An Investigation Into the Value of Treating Intention Tremor by Weighting the Affected Limb

Sensory electrical stimulation for suppression of postural tremor in patients with essential tremor

“…On the contrary, the movement frequency decreased by attachment of mechanical resistance such as inertial load [7,18]. Change in inertial load would alter the resonant frequency of the mechanical system, however sensory stimulation is considered to work on a different mechanism because the main frequency did not change much.…”

“…First, mechanical systems were tested on body limbs to add mechanical resistance, such as inertial load [7][8], viscous load [9], and both inertial and viscous load [10], which reduced tremor by 40-80% [7][8][9][10]. However, mechanical systems are not entirely prepared to be used in daily life, because they are bulky, with burdensome weight, and not aesthetic.…”

Medical and Surgical Treatment of Tremors

“…Physical therapy interventions include strength training, 131,132 resistance training, 133 or massage. 134 Several groups examined the effect of temperature change and limb cooling, 135,136 of limb weights, [137][138][139] or of vibration 140,141 on tremor. Finally, functional electrical 142,143 and transcranial magnetic 144 stimulation have been explored.…”

Tremor modulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease compared to healthy counterparts during loaded postural holding

“…The approach has persisted in some rehabilitation settings, granting that adding weight exerts suppressive control over motor fluctuation of a loaded segment (Hewer et al, 1972;Schalow et al, 2005). Nevertheless, some researchers have argued that PD tremor is not sensitive to application of inertial load, since peak frequency and tremor power had not been found to be altered by load (Caviness et al, 2006;Hömberg et al, 1987;Meshack and Norman, 2002).…”