Motor imagery for severely motor-impaired patients: evidence for brain-computer interfacing as superior control solution.

ABSTRACT: Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) strive to decode brain signals into control commands for severely handicapped people with no means of muscular control. These potential users of noninvasive BCIs display a large range of physical and mental conditions. Prior studies have shown the general applicability of BCI with patients, with the conflict of either using many training sessions or studying only moderately restricted patients. We present a BCI system designed to establish external control for severely motor-impaired patients within a very short time. Within only six experimental sessions, three out of four patients were able to gain significant control over the BCI, which was based on motor imagery or attempted execution. For the most affected patient, we found evidence that the BCI could

SUBMITTER: Hohne J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4146550 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature