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Neural Modulation By Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for BCI Enhancement in Stroke Patients | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Neural Modulation By Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for BCI Enhancement in Stroke Patients


Abstract:

Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a novel method for stroke rehabilitation. However, lacking of sufficient motor-related cortical activity greatly decreases the BCI perfo...Show More

Abstract:

Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a novel method for stroke rehabilitation. However, lacking of sufficient motor-related cortical activity greatly decreases the BCI performance in stroke patients. Interestingly, high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been shown to increase the cortical excitability of lesioned hemisphere in stroke patients. This stimulation effect may have benefits on the enhancement of BCI decoding. This study recruited 16 stroke patients to evaluate the stimulation effect on BCI accuracy, with 8 patients were assigned to the TMS-group and the other 8 patients were assigned to the Control-group. Patients in the TMS-group underwent 12 sessions of 10-Hz TMS interventions in four consecutive weeks, whereas no stimulation was applied during this period in the Control-group. Meanwhile, three BCI evaluation sessions were carried out in one day before, one day after, and three days after the TMS intervention, separately. The results showed that the TMS intervention significantly improved the BCI accuracy from 63.5% to 74.3% in motor imagery (MI) tasks, and from 81.9% to 91.1% in motor execution (ME) tasks. This finding provides a novel method for the cure of BCI-inefficiency problem, and may facilitate the clinical application of BCI-based stroke rehabilitation.
Date of Conference: 18-21 July 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 28 October 2018
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PubMed ID: 30440859
Conference Location: Honolulu, HI, USA

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