Forthcoming Strategies for Clinical Translation in Neurorehabilitation: From spinal central pattern generators to cortical network: integrated BCI for walking rehabilitation
Cheron, Guy; Duvinage, Matthieu; De Saedeleer, C.et al.
[en] Success in locomotor rehabilitation programs can be improved with the use of brain- computer interfaces (BCI). Although a wealth of research has demonstrated that locomotion is largely controlled by spinal mechanisms, the brain is of utmost importance in monitoring locomotor patterns and therefore contains information regarding central pattern generation functioning. In addition, there is also a tight coordination between the upper and lower limbs, which can also be useful in controlling locomotion. The current paper critically investigates different approaches that are applicable to this field: the use of electroencephalogram (EEG), upper limb electromyogram (EMG), or a hybrid of the two neurophysiological signals to control assistive exoskeletons used in locomotion based on programmable central pattern generators (PCPG) or dynamic recurrent neural networks (DRNN). Plantar surface tactile stimulation devices combined with virtual reality may provide the sensation of walking while in a supine position for use of training brain signals generated during locomotion. These methods may exploit mechanisms of brain plasticity and assist in the neurorehabilitation of gait in a variety of clinical conditions, including stroke, spinal trauma, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.
Disciplines :
Laboratory medicine & medical technology
Author, co-author :
Cheron, Guy ; Université de Mons > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Electrophysiologie
Duvinage, Matthieu ; Université de Mons > Faculté Polytechnique > Information, Signal et Intelligence artificielle
De Saedeleer, C.
Castermans, Thierry ; Université de Mons > Faculté Polytechnique > Information, Signal et Intelligence artificielle
Bengoetxea, A.
Petieau, Mathieu
Seetharaman, Karthik
Hoellinger, Thomas
Dan, B.
Dutoit, Thierry ; Université de Mons > Faculté Polytechnique > Information, Signal et Intelligence artificielle
Forthcoming Strategies for Clinical Translation in Neurorehabilitation: From spinal central pattern generators to cortical network: integrated BCI for walking rehabilitation
Publication date :
06 December 2011
Journal title :
Neural Plasticity
Publisher :
Hindawi Publishing Corporation, New York, United States - New York
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Research unit :
F105 - Information, Signal et Intelligence artificielle