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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38083001

RESUMO

High density surface Electromyography (HD-sEMG) provides a high fidelity measurement of the myoelectric activity that can be leveraged by EMG decomposition methods to estimate the motor neuron discharges. Independent Component Analysis (ICA) methods are used as basis for many EMG decomposition algorithms, for the estimation of motor unit action potential signals. Accurate source separation is a non-trivial task in EMG decomposition. While FastICA is widely used for this purpose, other methods with attractive characteristics, such as RobustICA, remain relatively unexplored. The purpose of the current work is to compare three different ICA-based EMG decomposition methods (FastICA, RobustICA and RobustICALCH) in terms of decomposition accuracy and computation time. The evaluation was performed on simulated data using a decomposition algorithm inspired by previous studies. Our results demonstrate that RobustICA outperforms the other methods in terms of number of correctly identified motor units, high decomposition accuracy, and low computation time, across different muscle contraction levels.


Assuntos
Contração Muscular , Músculo Esquelético , Músculo Esquelético/fisiologia , Eletromiografia/métodos , Contração Muscular/fisiologia , Neurônios Motores/fisiologia , Algoritmos
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Comput Intell Neurosci ; 2018: 7957408, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30154834

RESUMO

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a rapidly developing technology that aims to support individuals suffering from various disabilities and, ultimately, improve everyday quality of life. Sensorimotor rhythm-based BCIs have demonstrated remarkable results in controlling virtual or physical external devices but they still face a number of challenges and limitations. Main challenges include multiple degrees-of-freedom control, accuracy, and robustness. In this work, we develop a multiclass BCI decoding algorithm that uses electroencephalography (EEG) source imaging, a technique that maps scalp potentials to cortical activations, to compensate for low spatial resolution of EEG. Spatial features were extracted using Common Spatial Pattern (CSP) filters in the cortical source space from a number of selected Regions of Interest (ROIs). Classification was performed through an ensemble model, based on individual ROI classification models. The evaluation was performed on the BCI Competition IV dataset 2a, which features 4 motor imagery classes from 9 participants. Our results revealed a mean accuracy increase of 5.6% with respect to the conventional application method of CSP on sensors. Neuroanatomical constraints and prior neurophysiological knowledge play an important role in developing source space-based BCI algorithms. Feature selection and classifier characteristics of our implementation will be explored to raise performance to current state-of-the-art.


Assuntos
Encéfalo/fisiologia , Eletroencefalografia , Imaginação/fisiologia , Atividade Motora/fisiologia , Processamento de Sinais Assistido por Computador , Algoritmos , Interfaces Cérebro-Computador , Eletroencefalografia/métodos , Humanos
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Neural Plast ; 2018: 9354207, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29853852

RESUMO

Reciprocal communication of the central and peripheral nervous systems is compromised during spinal cord injury due to neurotrauma of ascending and descending pathways. Changes in brain organization after spinal cord injury have been associated with differences in prognosis. Changes in functional connectivity may also serve as injury biomarkers. Most studies on functional connectivity have focused on chronic complete injury or resting-state condition. In our study, ten right-handed patients with incomplete spinal cord injury and ten age- and gender-matched healthy controls performed multiple visual motor imagery tasks of upper extremities and walking under high-resolution electroencephalography recording. Directed transfer function was used to study connectivity at the cortical source space between sensorimotor nodes. Chronic disruption of reciprocal communication in incomplete injury could result in permanent significant decrease of connectivity in a subset of the sensorimotor network, regardless of positive or negative neurological outcome. Cingulate motor areas consistently contributed the larger outflow (right) and received the higher inflow (left) among all nodes, across all motor imagery categories, in both groups. Injured subjects had higher outflow from left cingulate than healthy subjects and higher inflow in right cingulate than healthy subjects. Alpha networks were less dense, showing less integration and more segregation than beta networks. Spinal cord injury patients showed signs of increased local processing as adaptive mechanism. This trial is registered with NCT02443558.


Assuntos
Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Imaginação/fisiologia , Rede Nervosa/fisiopatologia , Desempenho Psicomotor/fisiologia , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Idoso , Eletroencefalografia , Feminino , Neuroimagem Funcional , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia
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Biomed Res Int ; 2017: 5708937, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28948168

RESUMO

Advances in neural interfaces have demonstrated remarkable results in the direction of replacing and restoring lost sensorimotor function in human patients. Noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are popular due to considerable advantages including simplicity, safety, and low cost, while recent advances aim at improving past technological and neurophysiological limitations. Taking into account the neurophysiological alterations of disabled individuals, investigating brain connectivity features for implementation of BCI control holds special importance. Off-the-shelf BCI systems are based on fast, reproducible detection of mental activity and can be implemented in neurorobotic applications. Moreover, social Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is increasingly important in rehabilitation robotics development. In this paper, we present our progress and goals towards developing off-the-shelf BCI-controlled anthropomorphic robotic arms for assistive technologies and rehabilitation applications. We account for robotics development, BCI implementation, and qualitative assessment of HRI characteristics of the system. Furthermore, we present two illustrative experimental applications of the BCI-controlled arms, a study of motor imagery modalities on healthy individuals' BCI performance, and a pilot investigation on spinal cord injured patients' BCI control and brain connectivity. We discuss strengths and limitations of our design and propose further steps on development and neurophysiological study, including implementation of connectivity features as BCI modality.


Assuntos
Membros Artificiais , Interfaces Cérebro-Computador , Desenho de Prótese , Reabilitação , Robótica/métodos , Humanos , Reabilitação/instrumentação , Reabilitação/métodos
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