Brain-actuated functional electrical stimulation elicits lasting arm motor recovery after stroke
- Submitting institution
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The University of Essex
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 1314
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41467-018-04673-z
- Title of journal
- Nature Communications
- Article number
- 2421
- First page
- 2421
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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13
- Research group(s)
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B - Brain Computer Interfaces and Neural Engineering (BCI-NE)
- Citation count
- 76
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- A combined Brain-Computer-Interface(BCI) and Functional Electrical Stimulation(FES) intervention was shown to allow chronic stroke patients to recover clinically relevant (>5 points on the Fugl-Meyer-Assessment--FMA--scale) and as the first study to conduct 6 month follow-ups also showed lasting arm functionality, significantly better than Sham-FES (6.6 vs 2.7 FMA points). Published in a very high-impact journal, this study is amongst the most significant in the topic, has important implications for medical practice (unlike competing interventions, BCI-based therapies require no muscle residuals), was conducted using rigorous comparisons, has a very large number (>4900) of views and attracted considerable media attention (Science Daily, EPFLnews).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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