Brain-computer interfaces in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A metanalysis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1255-1263

  Marchetti, Mauro ^a   Priftis, Konstantinos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brain computer interface; Locked in syndrome; Metanalysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR RHYTHM; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIAL; COMMUNICATION AID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84928764150     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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