Quiles Vicente, Ferrero Laura, Ianez Eduardo, Ortiz Mario, Megia Alvaro, Comino Natalia, Gil-Agudo Angel M, Azorin Jose M
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2020 Jul;2020:4737-4740. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175738.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) limits life expectancy and causes a restriction of patient's daily activities. In the last years, robotics exoskeletons have appeared as a promising rehabilitation and assistance tool for patients with motor limitations, as people that have suffered a SCI. The usability and clinical relevance of these robotics systems could be further enhanced by brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), as they can be used to foster patients' neuroplasticity. However, there are not many studies showing the use of BMIs to control exoskeletons with patients. In this work we show a case study where one SCI patient has used a BMI based on motor imagery (MI) in order to control a lower limb exoskeleton that assists their gait.
脊髓损伤（SCI）会缩短预期寿命，并限制患者的日常活动。在过去几年中，机器人外骨骼已成为一种有前景的康复和辅助工具，适用于有运动障碍的患者，比如脊髓损伤患者。脑机接口（BMI）可用于促进患者的神经可塑性，从而进一步提高这些机器人系统的可用性和临床相关性。然而，很少有研究展示如何使用脑机接口来控制患者的外骨骼。在这项工作中，我们展示了一个案例研究，一名脊髓损伤患者使用了基于运动想象（MI）的脑机接口来控制辅助其步态的下肢外骨骼。
