Abstract
Pathological tremor is the most prevalent movement disorder and affects daily living activities. Research on tremor suppression over the past five years suggest that transcutaneous stimulation below the motor threshold (also known as afferent or sensory stimulation) has a powerful inhibitory effect on the descending supraspinal tremorogenic input by means of spinal interneurons. The aim of this study was to review the most recent and promising strategies to suppress tremor using afferent electrical stimulation in two main pathologies: Essential Tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Five studies were retrieved from PubMed database. Most of these studies reported at least 40% of tremor reduction during afferent stimulation and one article reported a suppression effect five minutes after stopping the stimulation. More research on how to maximize the suppression lasting effect as a therapeutic tool is required.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Biosystems and Biorobotics |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 1092-1096 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Biosystems and Biorobotics |
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| Volume | 21 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2195-3562 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2195-3570 |
Funding
This project was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Project EXTEND - Bidirectional Hyper-Connected Neural System) under grant agreement No 779982.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence