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9014442

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
In Parkinson's disease, resting tremor is often the initial symptom. This report focuses on the mechanism underlying tremor in Parkinson's disease and quantitative assessment of tremor. Central factors including Vim (nucleus ventralis intermedius) in the thalamus, and peripheral factors, such as acceleration of input pathways from muscle spindles via muscle tonus, are important aspects of the tremor mechanism in Parkinson's disease. It has also been suggested that tremor in Parkinson's disease is associated with parasympathetic and sympathetic dysfunctions. Objective assessments of tremor, such as the application of surface electromyography, are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease. Actigraph, as introduced herein, is a three dimensional motor sensing apparatus. Therefore, motor counts over 0.01 G can be detected by actigraphy. To date, this device has been used for evaluating akinesia in Parkinson's disease and insomnia. In this study, actigraphy was used in Parkinson patients with tremor, and it reflected motor activity in the wrist and was associated with the severity of hand tremor. Activities of daily living (ADL) are disturbed by hyperkinesia of the hand for Parkinson patients with hand tremor. We demonstrated that actigraphy is a simple and quantitative method of assessing motor activity in Parkinson patients with tremor.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0047-1852
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
158-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Clinicophysiological study of tremor in Parkinson's disease: quantitative tremor-based assessment of motor count using actigraphy].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Jikei University School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review