TY - GEN
T1 - A simple and practical sensorimotor EEG device for recording in patients with special needs
AU - Ehrlich, Stefan
AU - Alves-Pinto, Ana
AU - Lampe, Renée
AU - Cheng, Gordon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In studies involving patients with special needs, the use of electroencephalography (EEG) recordings is among the most delicate measurement modalities. The quietness needed and the long preparation time can be challenging especially in young ages. Furthermore, the invasive appearance of the instrumentation involved is not appealing and can raise distrust in patients. We developed a customized EEG device which adresses these issues by merging commercially available EEG hardware with an unobtrusive headphones design. The resulting device has very short preparation times, non-clinical appearance, and delivers adequate data quality with respect to recording of sensorimotor rhythms. Our device was employed in a study investigating sensorimotorrelated brain activity in adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) conducted at a day-care center. Experimenters reported convenient data collection and overall acceptance of the system among patients. The changes in sensorimotor rhythms over time during a hand motor task meet the observations described in the literature, supporting the functionality of our EEG device for the assessment of sensorimotor-related measures of brain activity in patients with sensorimotor disorders of neuronal origin.
AB - In studies involving patients with special needs, the use of electroencephalography (EEG) recordings is among the most delicate measurement modalities. The quietness needed and the long preparation time can be challenging especially in young ages. Furthermore, the invasive appearance of the instrumentation involved is not appealing and can raise distrust in patients. We developed a customized EEG device which adresses these issues by merging commercially available EEG hardware with an unobtrusive headphones design. The resulting device has very short preparation times, non-clinical appearance, and delivers adequate data quality with respect to recording of sensorimotor rhythms. Our device was employed in a study investigating sensorimotorrelated brain activity in adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) conducted at a day-care center. Experimenters reported convenient data collection and overall acceptance of the system among patients. The changes in sensorimotor rhythms over time during a hand motor task meet the observations described in the literature, supporting the functionality of our EEG device for the assessment of sensorimotor-related measures of brain activity in patients with sensorimotor disorders of neuronal origin.
KW - Cerebral Palsy (CP)
KW - Electroencephalography (EEG)
KW - Event-related (de-)Synchronization (ERD/ERS)
KW - Portable EEG
KW - Sensorimotor Disorders
KW - Sensorimotor Rhythms
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85032699238
U2 - 10.5220/0006559100730079
DO - 10.5220/0006559100730079
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85032699238
SN - 9789897582707
T3 - NEUROTECHNIX 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
SP - 73
EP - 80
BT - NEUROTECHNIX 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
A2 - Pedotti, Antonio
A2 - Azevedo, Luis
A2 - Faisal, Aldo
PB - SciTePress
T2 - 5th International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics, NEUROTECHNIX 2017
Y2 - 30 October 2017 through 31 October 2017
ER -