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There are increasing evidences that pathological tremor can be compensated by mechanical means, however any device for tremor suppression by mechanical loading is subject to a number of constrain: the soft tissues, the mechanical impedance of human joints as well as the interactions with the human motor control. Values to quantified all three aspects have been obtained and are consistent with the previous existing knowledge. Results obtained are useful for the design of new tremor suppression strategies.
This contribution has been made with the financial support fo EU Commission FP7 framework program project TREM–END FP7-SME-2010-1-262127.
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Lois, J.M.B., del Horno, S.M., Bermejo, I., Castillo, A., Sancho, J. (2013). A Biomechanical Model for Pathological Tremor Suppression. In: Pons, J., Torricelli, D., Pajaro, M. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_110
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