Patients with ALS can use sensorimotor rhythms to operate a brain-computer interface

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Authors

Andrea Kübler · University of Tübingen

Femke Nijboer · University of Tübingen

Jürgen Mellinger · University of Tübingen

Theresa M. Vaughan · University at Albany, State University of New York

H. Pawelzik · University of Tübingen

Gerwin Schalk · University at Albany, State University of New York

Dennis J. McFarland

Abstract

People with severe motor disabilities can maintain an acceptable quality of life if they can communicate. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which do not depend on muscle control, can provide communication. Four people severely disabled by ALS learned to operate a BCI with EEG rhythms recorded over sensorimotor cortex. These results suggest that a sensorimotor rhythm-based BCI could help maintain quality of life for people with ALS.

Topics & Keywords

EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Neurology

Volume 64, Issue 10, pp. 1775-1777

DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000158616.43002.6d

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