Online Tremor Suppression Using Electromyography and Low-Level Electrical Stimulation

• Published in: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 385 - 395
• Main Authors: Dosen, Strahinja, Muceli, Silvia, Dideriksen, Jakob Lund, Romero, Juan Pablo, Rocon, Eduardo, Pons, Jose, Farina, Dario
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.05.2015; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Afferent stimulation; Aged; Electric Stimulation Therapy - instrumentation; Electric Stimulation Therapy - methods; Electrical stimulation; Electrodes; Electromyography; Electromyography - instrumentation; Electromyography - methods; Essential Tremor - physiopathology; Essential Tremor - rehabilitation; Female; Fingers; Humans; Joints; Male; Middle Aged; Motors; Muscle Fatigue; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Muscles; neuromodulation; Online Systems; Parkinson Disease - physiopathology; Parkinson Disease - rehabilitation; Patients; Reduction; Sensory stimulation; Sensory Thresholds; Stimulation; Thresholds; Treatment Outcome; Tremor - physiopathology; Tremor - rehabilitation; tremor demodulation; tremor suppression; Tremors; Wrist

Tremor is one of the most prevalent movement disorders. There is a large proportion of patients (around 25%) in whom current treatments do not attain a significant tremor reduction. This paper proposes a tremor suppression strategy that detects tremor from the electromyographic signals of the muscle...