Digital Hand Tremor Assessment

I inherited tremors ... mine aren't always present and when I have them they're relatively minor. The bad news is that I can see how they progress by watching my mom's tremors. I'm pretty sure I won't be drawing or even writing in another 20-25 years.

So what I'm wondering is whether this "test" can be adapted to become an "exercise". Will practicing with the test for some number of minutes a day condition my hands to stay more tremor free? That might be an interesting body hack.

Very interesting. I "diagnosed" (not a doctor) my father's early-stage Parkinson's a few years back when I went home for the holidays and noticed a resting tremor in the classic "pill-rolling" motion. No one had mentioned anything to him about it and a resting tremor is unlikely to be noticed by the sufferer.

I got him to see a neurologist, whose more accurate and professional testing confirmed my concerns. But this looks like a great early-warning system.

Not to hijack the thread, but I really like a "tremor-stabilizing spoon" mentioned in the article: https://www.liftlabsdesign.com/. Will look into for someone I know with a tremor.

I'm 21 years old and inherited Essential Tremor from my grandfather. They're definitely noticeable normally, but can get worse during a caffeine or adrenaline high (also if anxious about something). It makes taking notes during a lecture or handwriting for a long test kind of difficult. Answers get messy, so professors can't always read everything. Either that, or I try to slow down my pace, but then that ends up using more time than I have.

I think there's a long way to go until there's a "cure" or way of treating it, but the work you've put in will hopefully be prove useful to the research community. Thanks Chris for taking the time to work on this cool project.