A digital assessment system for evaluating kinetic tremor in essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease

A digital assessment system for evaluating kinetic tremor in essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease

Abstract Background Spiral drawing on papers is a common tremor evaluation tool for diagnosing patients with essential tremor (ET) or Parkinson’s disease (PD). No standard drawing methods and parameters that use graphic tablets are yet available for objective evaluation. Methods This study establish...

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Main Authors: Po-Chieh Lin, Kai-Hsiang Chen, Bing-Shiang Yang, Yu-Jung Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Essential tremor
Parkinson’s disease
Spiral drawing
Clinical assessment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-018-1027-2

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