Clinical application of an EEG-based brain-computer interface: A case study in a patient with severe motor impairment

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-409

  Neuper, C ^a   Muller G R ^a   Kubler A ^b   Birbaumer, N ^b,c   Pfurtscheller, G ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Brain computer interface; Electroencephalogram; Event related desynchronization; Sensorimotor cortex; Telemonitoring system

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAINING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0038215384     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00387-5     Document Type: Article

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