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Effects of an Exoskeleton-Assisted Gait Motor Imagery Training in Functional Brain Connectivity | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Effects of an Exoskeleton-Assisted Gait Motor Imagery Training in Functional Brain Connectivity

Publisher: IEEE

Abstract:

Lower-limb exoskeletons have been used in gait rehabilitation to facilitate the restoration of motor skills. These robotics systems could be complemented by Brain-Compute...View more

Abstract:

Lower-limb exoskeletons have been used in gait rehabilitation to facilitate the restoration of motor skills. These robotics systems could be complemented by Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) to assist or rehabilitate people with walking disabilities. In this preliminary study, electroencephalography-based brain functional connectivity is analyzed during exoskeleton-assisted gait motor imagery (MI) training. Partial Directed Coherence (PDC) analysis was employed to assess the exchange of information flow between EEG signals during gait MI in four healthy subjects, two using an exoskeleton and two without using it. Besides, in order to explore the functional connectivity, an outflow index based on the number of significant directed connectivities revealed by the PDC analysis is proposed. We found that the outflow index increases in the central zone (C2, C3, C4) while decreases in the central-parietal (CP1, CP2) and fronto-central (FC1) zones when the training was assisted by an exoskeleton. The results obtained can be useful to obtain informative features for BCI applications as well as in motor rehabilitation.
Date of Conference: 23-27 July 2019
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 07 October 2019
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PubMed ID: 31945930
Publisher: IEEE
Conference Location: Berlin, Germany

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