Neuromuscular electrical stimulation induced brain patterns to decode motor imagery

Conclusion: Afferent NMES motor patterns can support the calibration of BCI systems and be used to decode MI.Significance: This finding might be a new way to train sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) based BCI systems for healthy users having difficulties to attain BCI control. It might also be an alternative to train MI-based BCIs for users who cannot perform real movements but have remaining afferents (ALS, stroke patients).

Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - May 3, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Authors: C. Vidaurre, J. Pascual, A. Ramos-Murguialday, R. Lorenz, B. Blankertz, N. Birbaumer, K.-R. Müller Tags: Movement, Motor Control and Movement Disorders Source Type: research