Continuous in-home monitoring of essential tremor

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-40

  Pulliam, C L ^a   Eichenseer, S R ^b   Goetz, C G ^b   Waln, O ^c   Hunter, C B ^c   Jankovic, J ^c   Vaillancourt, D E ^d   Giuffrida, J P ^a   Heldman, D A ^a  

^a Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Ambulatory monitoring; Essential tremor; Gyroscope; Kinesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCELEROMETER; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GYROSCOPE; KINESIA;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY;

EID: 84892816474     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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