New study on wearable monitoring of negative myoclonus available

A new study on wearable monitoring of negative myoclonus within the home environment is now available. The research was conducted in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital (KUH) - Kuopion yliopistollinen sairaala (KYS), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Adamant Health.

The study shows that silent periods of muscle activation associated with negative myoclonus can be successfully detected and quantified from surface electromyography data measured over longer periods of time outside the clinical environment. The silent period findings correlated significantly with the clinically assessed patients’ myoclonus severity and functional status.