Essential tremor quantification during activities of daily living

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 537-542

  Heldman, Dustin A ^a   Jankovic, Joseph ^b   Vaillancourt, David E ^c   Prodoehl, Janey ^c   Elble, Rodger J ^d   Giuffrida, Joseph P ^a  

^a CleveMed Inc   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Essential tremor; Gyroscopes; Kinesia; Tremor rating scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79960267863     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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