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Measuring Tremor with a Smartphone

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Mobile Health Technologies

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1256))

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Tremor is the most common movement disorder. However; characterizing it in large populations is not easily accomplished since current methodologies are not adapted to large-scale field studies. To overcome this challenge, a smartphone application was developed as a stand-alone platform to assess tremor. The current book chapter details the steps taken to validate this mobile application. Data recorded with the smartphone was analyzed online and offline as well as compared to laboratory equipment and a clinical scale. This allowed for the identification of the tremor properties that could reliably be characterized with the smartphone as well as the limits of the hardware. It also allowed for the identification of tasks that could be performed with the smartphone when tremor was being assessed. Finally, we confirmed the clinical relevance of the results provided by the smartphone application.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, 141, Avenue du Président Kennedy, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Benoit Carignan

  2. Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, 4565, Chemin Queen-Mary, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Benoit Carignan, Jean-François Daneault & Christian Duval

  3. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Jean-François Daneault

  4. Département de Kinanthropologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, 141, Avenue du Président Kennedy, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Christian Duval

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  1. Benoit Carignan
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Correspondence to Christian Duval .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA

    Avraham Rasooly

  2. Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

    Keith E. Herold

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Carignan, B., Daneault, JF., Duval, C. (2015). Measuring Tremor with a Smartphone. In: Rasooly, A., Herold, K. (eds) Mobile Health Technologies. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1256. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2172-0_24

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2172-0_24

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