Patent ID: 9301712
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for generating a plurality of movement impairment indices from one or more kinematic signals obtained from one or more kinematic sensors, said method implemented in a digital computer with one or more processors in order to characterize movement disorders, said method comprising: (a) collecting said one or more kinematic signals from said one or more kinematic sensors in a wearable inertial monitoring system configured for continuous measurement of movement; (b) processing said one or more kinematic signals to reject artifacts and noise resulting in one or more enhanced kinematic signals; (c) finding a measure of power spectral density of said one or more enhanced kinematic signals; and (d) calculating one or more impairment indices to characterize movement disorders in Parkinson's disease or essential tremor from said measure of power spectral density.