A Wearable System for Attenuating Essential Tremor Based on Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

• Published in: IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine Vol. 8; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Kim, Jeonghee, Wichmann, Thomas, Inan, Omer T., Deweerth, Stephen P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Accelerometers; Algorithms; Electrical stimulation; Electrodes; Essential tremor; Feedback; kinetic tremor; Parameters; Real time; Real-time systems; Side effects; Skin; Stimulation; Three axis; Tremor (Muscular contraction); tremor measurement; tremor modulation; Tremors; wearable peripheral nerve electrical stimulation; Wearable technology; Wireless communication; Wrist; wearable peripheral nerve electrical stimulation; tremor modulation; Essential tremor; kinetic tremor; tremor measurement

Objective: Currently available treatments for kinetic tremor can cause intolerable side effects or be highly invasive and expensive. Even though several studies have shown the positive effects of external feedback (i.e., electrical stimulation) for suppressing tremor, such approaches have not been f...