Abstract
One of the significant symptoms in Parkinson’s disease is resting tremor. Resting tremor occurs when the muscle is relaxed, causing the limb to shake. Rhythmic muscle movement of the patients commonly happens within the range of 4 Hz to 6 Hz. Thus, reducing this type of tremor will help improve patients’ quality of life. In this paper, to suppress resting tremors, an intelligent glove was designed utilizing the concepts of vibrations and gyro effect. A rotating brass disc attached to the glove creates a gyroscopic effect of the smart glove. Therefore, the disc will do their utmost to stay upright and counter any input forces instantaneously by providing the counterforce. A reduction of more than 50 % with the intelligent glove is also shown.
Highlights
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects human limb movements [1]
The input excitations were provided by the dynamic signal analyser (DSA), which was fed to the inertial shaker through the power amplifier to mimic resting tremor
From the results presented and by looking at the normalized frequency response function (FRF) by which the ratio of output acceleration/input voltage is plotted against the frequency, it can be seen that the proposed intelligent glove can cause a significant reduction in the acceleration/voltage amplitude so that it can be used to reduce vibrations due to resting tremors, as experienced by Parkinson’s disease patients
Summary
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects human limb movements [1]. Dr James Parkinson first discussed it in “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”, which was published in 1817 [2]. Primary symptoms of Parkinson’s disease include shaking and trembling. Parkinson’s disease tremor can range from 4-5 Hz for low frequency and 8-10 Hz for high frequency [3]. There are two types of tremors, namely resting tremor (RT) and action tremor (AT) with resting tremor being recognized as the primary symptom of Parkinson’s disease [4, 5]. Resting tremor occurs at a frequency of 4-6 Hz when the limbs are at rest and disappears with voluntary movements [4, 6]. Action tremor occurs during voluntary movements [5]
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