Brain state-dependent robotic reaching movement with a multi-joint arm exoskeleton: Combining brain-machine interfacing and robotic rehabilitation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue OCTOBER, 2015, Pages

  Brauchle, Daniel ^a   Vukelić, Mathias ^a   Bauer, Robert ^a   Gharabaghi, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Brain machine interface; Brain robot interface; Functional connectivity; Robotic exoskeleton; Stroke; Upper limb rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXOSKELETON; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK; ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK POSITIVE NETWORK; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 84947581753     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00564     Document Type: Article

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