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June 9, 2019
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DIMETER: A Haptic Master Device for Tremor Diagnosis in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Publicated to: Sensors. 14 (3): 4536-4559 - 2014-03-07 14(3), DOI: 10.3390/s140304536

Authors:

González, R; Barrientos, A; del Cerro, J; Coca, B
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Affiliations

UPM, CSIC, Ctr Automat & Robot - Author
UPM, ETSIDI - Author

Abstract

In this study, a device based on patient motion capture is developed for the reliable and non-invasive diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. The primary objective of this study is the classification of differential diagnosis between Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET). The DIMETER system has been used in the diagnoses of a significant number of patients at two medical centers in Spain. Research studies on classification have primarily focused on the use of well-known and reliable diagnosis criteria developed by qualified personnel. Here, we first present a literature review of the methods used to detect and evaluate tremor; then, we describe the DIMETER device in terms of the software and hardware used and the battery of tests developed to obtain the best diagnoses. All of the tests are classified and described in terms of the characteristics of the data obtained. A list of parameters obtained from the tests is provided, and the results obtained using multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks are presented and analyzed.
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Keywords

Diagnostic tremor aidsDimeterEssential tremor (et) diagnosisHaptic masterMovement-disordersNeurodegenerative diseasesParkinson's disease (pd) diagnosisParkinsons-diseaseQuantificationSystemTremor device

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sensors due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position 14/28, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Electrochemistry.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-01-19:

  • Google Scholar: 8
  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 6
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-01-19:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 39.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 39 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/23282/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 627
  • Downloads: 369
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GONZALEZ HERRANZ, ROBERTO) and Last Author (Coca, Benito).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GONZALEZ HERRANZ, ROBERTO.

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Awards linked to the item

The authors would like to thank the doctors who participated in the study for their cooperation and support during the tests, especially Carlos Magarinos, Roberto Figueiras (Ramon y Cajal hospital) and Rafael Garcia de Sola (La Princesa hospital). This study was conducted within the framework of the Robocity 2030-II network of the Comunidad de Madrid (S-0505/DPI/00023).
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