[HTML][HTML] Review on motor imagery based BCI systems for upper limb post-stroke neurorehabilitation: From designing to application

MA Khan, R Das, HK Iversen… - Computers in biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Strokes are a growing cause of mortality and many stroke survivors suffer from motor
impairment as well as other types of disabilities in their daily life activities. To treat these …

Approaches to revealing the neural basis of muscle synergies: a review and a critique

VCK Cheung, K Seki - Journal of neurophysiology, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The central nervous system (CNS) may produce coordinated motor outputs via the
combination of motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Identification of muscle …

Plasticity of muscle synergies through fractionation and merging during development and training of human runners

VCK Cheung, BMF Cheung, JH Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Complex motor commands for human locomotion are generated through the combination of
motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Recent data have argued that muscle …

An exoneuromusculoskeleton for self-help upper limb rehabilitation after stroke

C Nam, W Rong, W Li, C Cheung, W Ngai, T Cheung… - Soft robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
This article presents a novel electromyography (EMG)-driven exoneuromusculoskeleton that
integrates the neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), soft pneumatic muscle, and …

Muscle synergies for evaluating upper limb in clinical applications: A systematic review

K Zhao, Z Zhang, H Wen, B Liu, J Li, A d'Avella… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Introduction Muscle synergies have been proposed as a strategy employed by the central
nervous system to control movements. Muscle synergy analysis is a well-established …

Challenges of neural interfaces for stroke motor rehabilitation

C Vidaurre, N Irastorza-Landa… - Frontiers in Human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
More than 85% of stroke survivors suffer from different degrees of disability for the rest of
their lives. They will require support that can vary from occasional to full time assistance …

Functional synergy recruitment index as a reliable biomarker of motor function and recovery in chronic stroke patients

N Irastorza-Landa, E García-Cossio… - Journal of neural …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Stroke affects the expression of muscle synergies underlying motor control, most
notably in patients with poorer motor function. The majority of studies on muscle synergies …

Muscle synergy-based functional electrical stimulation reduces muscular fatigue in post-stroke patients: a systematic comparison

S Bala, VY Vishnu, D Joshi - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Muscle synergy-based functional electrical stimulation had improved movement kinematics
instantly and in long-term use in post-stroke patients. However, the therapeutic benefits and …

ICTs and interventions in telerehabilitation and their effects on stroke recovery

Y Xing, J Xiao, B Zeng, Q Wang - Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Telerehabilitation (TR) is a new model to provide rehabilitation services to stroke survivors. It
is a promising approach to deliver mainstream interventions for movement, cognitive …

Robot-driven locomotor perturbations reveal synergy-mediated, context-dependent feedforward and feedback mechanisms of adaptation

G Severini, A Koenig, C Adans-Dester, I Cajigas… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Humans respond to mechanical perturbations that affect their gait by changing their motor
control strategy. Previous work indicates that adaptation during gait is context dependent …