Motor Imagery BCI Rehabilitation After Stroke

Korábbi kezelés

• If the research person is regularly treated with botulinum toxin in the upper extremity, 3 weeks should have passed before the first baseline assessment.
• metal implants in the brain/skull cochlear implants,

Más betegség

• other neurological or musculoskeletal disease/injury, or contagious disease.
• current or history of epilepsy,
• any implanted neurostimulator, cardiac pacemaker or cardiac implants of metal, infusion device,
• any other neurological disorder,
• current or history of severe psychiatric disorder with need for pharmacological treatment

Egyéb

• severe hearing or visual impairments,
• pregnancy,

• \> 6 months since first time stroke onset and with remaining hemiparesis in upper extremity; able to participate fully in the intervention, able to perform Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI); able to passively extend the wrist 15 degrees and extend fingers fully with a neutral position of the wrist.
• In addition, participants need to be able to voluntarily control the power of their grip when requested according to the Visuomotor force tracking method and/or according to the clinical assessment of a therapist (while holding the patient´s hand). According to the Fugl- Meyer Upper Extremity (UE) scale participants should accomplish \<14 points on the hand subscale and \<2 points in finger flexion and extension (C) in addition to \< 47 points on the total motor score (equivalent to moderate disability in the upper extremity.