Low-Cost Robotic Guide Based on a Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interface for Arm Assisted Rehabilitation

[EN] Motor imagery has been suggested as an efficient alternative to improve the rehabilitation process of affected limbs. In this study, a low-cost robotic guide is implemented so that linear position can be controlled via the user¿s motor imagination of movement intention. The patient can use this...

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Autores: Quiles Cucarella, Eduardo|||0000-0003-0578-4716, Suay, Ferran, Candela, Gemma, Chio-Cho, Nayibe, Jiménez, Manuel, Alvarez-Kurogi, Leandro
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/202994
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/202994
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Robotic rehabilitation
Robot-assisted therapy
Brain computer interfaces in neurorehabilitation
EEG sensors
INGENIERIA DE SISTEMAS Y AUTOMATICA
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Resumo:[EN] Motor imagery has been suggested as an efficient alternative to improve the rehabilitation process of affected limbs. In this study, a low-cost robotic guide is implemented so that linear position can be controlled via the user¿s motor imagination of movement intention. The patient can use this device to move the arm attached to the guide according to their own intentions. The first objective of this study was to check the feasibility and safety of the designed robotic guide controlled via a motor imagery (MI)-based brain¿computer interface (MI-BCI) in healthy individuals, with the ultimate aim to apply it to rehabilitation patients. The second objective was to determine which are the most convenient MI strategies to control the different assisted rehabilitation arm movements. The results of this study show a better performance when the BCI task is controlled with an action¿action MI strategy versus an action¿relaxation one. No statistically significant difference was found between the two action-action MI strategies.