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Non Invasive BCIs for Neuroprostheses Control of the Paralysed Hand

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About 300,000 people in Europe alone suffer from a spinal cord injury (SCI), with 11,000 new injuries per year [20]. SCI is caused primarily by traffic and work accidents, and an increasing percentage of the total population also develops SCI from diseases like infections or tumors. About 70% of SCI cases occur in men. 40% are tetraplegic patients with paralyses not only of the lower extremities (and hence restrictions in standing and walking) but also of the upper extremities, which makes it difficult or impossible for them to grasp.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the motovation and patience of the patients during the intensive days of trainning. This work was partly supported by Wings for Life - The spinal cord research foundation, Lorenz Böhler Gesellschaft, “Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt - AUVA”, EU COST BM0601 Neuromath, and Land Steiermark.

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    Gernot R. Müller-Putz, Reinhold Scherer & Gert Pfurtscheller

  2. Orthopedic University Hospital of Heidelberg University, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, Heidelberg, Germany

    Rüdiger Rupp

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Müller-Putz, G.R., Scherer, R., Pfurtscheller, G., Rupp, R. (2009). Non Invasive BCIs for Neuroprostheses Control of the Paralysed Hand. In: Graimann, B., Pfurtscheller, G., Allison, B. (eds) Brain-Computer Interfaces. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02091-9_10

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