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Brain-Computer Interface ResearchBCI-Based Facilitation of Cortical Activity Associated to Gait Onset After Single Event Multi-level Surgery in Cerebral Palsy

Brain-Computer Interface Research: BCI-Based Facilitation of Cortical Activity Associated to Gait... [Motor rehabilitation strategies by means of neuro-modulation paradigms, taking advantage of the motor predictive characteristics of the electroencephalographic signal, are currently subject to extensive research. Such rehabilitation strategies follow a top-down approach in which targeted neurophysiological changes in the central nervous system are expected to induce functional improvement. However, such approach presents a set of specific limitations and barriers in cerebral palsy patients, given that they typically do not have a normal gait and have suffered abnormal brain development. These limitations get even more critical when Single-Event Multilevel Surgery (SEMLS) is performed. After that procedure, surgery patients must re-learn the gait patterns according to a new biomechanical structure. This chapter presents a neuro-modulation paradigm to enhance the reeducation of gait functionality immediately following SEMLS in cerebral palsy patients. The experiments were developed and tested with real patients.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Brain-Computer Interface ResearchBCI-Based Facilitation of Cortical Activity Associated to Gait Onset After Single Event Multi-level Surgery in Cerebral Palsy

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-57131-7
Pages
99 –110
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-57132-4_8
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Abstract

[Motor rehabilitation strategies by means of neuro-modulation paradigms, taking advantage of the motor predictive characteristics of the electroencephalographic signal, are currently subject to extensive research. Such rehabilitation strategies follow a top-down approach in which targeted neurophysiological changes in the central nervous system are expected to induce functional improvement. However, such approach presents a set of specific limitations and barriers in cerebral palsy patients, given that they typically do not have a normal gait and have suffered abnormal brain development. These limitations get even more critical when Single-Event Multilevel Surgery (SEMLS) is performed. After that procedure, surgery patients must re-learn the gait patterns according to a new biomechanical structure. This chapter presents a neuro-modulation paradigm to enhance the reeducation of gait functionality immediately following SEMLS in cerebral palsy patients. The experiments were developed and tested with real patients.]

Published: Apr 30, 2017

Keywords: Neuromodulation; Virtual reality; Cerebral palsy; Gait neurorehabilitation; Single-event multilevel surgery

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