Abstract:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorders, affecting approximately 6-7 million patients worldwide. Involuntary hand tremor (IHT), one of the cardinal motor symptoms of PD, is extremely debilitating to patients reducing their quality of life. In this study, we combined neuroscience together with the nascent field of medical virtual reality (VR). Our goals were to 1) generate technology to enable PD patients to leapfrog the real life difficulties of living with IHT by ente… Show more
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