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A system for quantitative assessment of dyscoordination and tremor
Author(s) -
Andersen O. Trier
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb03278.x
Subject(s) - joystick , physical medicine and rehabilitation , wheeling , set (abstract data type) , test (biology) , physical therapy , simulation , medicine , computer science , psychology , engineering , biology , programming language , paleontology , electrical engineering
An item of electronic equipment which yields objective measures of motor disabilities is described. Three types of tests are included in the measuring procedures: a pursuit tracking with pseudo‐randomly moving target, a free‐wheeling and a tremor test. One force joystick and two low friction movement joysticks of different lengths serve as two‐dimensional transducers, and a set of parameters describing the performance of the patient is calculated by a microprocessor. The system is intended to serve as an aid at neurological examination, and is expected to be valuable in cases of long‐time evaluation of a medical treatment. Some preliminary results are given from tests on normal persons and patients.