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A system for mapping motion and muscle activity of a tremor through an IMU
- JPLeRouzic 3y agoSuch a system would be helpful for people with Parkinson disease. Excerpt from Hackaday's page: "A variety of approaches have been explored to help manage the impacts of neurological tremors that impact up to 1% of people worldwide (including individuals with essential and parkinsonian tremor). Invasive methods as well as pharmacological solutions show promise, but can be cost-prohibitive and not easily accessible. Mild electrical stimulation to a users arm, coupled with real-time tremor monitoring with an IMU has proven to be successful in reducing tremor severity by roughly 40%, but this requires applying electrical signals that can be uncomfortable. An approach that is similar to this but replaces electrical shock with simpe, surface haptic motor vibration (i.e. putting a tiny motor on top of a users nerves) was developed in 2017 and is commonly known as PROJECT EMMA. https://news.microsoft.com/transform/emma-can-write-again-thanks-to-prototype-watch-raising-hope-for-parkinsons-disease/ https://news.microsoft.com/transform/emma-can-write-again-th... This was a research project that garnered great interest from the Parkinson’s community. As recently as December of 2022 the only known prototype to exist is the Emma Watch. The publically available information that exists is in the form of press releases and media coverage which suggests that there are tiny, coin cell motors inside of a watch band. These motors can be pressed against an individual’s wrist when they are experiencing a tremor." https://hackaday.io/project/191145-tremor-duino https://hackaday.io/project/191145-tremor-duino