Treatment of child hyperactivity by EEG-EMG biofeedback system

摘要

An EEG and EMG biofeedback system for treating hyperactive children who suffer from attention deficit and learning disabilities is described. The system can work in a stand-alone mode or with an IBM personal computer. In the first case, the signals which vary with the patient's brain and muscle activity level are fed back to the patient online. This can be used for clinical applications. In the second case, the EEG-EMG feedback signals are collected by an IBM PC and then processed with sophisticated digital signal-processing techniques. The latter mode provides an efficient and flexible approach to the analysis and feedback of EEG and EMG signals.