Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interface for the Control of a Shoulder-Elbow Rehabilitation Equipment

摘要

The aim of this paper is to present a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) with which a patient that suffered cerebrovascular accident (CVA) might have the ability to control a rehabilitation equipment designed for upper limb repetitive passive exercises, namely, for the movement of the shoulder and elbow in the sagittal plane. The rehabilitation equipment, developed previously, was upgraded with a customized BCI interface that uses a motor-imagery control paradigm, translating user movement intent into control signals. Performance of the BCI system is assessed and several further research recommendation are made.