First clinical trials for neuromotor analysis.
This paper deals with a first test model of DAPHNE system, called DDX, which may measure the reaction time, the velocity of a finger, the force exerted on a button, the tremor of the person, and also the time delay on pronouncing a word which appears in the screen of the display. The system is made by a button and a spring, with sensors which detect all the parameters. Tests on healthy and unhealthy people have been performed to check the validity of the instrument and the possibility to use the results in diagnosis and in therapy.
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Meccanica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 20133 Milano (Itala). alberto.rovetta@polimi.it
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