2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of rehabilitation strategies for writer's cramp patient considering cortical inhibition
| Project/Area Number |
25750197
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Kitami Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | Brain Machine Interface / ブレイン・マシン・インターフェース / ブレイン・コンピュータ・インターフェース / Brain Computer Interface / 脳波 / EEG / ジストニア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We recorded electroencephalograms (EEGs) over the bilateral sensorimotor cortex from a patient suffering from chronic writer’s cramp. The patient was asked to suppress an exaggerated beta frequency component in the EEG during EEG control via brain-machine (brain-computer) interface (BMI) system. Significant decrease of the beta frequency component during handwriting was confirmed, and was associated with clear functional improvement. The current study suggests that a BMI can give explicit feedback of ongoing cortical excitability to patients with dystonia and allow them to suppress exaggerated neural activity, resulting in functional recovery.
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| Free Research Field |
リハビリテーション工学
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