Wrist stimulation to be trialled for Parkinson’s tremor
A device that helps to control tics experienced by people with Tourettes could also help to reduce tremor in people with Parkinson’s Disease.
Developed at Nottingham University, the neupulse wrist worn device delivers electrical pulses to the median nerve (MNS) to synchronise rhythmic neural oscillations.
Results from a clinical trial revealed that people who received active stimulation experienced a significant reduction in the severity and frequency of their tics.
The electrical wrist stimulation is now being trialled in people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in a two-year study funded by Parkinson’s UK. In the trial the team will investigate in a sham-controlled study if two weeks of twice-daily sessions of home-administered MNS is effective in reducing PD tremor.
“The success of the Tourette’s clinical trial, and subsequent ongoing development of the wrist device, has gained a huge amount of interest and we were contacted by many people with Parkinson’s Disease asking whether the same approach could be used to help control tremor,” Professor Stephen Jackson from the Nottingham University’s Centre for Neuromodulation, Neurotechnology and Neurotherapeutics said in a statement.
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