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

A. Kübler; F. Nijboer; J. Mellinger; T. M. Vaughan; H. Pawelzik; G. Schalk; D. J. McFarland; N. Birbaumer; J. R. Wolpaw

doi:10.1212/01.WNL.0000158616.43002.6D

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

A. Kübler, F. Nijboer, J. Mellinger, T. M. Vaughan, H. Pawelzik, G. Schalk, D. J. McFarland, N. Birbaumer, J. R. Wolpaw

Istituto di Neuroriabilitazione Motoria San Camillo

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1775-1777
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurology
Volume	64
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000158616.43002.6D
Publication status	Published - May 24 2005

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

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