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Could Wearable and Mobile Technology Improve the Management of Essential Tremor?


ABSTRACT: Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder. Individuals exhibit postural and kinetic tremor that worsens over time and patients may also exhibit other motor and non-motor symptoms. While millions of people are affected by this disorder worldwide, several barriers impede an optimal clinical management of symptoms. In this paper, we discuss the impact of ET on patients and review major issues to the optimal management of ET; from the side-effects and limited efficacy of current medical treatments to the limited number of people who seek treatment for their tremor. Then, we propose seven different areas within which mobile and wearable technology may improve the clinical management of ET and review the current state of research in these areas.

SUBMITTER: Daneault JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5916972 | biostudies-other | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Could Wearable and Mobile Technology Improve the Management of Essential Tremor?

Daneault Jean-Francois JF  

Frontiers in neurology 20180419


Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder. Individuals exhibit postural and kinetic tremor that worsens over time and patients may also exhibit other motor and non-motor symptoms. While millions of people are affected by this disorder worldwide, several barriers impede an optimal clinical management of symptoms. In this paper, we discuss the impact of ET on patients and review major issues to the optimal management of ET; from the side-effects and limited efficacy of current med  ...[more]

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