APPARATUS FOR DETECTION, EVALUATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF TREMOR AND BRADYKINESIA AND METHOD FOR DETECTION, EVALUATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF TREMOR

摘要

The invention relates to a device for sensing and evaluating tremor in the hand region or arm region of a patient, which device is held in only one hand (H) of the patient during use, which device comprises a housing (10), which has a front portion (11), a center portion (12) and a rear portion (13). The housing (10) forms, in the front portion (11), a first support point (AP1) for a finger (F) of the hand (H) of the patient and, in the rear portion (13), a second support point (AP2) in the intermediate space between the thumb (D) and the index finger (Z) of the hand (H) of the patient. The device also comprises an acceleration sensor (20) for capturing measurement data (MD) regarding the tremor, an evaluation apparatus (30) for autonomously evaluating the measurement data (MD) and providing evaluation data (AD), a storage apparatus (40) for storing the measurement data (MD) or the evaluation data (AD), a display apparatus (50) for displaying the evaluation data (AD), an activation apparatus (60) and a battery (70) for providing electrical energy.