An overview of modern brain-computer interface technology in tasks of motor rehabilitation

Authors: Chekhvalov R.D., Konstantinova Z.A., Makeeva D.S.
Published in issue: #6(71)/2022
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2022-6-806
Category: Medical sciences | Chapter: Medical equipment and devices
Keywords: electroencephalography, brain-computer interface, stroke, rehabilitation, motor skills, imaginative movement, P300 paradigm, exoskeleton
Published: 17.08.2022

Hardware methods of motor rehabilitation, in particular stroke rehabilitation, are being actively developed, but their use is limited by the severity of the motor impairment. One of the rehabilitation options is the use of a brain-computer interface. This paper gives a review of the application of this technology in the rehabilitation of post-stroke patients with paresis. For this purpose, a search of publications in the PubMed database was carried out. On the basis of the review, the publications are subdivided into groups and the accuracy and speed of data transfer are quantified. The results indicate a successful application of the brain-computer interface based on the motion imagination paradigm in the restoration of motor skills in clinical tasks. There are also trends towards the development of the P300 paradigm for motor rehabilitation tasks, despite the small amount of experimental data in the reviewed publications.

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