Potential for optimising Deep Brain stimulation through tremor quantification
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2013
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Abstract
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) can be used to minimise tremor when pharmaceutical therapies fail
•DBS devices emit a bi-phasic pulse train with variable: » Amplitude » Pulse Duration » Frequency
•These parameters are set based on clinical observation of tremor and side-effects
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Deep Brain Stimulation - Methods, Electric Stimulation, Parkinson Disease - Therapy