Paired Associative Stimulation Using Brain-Computer Interfaces for Stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study

Conventional therapies do not provide paralyzed patients with closed-loop sensorimotor integration for motor rehabilitation. Paired associative stimulation (PAS) uses brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to monitor patients' movement imagery in real-time, and utilizes the information to co...

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Published in:European journal of translational myology 2016-06, Vol.26 (3), p.6132-6132
Main Authors: Cho, Woosang, Sabathiel, Nikolaus, Ortner, Rupert, Lechner, Alexander, Irimia, Danut C, Allison, Brendan Z, Edlinger, Guenter, Guger, Christoph
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Language:English
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Brain-computer interfaces
Paired associative stimulation
Stroke rehabilitation
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Summary:Conventional therapies do not provide paralyzed patients with closed-loop sensorimotor integration for motor rehabilitation. Paired associative stimulation (PAS) uses brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to monitor patients' movement imagery in real-time, and utilizes the information to control functional electrical stimulation (FES) and bar feedback for complete sensorimotor closed loop. To realize this approach, we introduce the recoveriX system, a hardware and software platform for PAS. After 10 sessions of recoveriX training, one stroke patient partially regained control of dorsiflexion in her paretic wrist. A controlled group study is planned with a new version of the recoveriX system, which will use a new FES system and an avatar instead of bar feedback.
ISSN:2037-7452
2037-7460
DOI:10.4081/ejtm.2016.6132