Using a brain-machine interface to control a hybrid upper limb exoskeleton during rehabilitation of patients with neurological conditions

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hortal, Enrique ^a   Planelles, Daniel ^a   Resquin, Francisco ^b   Climent, José M ^c   Azorín, José M ^a   Pons, José L ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arm movement intention detection; BMI; EEG; Exoskeleton; Functional electrical stimulation; Motor imagery; Neurological condition; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOSKELETON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STROKE PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; UPPER LIMB;

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; EXOSKELETON DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84944314841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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