Upper limb intention tremor assessment: opportunities and challenges in wearable technology

N Paredes-Acuna, D Utpadel-Fischler, K Ding… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Tremors are involuntary rhythmic movements commonly present in neurological
diseases such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and multiple sclerosis. Intention …

Distinguishing different stages of Parkinson's disease using composite index of speed and pen-pressure of sketching a spiral

P Zham, DK Kumar, P Dabnichki… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The speed and pen-pressure while sketching a spiral are lower among Parkinson's disease
(PD) patients with higher severity of the disease. However, the correlation between these …

Parkinson's disease detection from spiral and wave drawings using convolutional neural networks: A multistage classifier approach

S Chakraborty, S Aich, E Han, J Park… - 2020 22nd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Identification of the correct biomarkers with respect to particular health issues and detection
of the same is of paramount importance for the development of clinical decision support …

Utilizing a tablet-based artificial intelligence system to assess movement disorders in a prospective study

M Purk, M Fujarski, M Becker, T Warnecke… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Spiral drawings on paper are used as routine measures in hospitals to assess Parkinson's
Disease motor deficiencies. In the age of emerging mobile health tools and Artificial …

Wearable peripheral electrical stimulation devices for the reduction of essential tremor: a review

A Karamesinis, RV Sillitoe, AZ Kouzani - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Essential tremor is the most common pathological tremor, with a prevalence of 6.3% in
people over 65 years of age. This disorder interferes with a patient's ability to carry out …

A mobile application for smart computer-aided self-administered testing of cognition, speech, and motor impairment

A Lauraitis, R Maskeliūnas, R Damaševičius… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
We present a model for digital neural impairment screening and self-assessment, which can
evaluate cognitive and motor deficits for patients with symptoms of central nervous system …

The effect of fidget spinners on fine motor control

EJ Cohen, R Bravi, D Minciacchi - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Fidgeting, defined as the generation of small movements through nervousness or
impatience, is one of cardinal characteristic of ADHD. While fidgeting is, by definition, a …

Personal digital bodyguards for e-security, e-learning and e-health: A prospective survey

R Plamondon, G Pirlo, E Anquetil, C Rémi… - Pattern Recognition, 2018 - Elsevier
The widespread availability of hand-held devices like tablets, phablets and smart phones,
along with their new handwriting digitizing and their increased computing powers, enable …

[HTML][HTML] Automated analysis of drawing process to estimate global cognition in older adults: Preliminary international validation on the US and Japan data sets

Y Yamada, K Shinkawa, M Kobayashi… - JMIR formative …, 2022 - formative.jmir.org
Background With the aging of populations worldwide, early detection of cognitive
impairments has become a research and clinical priority, particularly to enable preventive …

Automatic analysis of Archimedes' spiral for characterization of genetic essential tremor based on Shannon's entropy and fractal dimension

K Lopez-de-Ipina, J Solé-Casals, M Faúndez-Zanuy… - Entropy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Among neural disorders related to movement, essential tremor has the highest prevalence;
in fact, it is twenty times more common than Parkinson's disease. The drawing of the …