A telemedicine instrument for remote evaluation of tremor: Design and initial applications in fatigue and patients with Parkinson's Disease

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Barroso, Mário C ^a   Esteves, Guilherme P ^a   Nunes, Thiago P ^a   Silva, Lucia M G ^a   Faria, Alvaro C D ^a   Melo, Pedro L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; HIGH POTENTIAL; IN-VIVO TESTS; INTERNET COMMUNICATION; INTERNET TRANSMISSION; MEDICAL TREATMENT; MOBILE INSTRUMENTS; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PEAK FREQUENCIES; REMOTE EVALUATION; SYSTEM SUPPLY; TCP/IP PROTOCOL; TOTAL POWER; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT; WIDE SPECTRUM;

ACCELEROMETERS; DATA HANDLING; DISEASES; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; PLATINUM; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELEMEDICINE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

PARKINSONIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TREMOR;

ADULT; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE; TREMOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79651470338     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-10-14     Document Type: Article

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