These weighted cuffs have been used successfully by three multiple sclerosis patients to decrease upper extremity tremors and thus facilitate independent fine coordination activity. We have also used the cuffs with a brain-injured patient to decrease tremors and increase proprioception. With all these patients, working fasteners during dressing and eating were easier tasks when the cuffs were w...

Tremors are the most common type of movement disorder and affect lives those experiencing them. The efficacy tremor therapies varies according to aetiology its correct diagnosis. This study develops a portable measurement device capable non-contact tremor, which could assist in diagnosis classification. performance this was assessed through validation process using shaker at controlled frequenc...

We report the results of an open trial of botulinum toxin (Botox) in the treatment of 51 patients with disabling tremors, classified as dystonic (14), essential (12), combination of dystonic and essential (22), parkinsonian (1), peripherally induced (1), and midbrain (1). The average age of the patients was 55.8 years, and duration of symptoms was 13.9 years. During a total of 160 treatment vis...

A 13 years male was referred to the Learning Disability Clinic with the complaint of illegible handwriting, dropping academic grades with a possibility of dysgraphia. The handwriting fluency and legibility deteriorated in time controlled situations such as examinations. He was slow in copying but had no issues with concentration, retrieval and had a good memory. Family history of tremors in fat...

The changes in postural tremor of the hand produced by moderate cooling of the muscles of one forearm have been investigated in 16 normal subjects and in 16 patients with essential tremor. In both groups, cooling produced a profound long lasting decrease in tremor level of the ipsilateral hand. In normal subjects, although cooling reduced the tremor size, the EMG of the active muscle clearly in...