Design of a wearable mechatronic device to measure the wrist rigidity in Parkinson’s disease patients

• Main Authors: Raiano, Luigi, Di Pino, Giovanni, Noccaro, Alessia, Accoto, Dino, Formica, Domenico
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Wrist; Actuators
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142584
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The aim of this work is to present a novel wearable mechatronic device (called PDMeter) designed to objectively assess the wrist rigidity in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients. The system is low-weight, long-term wearable and portable in order to i) perform clinical assessments during Activities...