However, this rating scale relies upon a rater’s subjective evaluation based on their clinical experience and suffers from the discrimination of sensitive changes. Furthermore, it affects the mental components of quality of life, especially when the symptoms occur in public .įahn-Tolosa-Marin (FTM) tremor rating scale, which rates tremor severity from 0 (none) to 4 (severe) by body part, is the most widely used rating tool for the evaluation of disease severity in patients with ET . ET affects the activities of daily living (ADL) and deteriorates the quality of life because it can typically appear when holding the hands outstretched, holding a cup and spoon, and writing . In the USA, 2.2% of the general population suffer from ET, and the prevalence is increasing with age . 499-507, 2020Įssential tremor (ET), characterized by postural and kinetic tremor, is one of the most frequent movement disorder and involuntary oscillatory movement of a body part . Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. Keywords: Quantification, essential tremor, gyro sensor, postural tremor, directionality, joint Schwarzacher and Carlos GómezĪuthors: Kwon, Do-Young a | Kwon, Yu-Ri b c | Choi, Yoon-Hyeok b | Eom, Gwang-Moon b c | Ko, Junghyuk d | Kim, Ji-Won b c *Īffiliations: Department of Neurology, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea | School of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea | BK21 Plus Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea | Division of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, KoreaĬorresponding author: Ji-Won Kim, School of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University, 268 Chungwon-daero, Chungju-si Chungcheongbuk-do 27478, Korea. Issue title: The 8th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
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