A subjective assessment of a P300 BCI system for lower-limb rehabilitation purposes

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012:2012:3845-9. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346806.

Abstract

Recent research has shown that a P300 system can be used while walking without requiring any specific gait-related artifact removal techniques. Also, standard EEG-based Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) have not been really assessed for lower limb rehabilitation/prosthesis. Therefore, this paper gives a first baseline estimation (for future BCI comparisons) of the subjective and objective performances of a four-state P300 BCI plus a non-control state for lower-limb rehabilitation purposes. To assess usability and workload, the System Usability Scale and the NASA Task Load Index questionnaires were administered to five healthy subjects after performing a real-time treadmill speed control. Results show that the P300 BCI approach could suit fitness and rehabilitation applications, whereas prosthesis control, which suffers from a low reactivity, appears too sensitive for risky and crowded areas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / physiopathology*
  • Event-Related Potentials, P300 / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lower Extremity / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Rehabilitation / methods*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • User-Computer Interface*
  • Young Adult