https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2016.6132

Paired Associative Stimulation using Brain-Computer Interfaces for Stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot study

Vol. 26 No. 3 (2016)
Submitted: 6 July 2016
Accepted: 6 July 2016
Published: 13 September 2016
Paired associative stimulation, Brain-computer interfaces, Stroke rehabilitation
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Woosang Cho
cho@gtec.at
g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Austria.
Nikolaus Sabathiel
g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Austria.
Rupert Ortner
g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Austria.
Alexander Lechner
g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Austria.
Danut C. Irimia
Guger Technologies OG, Graz, Austria.
Brendan Z. Allison
g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Austria.
Guenter Edlinger
Guger Technologies OG, Graz, Austria.
Christoph Guger
g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Schiedlberg, Austria.
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.

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Cho, W., Sabathiel, N., Ortner, R., Lechner, A., Irimia, D. C., Allison, B. Z., Edlinger, G., & Guger, C. (2016). Paired Associative Stimulation using Brain-Computer Interfaces for Stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot study. European Journal of Translational Myology, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2016.6132

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