A simple method of measuring tremor using a variable-capacitance transducer.
A simple, inexpensive method of recording tremor, using a variable-capacitance transducer, is described. Technical details of the transducer are given, along with examples of tremor traces illustrating the transducer's ability to monitor parkinsonian patients during drug therapy.
D000368:Aged; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011674:Pulse; D014159:Transducers; D014202:Tremor / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000978:Antiparkinson Agents