Parkinson’s disease patients whose symptoms such as tremor, muscle stiffness and slowed movement make it tough to hold an eating utensil steady have few options for relief outside of a hospital or clinic. Medication can help, but over time it tends to become less effective. A headband-shaped device has been invented to deliver noninvasive brain stimulation that tamps down the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, possibly helping to keep these patients at home.
To give these patients another in-home option, Johns Hopkins graduate students have invented a headband-shaped device to deliver noninvasive brain stimulation to help tamp down the symptoms.
