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Tremor severity was scored by a blinded clinician.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Both vibration paradigms were well safe and well tolerated and resulted in a reduction in resting tremor severity with a moderate effect size (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 44, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.37\u20130.54). There was no significant difference between the two vibration paradigms (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.14).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Short durations of vibrotactile stimulation delivered <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> wearable devices were safe and well tolerated and may attenuate resting tremor severity in individuals with PD. The sample size as well as the potential preliminary effectiveness revealed by two arms of the study could not eliminate the potential for a placebo effect.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnhum.2021.712621","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,18]],"date-time":"2021-11-18T06:50:27Z","timestamp":1637218227000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Safety and Tolerability of a Wearable, Vibrotactile Stimulation Device for Parkinson\u2019s Disease"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Laura","family":"Tabacof","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Braren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Taylor","family":"Patterson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adam","family":"Fry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Putrino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"595","DOI":"10.1136\/jnnp.68.5.595","article-title":"Axial parkinsonian symptoms can be improved: the role of levodopa and bilateral subthalamic stimulation.","volume":"68","author":"Bejjani","year":"2000","journal-title":"J. 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