Research on Upper and Lower Limb Rehabilitation System based on Brain-computer Interface Technology

Cerebral apoplexy, commonly known as "stroke", is one of the most common cerebrovascular diseases in the world. It is a kind of disease of brain nerve function defect which occurs frequently in the elderly. After the onset of stroke, most of the patients lose the function of limb movement, which leads to severe hemiplegia. In this paper, an upper and lower limb rehabilitation system based on brain computer interface technology is proposed. In the proposed rehabilitation system, BCI technique is used to translate the patients’ thoughts into rehabilitation training action, therefore it can transform the traditional passive training into active training, which is helpful to promote the functional recovery of the injured brain area and the reconstruction of the neural pathway in the body. The corresponding experiment results are positive and demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed rehabilitation system.