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Therefore, the focus of this study is to develop an objective accelerometry-based method to quantify ET, based on FTM criteria. Thirteen patients with ET and thirteen matched healthy participants underwent FTM tests to rate tremor severity, paired with tri-axial accelerometric measurements at the index fingers. Analogue FTM assessments were performed by four independent raters based on video recordings. Quantitative measures were derived from the accelerometric data, e.g., the area under the curve of power in the 4\u20138 Hz frequency band (AUCP) and maximal tremor amplitude. As such, accelerometric tremor scores were computed, using thresholds based on healthy measurements and FTM criteria. Agreement between accelerometric and clinical FTM scores was analyzed with Cohen\u2019s kappa coefficient. It was assessed whether there was a relationship between mean FTM scores and the natural logarithm (ln) of the accelerometric outcome measures using linear regression. The agreement between accelerometric and FTM scores was substantial for resting and intention tremor tests (\u226572.7%). However, the agreement between accelerometric postural tremor data and clinical FTM ratings (\u03ba = 0.459) was low, although their logarithmic (ln) relationship was substantial (R2 \u2265 0.724). Accelerometric test\u2013retest reliability was good to excellent (ICC \u2265 0.753). This pilot study shows that tremors can be quantified with accelerometry, using healthy thresholds and FTM criteria. The test\u2013retest reliability of the accelerometric tremor scoring algorithm indicates that our low-cost accelerometry-based approach is a promising one. The proposed easy-to-use technology could diminish the rater dependency of FTM scores and enable physicians to monitor ET patients more objectively in clinical, intraoperative, and home settings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12134235","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,26]],"date-time":"2023-06-26T03:14:56Z","timestamp":1687749296000},"page":"4235","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["A Novel Accelerometry Method to Perioperatively Quantify Essential Tremor Based on Fahn\u2013Tolosa\u2013Marin Criteria"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0032-4676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Annemarie","family":"Smid","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0425-8693","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rik W. 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