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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
For severely paralyzed people, a brain-computer interface (BCI) provides a way of re-establishing communication. Although subjects with muscular dystrophy (MD) appear to be potential BCI users, the actual long-term effects of BCI use on brain activities in MD subjects have yet to be clarified. To investigate these effects, we followed BCI use by a chronic tetraplegic subject with MD over 5 months. The topographic changes in an electroencephalogram (EEG) after long-term use of the virtual reality (VR)-based BCI were also assessed. Our originally developed BCI system was used to classify an EEG recorded over the sensorimotor cortex in real time and estimate the user's motor intention (MI) in 3 different limb movements: feet, left hand, and right hand. An avatar in the internet-based VR was controlled in accordance with the results of the EEG classification by the BCI. The subject was trained to control his avatar via the BCI by strolling in the VR for 1 hour a day and then continued the same training twice a month at his home.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1471-2202
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Communication, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Computer Graphics, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Cues, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Feasibility Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Intention, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Internet, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Motor Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Muscular Dystrophies, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Psychomotor Performance, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Quadriplegia, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-Somatosensory Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:20846418-User-Computer Interface
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Change in brain activity through virtual reality-based brain-machine communication in a chronic tetraplegic subject with muscular dystrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan. hashimoto@bme.bio.keio.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't