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. 2018 Jan 31;12:14. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00014

Table 1.

Summary of EEG-BCI studies for communication, control and rehabilitation involving people with motor impairment.

Study Participants Disease EEG-BCI application EEG-based neurophysiological input
Birbaumer et al., 1999 Two participants ALS TTD system SCP
Birbaumer et al., 2000 Five participants ALS TTD system SCP
Kubler et al., 2001 Two participants ALS TTD system SCP
Hinterberger et al., 2003 One participant ALS TTD system SCP
Neumann and Birbaumer, 2003 Five participants ALS TTD system SCP
Neumann et al., 2003 One participant ALS Visual feedback SCP
Karim et al., 2006 One participant ALS Web browsers SCP
Pfurtscheller et al., 2000 One participant SCI Rehabilitation Motor imagery and SMR
Neuper et al., 2003 One participant CP Graz-BCI Motor imagery and SMR
Krausz et al., 2003 Four participants Paraplegia Graz-BCI Motor imagery and SMR
Wolpaw and McFarland, 2004 Four participants (two people with motor impairment and two able-bodied) SCI Cursor movement systems Motor imagery and SMR
Kübler et al., 2005 Four participants ALS Cursor movement systems Motor imagery and SMR
Kauhanen et al., 2007 Six participants Five SCI, one G-B Game application Motor imagery and SMR
Leeb et al., 2007 One participant SCI Virtual environments Motor imagery and SMR
Bai et al., 2008 11 participants (nine able-bodied and two people with motor impairment) One Stroke, one ALS Game application Motor imagery and SMR
Cincotti et al., 2008a Six participants (five able-bodied and one people with motor impairment) SCI Cursor movement systems Motor imagery and SMR
Cincotti et al., 2008b 28 participants (14 able-bodied 14 people with motor impairment) Eight with SMA II/III, six with DMD Control of external devices Motor imagery and SMR
McFarland et al., 2008 Six participants (four able-bodied two people with motor impairment) SCI Cursor movement systems Motor imagery and SMR
Babiloni et al., 2009 20 participants (14 able-bodied and six people with motor impairment) DMD Control of external devices Motor imagery and SMR
Conradi et al., 2009 Seven people with motor impairment participants SCI Control of external device Motor imagery and SMR
Holz et al., 2013 Four participants One tetra paresis, one CP, two cerebral bleeding Game applications Motor imagery and SMR
Ramos-Murguialday et al., 2013 32 participants Stroke Rehabilitation Motor imagery and SMR
Leeb et al., 2015 29 participants (9 people with motor impairment participants and 10 able-bodied) Six SCI, two myopathy, one DMD Control of external devices Motor imagery and SMR
Pichiorri et al., 2015 28 participants (14 BCI MI training group and 14 no-BCI MI training group) Stroke Rehabilitation Motor imagery and SMR
Geronimo et al., 2016 40 participants (25 people with motor impairment and 15 able-bodied) ALS Control of external device Motor imagery, SMR, and P300
Arvaneh et al., 2016 22 participants (six people with motor impairment and 16 able-bodied) Stroke Rehabilitation Motor imagery and SMR
Park et al., 2016 32 participants (20 people with motor impairment and 12 able-bodied) Stroke Rehabilitation Motor imagery and SMR
Sellers and Donchin, 2006 Six participants (three able-bodied and three people with motor impairment) ALS Speller systems P300
Piccione et al., 2006 12 participants (five people with motor impairment and seven able-bodied) ALS, MS, GB, Stroke, SCI Control of external devices P300
Hoffmann et al., 2008 Nine participants (five people with motor impairment and four able-bodied) CP, MS, ALS, TBI-SCI, Post-anoxic encephalopathy Speller systems P300
Nijboer et al., 2008 Six participants ALS Speller systems P300
Kübler et al., 2009 Four participants ALS Speller systems P300
Kaufmann et al., 2013 25 participants (16 able-bodied and 9 motor-impaired) Two SMA II, four ALS, two SBMA, one MD Speller systems P300
Escolano et al., 2010 One participant ALS Web browsers P300
Mugler et al., 2010 13 participants (10 able-bodied and 3 people with motor impairment participants) ALS Web browsers P300
Münßinger et al., 2010 26 participants (20 able-bodied and three people with motor impairment) ALS Paint application P300
Mauro et al., 2011 Eight participants (four able-bodied and four people with motor impairment) ALS Control of external devices P300
Nam et al., 2012 18 participants (nine able-bodied and nine people with motor impairment) Three ALS, six CP Speller systems P300
Pires et al., 2012 14 participants Five CP, one DMD, one SCI, seven ALS Control of external devices P300
Zickler et al., 2011 Seven participants (four people with motor-impairment and 3 AT experts) One ALS, one SMA III, three DMD Web browsers P300
Zickler et al., 2013 Four participants Two ALS, one stroke, one DMD Paint application P300
Corralejo et al., 2014 15 participants Six Spastic CP, one A-CM, two SCI, three TBI, one MS, one Neurofibromatosis and severe kyphoscoliosis, one Extrapyramidal syndrome, dystonia and parkinsonism Control of external devices P300
Scherer et al., 2015 14 participants Dystonic/Spastic CP Speller systems P300
Holz et al., 2015 Two participants ALS Paint application P300
Jeon and Shin, 2015 Ten participants SCI Speller systems P300
Schettini et al., 2015 Eight people with motor impairment participants ALS Speller systems P300
Riccio et al., 2015 11 participants (eight able-bodied and three people with motor impairment) Two Stroke, one ALS Speller systems P300
McCane et al., 2015 28 participants (14 people with motor impairment and 14 able-bodied) ALS Speller systems P300