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ProfessorDarioFarina

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 1387d.farina Website

 
 
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Location

 

RSM 4.15Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inbook{Dosen:2013:10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_87,
author = {Dosen, S and Dideriksen, JL and Rocon, E and Pons, JL and Farina, D},
booktitle = {Biosystems and Biorobotics},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_87},
pages = {539--543},
title = {Tremor suppression using electromyography and surface sensory electrical stimulation},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_87},
year = {2013}
}
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TY  - CHAP
AB  - Functional electrical stimulation has been tested previously for the suppression of pathological tremor. Typically, the tremor is detected using motion sensors, and the stimulation is delivered supra motor threshold activating muscles to oppose the tremulous oscillations. Here we present a novel system that estimates tremor from the recorded electromyography signals and delivers stimulation below the motor threshold, activating sensory nerve fibers. The hypothesis (backed up by the previous studies) is that the generated sensory inflow will modulate the sensory feedback loops and/or project to the supraspinal centers acting on the true tremor sources/generators. The system was tested in two patients suffering from Parkinson disease and one Essential tremor patient, and the results were promising, i.e., tremor was significantly attenuated.
AU  - Dosen,S
AU  - Dideriksen,JL
AU  - Rocon,E
AU  - Pons,JL
AU  - Farina,D
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_87
EP  - 543
PY  - 2013///
SP  - 539
TI  - Tremor suppression using electromyography and surface sensory electrical stimulation
T1  - Biosystems and Biorobotics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_87
ER  -
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