Thought-based row-column scanning communication board for individuals with cerebral palsy

Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-22

  Scherer, Reinhold ^a,b,c   Billinger, Martin ^a,b   Wagner, Johanna ^a,b   Schwarz, Andreas ^a,b   Hettich, Dirk Tassilo ^d   Bolinger, Elaina ^d   Lloria Garcia, Mariano ^e   Navarro, Juan ^e   Müller Putz, Gernot ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BIOTECHMED GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Rehabilitation Center Judendorf Straßengel   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e Avapace   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Brain; Cerebral palsy; Communication board; Computer interface; Electroencephalogram; Human computer interaction; Sensory motor rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETRY; THOUGHT BASED ROW COLUMN SCANNING COMMUNICATION BOARD; COMMUNICATION AID; DEVICES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROREHABILITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923320918     PISSN: 18770657     EISSN: 18770665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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