The role of proprioceptive feedback in Parkinsonian resting tremor

Author

Govil, Nikhil ; Akinin, Abraham ; Ward, Scott ; Snider, Joseph ; Plank, Markus ; Cauwenberghs, Gert ; Poizner, Howard

Author_Institution

Inst. for Neural Comput., Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

4969

Lastpage

4972

Abstract

In this paper we use a closed-loop force feedback system to investigate the effect of altering proprioceptive feedback on EEG and resting tremor in Parkinson´s Disease. A velocity dependent counterforce simulating viscous friction was provided by haptic robots with simultaneous recording of kinematics, EMG and EEG while a patient was on and off dopaminergic medication´ We were able to reduce the amplitude of the tremor. We also showed that force feedback shifts the center of EEG-EMG coherence posteriorly toward the somatosensory regions, which may have ramifications for noninvasive therapies.

Keywords

biomechanics; closed loop systems; diseases; electroencephalography; electromyography; force feedback; friction; kinematics; medical disorders; medical robotics; medical signal processing; patient treatment; somatosensory phenomena; EEG; EEG-EMG coherence; EMG; Parkinson disease; Parkinsonian resting tremor; closed-loop force feedback system; dopaminergic medication; force feedback shifts; haptic robots; kinematics; noninvasive therapy; proprioceptive feedback effect; simultaneous recording; somatosensory regions; velocity dependent counter force simulating viscous friction; Coherence; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Force; Force feedback; Robots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610663

Filename

6610663