A noninvasive handheld assistive device to accommodate essential tremor: A pilot study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 838-842

  Pathak, Anupam ^a   Redmond, John A ^a   Allen, Michael ^a   Chou, Kelvin L ^b  

^a Lift Labs Design   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Noninvasive device; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVE CANCELLATION OF TREMOR DEVICE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONINVASIVE HANDHELD ASSISTIVE DEVICE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY; ACCELEROMETRY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF HELP DEVICE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899848942     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25796     Document Type: Article

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