On the use of low-cost computer peripherals for the assessment of motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease - Quantification of bradykinesia using target tracking tasks

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-294

  Allen, D P ^a   Playfer, J R ^b   Aly, N M ^c   Duffey, P ^d   Heald, A ^d   Smith, S L ^e   Halliday, D M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradykinesia; Computer interfaces; Parkinsons's disease

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LAPTOP COMPUTERS; PATIENT MONITORING; STEERING; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; HAPTIC INTERFACES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TARGET TRACKING; TARGETS; WHEELS;

DYSFUNCTION; JOYSTICK; PARKINSON'S DISEASES; PSEUDO RANDOM MOVEMENT;

COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO GAMES;

BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL MEASURE; COMPUTER GAME; COMPUTER INTERFACES; FIXED TARGETS; FORCE FEEDBACK JOYSTICK; HORIZONTAL AXIS; MOVING TARGETS; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PSEUDO RANDOM; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; STEERING WHEEL; SWEPT-FREQUENCY; TEST PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955083203     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.897020     Document Type: Article

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