VIRIAL THEOREM AND NON-EQUILIBRIUM CANONICAL-DISSIPATIVE DISTRIBUTIONS CHARACTERIZING PARKINSON TREMOR

Abstract

The virial theorem and the concept of canonical-statistical distributions represent two fundamental elements of statistical physics. We apply these concepts to hand tremor oscillations recorded from six Parkinson patients. We find that the virial theorem holds for Parkinson tremor oscillations. In contrast, we find that the concept of canonical distributions fails to a certain extent and needs to be replaced by the notion of non-canonical (i.e., canonical-dissipative) distributions. In doing so, our analysis reveals both general statistical aspects and non-equilibrium aspects of Parkinson hand tremor.