Measurement and analysis of muscle tremor using a digitising tablet

Author

Prinsloo, Claude P. ; Cilliers, Pierre J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pretoria Univ., South Africa

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

7-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

335

Abstract

This paper describes a graphical user interface (GUI) which was developed to utilize a standard digitising tablet to sample the rhythmic muscle contractions experienced by people suffering from muscle tremor. The software, interface unit and database were developed using Delphi. The system has been extensively tested under simulated conditions and found to be remarkably accurate. The paper also discusses the database which was implemented to record and retrieve recordings for analysis purposes

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical measurement; database management systems; graphical user interfaces; medical diagnostic computing; muscle; patient diagnosis; Delphi; GUI; database; digitising tablet; graphical user interface; interface unit; muscle tremor analysis; muscle tremor measurement; rhythmic muscle contractions; simulated conditions; software; Costs; Databases; Disk recording; Graphical user interfaces; Information retrieval; Lesions; Muscles; Parkinson´s disease; Standards development; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 1998. Proceedings. ISIE '98. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pretoria

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4756-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.1998.707803

Filename

707803