). Available from: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00802191.
25. Makikawa M, Imai K, Shindoi T, Tanooka K, Iizumi H, Mitani H. Microprocessor-based memory device for ambulatory heart rate and physical activity recording. Methods Inf Med 1994; 33 (1): 94-96.
26. Murakami D, Makikawa M. Ambulatory behavior map, physical activity and biosignal monitoring system. Methods Inf Med 1997; 36 (4-5): 360-363.
27. Elble RJ. Gravitational artifact in accelerometric measurements of tremor. Clin Neurophysiol 2005; 116 (7): 1638-1643.
28. Watts RL, Koller WC, editors. Movement disorders: Neurologic Principles & Practice. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division; 2004.
29. Fahn S, Jankovic J, editors. Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders. Churchill Livingstone; 2007.