Okanagan-developed device promises to dramatically reduce hand tremors
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Researchers in the Okanagan have developed a device promising to dramatically reduce the uncontrollable movements associated with hand tremors.
Hand tremors affect millions of people worldwide.
Whether the cause is Parkinson’s disease or other neurological conditions, daily tasks such as eating, drinking, writing and getting dressed can be challenging.
But researchers in the Okanagan have developed a device promising to dramatically reduce the uncontrollable movements.
“It’s very easy to put on, just slide my hand in,” said Jared Borsheim, a first-year engineering graduate student at UBC-Okanagan.
The device is a wearable and lightweight tremor-reducing hand brace.
It was created and developed at the school of engineering lab at UBC-Okanagan.
Unlike existing devices, this one doesn’t rely on batteries, a motor or any other power sources.
Instead, it uses a principle called tuned mass damping, which helps absorb and counteract the involuntary shaking.
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