Patients with ALS can use sensorimotor rhythms to operate a brain-computer interface.
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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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology
دوره 64 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005