Acta Scientific Neurology (ASNE) (ISSN: 2582-1121)

Research Article Volume 6 Issue 1

A Study of Writer`s Cramp Clinico-Multivariate Statistical Analysis with ARTEMG

Venkateshwarla Rama Raju*

Department of Computational Neuroscience, CMR College of Engineering and Technology, JNTU Hyderabad, India

*Corresponding Author: Venkateshwarla Rama Raju, Department of Computational Neuroscience, CMR College of Engineering and Technology, JNTU Hyderabad, India.

Received: October 04, 2022; Published: December 21, 2022

Abstract

In this study we have applied the real-time advanced multi-channel EMG (ARTEMG) for the clinico-statistical inferences through multivariate analysis techniques. The study demonstrated paramount computable ‘EMG’ variations in the Writer`s cramp-signals (WCS) observed whilst writing through both right-hand(RH) and left-hand(LH) amongst those Writer’s cramp(WC) diseased subjects (patients) thru concordant mirror movements designated as “C-cohort” contrasted those with discordant mirror movements designated as “D-cohort”. This was observed primarily in the measures-of-dispersion/central tendency(MoD/CT) of the signal i.e., standard-dispersion, variances and their ratios/F-ratios which are clinic-statistically dissimilar amid the two cohorts, i.e., C and D, plus the signature-pattern of-variations were consistently-stable in conjunction with the rationale-hypothesis that the cohort D had a compensatory-exertion (CE) which overwhelmed the dystonic-exertion (DE) outcome in the last irregular-posture significantly. This was observed in the manner in the structure of more variations and basic-changes in RH ascribing signal (RHAS) in D-cohort as equated to C-cohort, as the dystonia and compensatory-exertions both impact to the uncertainty. Hence these changes were vigorous also examined in each degree of diffusion, for instance in the signals signature-patterns of implication of fisher-values for the ratios-of-variances (RoV). These investigates might conceivably be useful to longitudinal developments to well comprehend the concept of dystonic-WCs.

Keywords: Writer`s Cramp; Multivariate; Analysis; ARTEMG

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Citation

Citation: Venkateshwarla Rama Raju. “A Study of Writer`s Cramp Clinico-Multivariate Statistical Analysis with ARTEMG". Acta Scientific Neurology 6.1 (2023): 68-72.

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Copyright: © 2023 Venkateshwarla Rama Raju. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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