Full Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art of practical applications of neuroprosthesis based on functional electrical stimulation for restoration of motor functions lost by spinal cord injury and discusses the use of brain-computer interfaces for their control.
The book covers numerous topics starting with basics about spinal cord injury, electrical stimulation, electrical brain signals and brain-computer interfaces. It continues with an overview of neuroprosthetic solutions for different purposes and non-invasive and invasive brain-computer interface implementations and presents clinical use cases and practical applications of BCIs. Finally, the authors give an outlook on cutting edge research with a high potential for clinical translation in the near future.
All authors committed themselves to use easy-to-understand language and to avoid very specific information, focusing instead on the essential aspects. This makes this bookan ideal choice not only for researchers and clinicians at all stages of their education interested in the topic of brain-computer interface-controlled neuroprostheses, but also for end users and their caregivers who want to inform themselves about the current technological possibilities to improve paralyzed motor functions.
Contents
PART I. Basic.- Spinal Cord Injury.- Functional Electrical Stimulation.- Electroencephalography & Brain-Computer Interfaces.- PART II. Neuroprosthetics in SCI.- History of Neuroprosthetics.- Upper Extremity Neuroprosthetics for Spinal Cord Injury.- Neuro-Robotics: Rehabilitation and Restoration of Walking using Exoskeletons via Non-invasive Brain Machine Interfaces.- Epidural and Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Strategies for Motor Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury.- PART III. Clinical Brain-Computer Interfaces.- P300 BCI for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury - a BCI in Search of an Application?.- Invasive BCI Approaches for Restoration of Upper Extremity Movements.- Towards Non-invasive BCI Based Movement Decoding.- PART IV. Clinical Use Cases and Practice.- Therapeutic Applications of Electrical Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury.- Brain Computer Interface Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation for Rehabilitation of Hand Function in People with Spinal Cord Injury.- Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces for Control of Grasp Neuroprosthesis - The European MoreGrasp Initiative.- PART V. Outlook.- Therapies of the Future.
