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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) establish a direct link between a human brain and a computer. The original goal of a BCI is to help persons with motor disabilities by installing a non-muscular communication channel. This work presents ongoing research and current developments at the Graz BCI-Lab, Institute for Knowledge Discovery (Graz University of Technology, Austria) towards the inclusion of BCI for restoration and rehabilitation of motor functions. Our group researches and develops applications of non-invasive BCIs based on the electroencephalogram (EEG), using a reduced set of electrodes, and relying on the event-related (de)synchronization of sensorimotor rhythms. Our results demonstrate both the feasibility and possible utility of incorporating BCI technology into clinical practice.
This work was partially supported by the FP7 EU Research projects TOBI (224631), BRAINABLE (247447), and BETTER (247935); and the BCI4REHAB project funded by the Steiermärkische Landesregierung.
This document reflects the authors’ view and funding agencies are not liable for any use of the information presented here.
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Müller-Putz, G.R. et al. (2013). Towards Restoration and Rehabilitation of Motor Functions with the Help of Brain-Computer Interfaces. In: Pons, J., Torricelli, D., Pajaro, M. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_211
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