Funding Agency:

Pittsburgh Foundation

Total Project Period:

07/01/05 - 09/30/08

Total Project Award:

$24,085

Principal Investigator:

Douglas Kondziolka, MD

Co-Investigator:

Donald Crammond, PhD

Project Summary:

The specific aims of this project are to use fiducial-based tracking of the hand to provide specific measurements of hand kinematics (tremor amplitude or velocity) that will assist in determing the best location for DBS electrode placement during microelectrode based mapping and to assist in electrical programming of the DBS device. Additional to measure tremor amplitude and hand closing velocity while the DBS device is "off" or "on", so that programming can be optimized. Also, to develop limp analysis software specific to the assessment of patients with movement disorders of the hand.