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Valero-Cuevas FJ, Finley J, Orsborn A, Fung N, Hicks JL, Huang HH, Reinkensmeyer D, Schweighofer N, Weber D, Steele KM. NSF DARE-Transforming modeling in neurorehabilitation: Four threads for catalyzing progress. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2024; 21:46. [PMID: 38570842 PMCID: PMC10988973 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-024-01324-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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We present an overview of the Conference on Transformative Opportunities for Modeling in Neurorehabilitation held in March 2023. It was supported by the Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering (DARE) program from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Biology and Health Cluster. The conference brought together experts and trainees from around the world to discuss critical questions, challenges, and opportunities at the intersection of computational modeling and neurorehabilitation to understand, optimize, and improve clinical translation of neurorehabilitation. We organized the conference around four key, relevant, and promising Focus Areas for modeling: Adaptation & Plasticity, Personalization, Human-Device Interactions, and Modeling 'In-the-Wild'. We identified four common threads across the Focus Areas that, if addressed, can catalyze progress in the short, medium, and long terms. These were: (i) the need to capture and curate appropriate and useful data necessary to develop, validate, and deploy useful computational models (ii) the need to create multi-scale models that span the personalization spectrum from individuals to populations, and from cellular to behavioral levels (iii) the need for algorithms that extract as much information from available data, while requiring as little data as possible from each client (iv) the insistence on leveraging readily available sensors and data systems to push model-driven treatments from the lab, and into the clinic, home, workplace, and community. The conference archive can be found at (dare2023.usc.edu). These topics are also extended by three perspective papers prepared by trainees and junior faculty, clinician researchers, and federal funding agency representatives who attended the conference.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francisco J Valero-Cuevas
- Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, 90089, CA, USA.
- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar St 155, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA.
- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, 941 Bloom Walk, Los Angeles, 90089, CA, USA.
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar St 155, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, 185 W Stevens Way NE, Box 352500, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, 3720 15th Ave NE, Box 355061, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, 3018 Western Ave, Seattle, 98121, WA, USA
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- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, 941 Bloom Walk, Los Angeles, 90089, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1840 Entrepreneur Dr Suite 4130, Raleigh, 27606, NC, USA
- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 333 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, 27514, NC, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCI Samueli School of Engineering, 3225 Engineering Gateway, Irvine, 92697, CA, USA
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- Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, 90089, CA, USA
- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar St 155, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, B12 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 3900 E Stevens Way NE, Box 352600, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
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Verschure PFMJ, Páscoa Dos Santos F, Sharma V. Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2023; 83:102807. [PMID: 37980804 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Advancements in stroke rehabilitation remain limited and call for a reorientation. Based on recent results, this study proposes a network-centric perspective on stroke, positing that it not only causes localized deficits but also affects the brain's intricate network of networks, transiting it into a pathological state. Translating these system-level insights into interventions requires brain theory, and the Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC) theory offers such a framework. When applied in the rehabilitation gaming system, these principles demonstrate superior results over conventional methods. This impact stems from activating extensive brain networks, particularly the executive control network, focused motor learning, and maintaining excitatory-inhibitory balance, which is essential for neural repair and functional reorganization. The analysis stresses uniting preclinical and clinical research and placing the architecture of the embodied volitional brain at the centre of rehabilitation approaches.
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- Paul F M J Verschure
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Eodyne Systems SL, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. https://twitter.com/@francpsantos
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Kim S, Shin Y, Jeong Y, Na S, Han CE. Autonomy support encourages use of more-affected arm post-stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2023; 20:116. [PMID: 37679781 PMCID: PMC10483757 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-023-01238-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Autonomy support, which involves providing individuals the ability to control their own behavior, is associated with improved motor control and learning in various populations in clinical and non-clinical settings. This study aimed to investigate whether autonomy support combined with an information technology (IT) device facilitated success in using the more-affected arm during training in individuals with stroke. Consequently, we examined whether increased success influenced the use of the more-affected arm in mild to moderate subacute to chronic stroke survivors. METHODS Twenty-six participants with stroke were assigned to the autonomy support or control groups. Over a 5-week period, training and test sessions were conducted using the Individualized Motivation Enhancement System (IMES), a device developed specifically for this study. In the autonomy support group, participants were able to adjust the task difficulty parameter, which controlled the time limit for reaching targets. The control group did not receive this option. The evaluation of the more-affected arm's use, performance, and impairment was conducted through clinical tests and the IMES. These data were then analyzed using mixed-effect models. RESULTS In the IMES test, both groups showed a significant improvement in performance (p < 0.0001) after the training period, without any significant intergroup differences (p > 0.05). However only the autonomy support group demonstrated a significant increase in the use of the more-affected arm following the training (p < 0.001). Additionally, during the training period, the autonomy support group showed a significant increase in successful experiences with using the more-affected arm (p < 0.0001), while the control group did not exhibit the same level of improvement (p > 0.05). Also, in the autonomy support group, the increase in the use of the more-affected arm was associated with the increase in the successful experience significantly (p = 0.007). CONCLUSIONS Combining autonomy support with an IT device is a practical approach for enhancing performance and promoting the use of the more-affected upper extremity post-stroke. Autonomy support facilitates the successful use of the more-affected arm, thereby increasing awareness of the training goal of maximizing its use. TRIAL REGISTRATION The study was registered retrospectively with the Clinical Research Information Service (KCT0008117; January 13, 2023; https://cris.nih.go.kr/cris/search/detailSearch.do/23875 ).
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- Sujin Kim
- Department of Physical Therapy, Jeonju University, Jeonju, South Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Jeonju University, Jeonju, South Korea
- Department of Rehabilitative and Assistive Technology, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Jeonju University, Jeonju, South Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Medicine, Ongoul Rehabilitation Hospital, Jeonju, South Korea
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- Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea.
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program for Artificial Intelligence Smart Convergence Technology, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea.
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Germanova K, Panidi K, Ivanov T, Novikov P, Ivanova GE, Villringer A, Nikulin VV, Nazarova M. Motor Decision-Making as a Common Denominator in Motor Pathology and a Possible Rehabilitation Target. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2023; 37:577-586. [PMID: 37476957 DOI: 10.1177/15459683231186986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Despite the substantial progress in motor rehabilitation, patient involvement and motivation remain major challenges. They are typically addressed with communicational and environmental strategies, as well as with improved goal-setting procedures. Here we suggest a new research direction and framework involving Neuroeconomics principles to investigate the role of Motor Decision-Making (MDM) parameters in motivational component and motor performance in rehabilitation. We argue that investigating NE principles could bring new approaches aimed at increasing active patient engagement in the rehabilitation process by introducing more movement choice, and adapting existing goal-setting procedures. We discuss possible MDM implementation strategies and illustrate possible research directions using examples of stroke and psychiatric disorders.
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- K Germanova
- Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, HSE University, Russian Federation
- Laboratory of the neurovisceral integration and neuromodulation, National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, HSE University, Russian Federation
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- FSBI "Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnologies" of FMBA of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, HSE University, Russian Federation
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- FSBI "Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnologies" of FMBA of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, HSE University, Russian Federation
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Mugisha S, Job M, Zoppi M, Testa M, Molfino R. Computer-Mediated Therapies for Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2022; 31:106454. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Blanco-Mora D, Aldridge A, Jorge C, Vourvopoulos A, Figueiredo P, Bermúdez I Badia S. Impact of age, VR, immersion, and spatial resolution on classifier performance for a MI-based BCI. BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/2326263x.2022.2054606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- D.A. Blanco-Mora
- NeuroRehabLab, Madeira Interactive Techonologies Institute, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Missippi, USA
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- NeuroRehabLab, Madeira Interactive Techonologies Institute, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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- Institute for Systems and Robotics, Lisboa,Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute for Systems and Robotics, Lisboa,Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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Ballester BR, Winstein C, Schweighofer N. Virtuous and Vicious Cycles of Arm Use and Function Post-stroke. Front Neurol 2022; 13:804211. [PMID: 35422752 PMCID: PMC9004626 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.804211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Large doses of movement practice have been shown to restore upper extremities' motor function in a significant subset of individuals post-stroke. However, such large doses are both difficult to implement in the clinic and highly inefficient. In addition, an important reduction in upper extremity function and use is commonly seen following rehabilitation-induced gains, resulting in "rehabilitation in vain". For those with mild to moderate sensorimotor impairment, the limited spontaneous use of the more affected limb during activities of daily living has been previously proposed to cause a decline of motor function, initiating a vicious cycle of recovery, in which non-use and poor performance reinforce each other. Here, we review computational, experimental, and clinical studies that support the view that if arm use is raised above an effective threshold, one enters a virtuous cycle in which arm use and function can reinforce each other via self-practice in the wild. If not, one enters a vicious cycle of declining arm use and function. In turn, and in line with best practice therapy recommendations, this virtuous/vicious cycle model advocates for a paradigm shift in neurorehabilitation whereby rehabilitation be embedded in activities of daily living such that self-practice with the aid of wearable technology that reminds and motivates can enhance paretic limb use of those who possess adequate residual sensorimotor capacity. Altogether, this model points to a user-centered approach to recovery post-stroke that is tailored to the participant's level of arm use and designed to motivate and engage in self-practice through progressive success in accomplishing meaningful activities in the wild.
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- Belen R. Ballester
- Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Laboratory, Institute for Bioengineering in Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Wenk N, Jordi MV, Buetler KA, Marchal-Crespo L. Hiding Assistive Robots During Training in Immersive VR Does not Affect Users' Motivation, Presence, Embodiment, Performance, nor Visual Attention. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2022; 30:390-399. [PMID: 35085087 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2022.3147260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Combining immersive virtual reality (VR) using head-mounted displays (HMDs) with assisting robotic devices might be a promising procedure to enhance neurorehabilitation. However, it is still an open question how immersive virtual environments (VE) should be designed when interacting with rehabilitation robots. In conventional training, the robot is usually not visually represented in the VE, resulting in a visuo-haptic sensory conflict between what users see and feel. This study aimed to investigate how motivation, embodiment, and presence are affected by this visuo-haptic sensory conflict. Using an HMD and a rehabilitation robot, 28 healthy participants performed a path-tracing task, while the robot was either visually reproduced in the VE or not and while the robot either assisted the movements or not. Participants' performance and visual attention were measured during the tasks, and after each visibility/assistance condition, they reported their motivation, presence, and embodiment with questionnaires. We found that, independently of the assistance, the robot visibility did not affect participants' motivation, presence, embodiment, nor task performance. We only found a greater effort/importance reported when the robot was visible. The visual attention was also slightly affected by the robot's visibility. Importantly, we found that the robotic assistance hampered presence and embodiment, but improved motivation. Our results indicate no disadvantage of not reproducing robotic devices in VEs when using HMDs. However, caution must be put when developing assisting controllers, as they might hamper users' affect.
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Kim S, Han CE, Kim B, Winstein CJ, Schweighofer N. Effort, success, and side of lesion determine arm choice in individuals with chronic stroke. J Neurophysiol 2022; 127:255-266. [PMID: 34879206 PMCID: PMC8782657 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00532.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In neurotypical individuals, arm choice in reaching movements depends on expected biomechanical effort, expected success, and a handedness bias. Following a stroke, does arm choice change to account for the decreased motor performance, or does it follow a preinjury habitual preference pattern? Participants with mild-to-moderate chronic stroke who were right-handed before stroke performed reaching movements in both spontaneous and forced-choice blocks, under no-time, medium-time, and fast-time constraint conditions designed to modulate reaching success. Mixed-effects logistic regression models of arm choice revealed that expected effort predicted choices. However, expected success only strongly predicted choice in left-hemiparetic individuals. In addition, reaction times decreased in left-hemiparetic individuals between the no-time and the fast-time constraint conditions but showed no changes in right-hemiparetic individuals. Finally, arm choice in the no-time constraint condition correlated with a clinical measure of spontaneous arm use for right-, but not for left-hemiparetic individuals. Our results are consistent with the view that right-hemiparetic individuals show a habitual pattern of arm choice for reaching movements relatively independent of failures. In contrast, left-hemiparetic individuals appear to choose their paretic left arm more optimally: that is, if a movement with the paretic arm is predicted to be not successful in the upcoming movement, the nonparetic right arm is chosen instead.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Although we are seldom aware of it, we constantly make decisions to use one arm or the other in daily activities. Here, we studied whether these decisions change following stroke. Our results show that effort, success, and side of lesion determine arm choice in a reaching task: whereas left-paretic individuals modified their arm choice in response to failures in reaching the target, right-paretic individuals showed a pattern of choice independent of failures.
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- Sujin Kim
- 1Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California,2Department of Physical Therapy, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
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- 3Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University, Sejong, Republic of Korea
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- 1Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California,4Department of Physical Therapy Education, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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- 1Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- 1Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Feitosa JA, Fernandes CA, Casseb RF, Castellano G. Effects of virtual reality-based motor rehabilitation: a systematic review of fMRI studies. J Neural Eng 2021; 19. [PMID: 34933281 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac456e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The use of virtual reality (VR) as a rehabilitation tool has been shown to induce motor and cognitive improvements in different populations. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to investigate neuroplasticity resulting from these treatments. We hypothesize that VR rehabilitation induces functional improvement and brain changes that can be detected by fMRI. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the effects of VR intervention on the cortical reorganization measured by fMRI and associated with functional improvement. METHODS We performed a systematic review of studies published between 2005 and 2021. Papers were retrieved from six databases using the following keywords: "motor rehabilitation", "fMRI" and "virtual reality". Case studies, pre-post studies, cross-sectional studies, and randomized controlled trials published were included. Manuscripts were assessed by The NIH Study Quality Assessment Tools to determine their quality. RESULTS Twenty-three articles met our eligibility criteria: 18 about VR rehabilitation in stroke and five on other clinical conditions (older adults, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's disease). Changes in neural patterns of activation and reorganization were revealed in both the ipsilesional and the contralesional hemispheres. Results were located mainly in the primary motor cortex, sensorimotor cortex and supplementary motor area in post-stroke patients in the acute, subacute, and chronic rehabilitation phases, and were associated with functional improvement after VR intervention. Similar effects were observed in older adults and in patients with other neurological diseases with improved performance. CONCLUSION Most stroke-related studies showed either restoration to normal or increase of activation patterns or relateralization at/to the ipsilesional hemisphere, with some also reporting a decrease in activity or extent of activation after VR therapy. In general, VR intervention demonstrated evidence of efficacy both in neurological rehabilitation and in performance improvement of older adults, accompanied by fMRI evidence of brain reorganization.
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- Jamille A Feitosa
- University of Campinas, Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin, R. Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, nº 777, Campinas, SP, 13083-872, BRAZIL
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- University of Campinas, Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin, R. Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, nº 777, Campinas, SP, 13083-872, BRAZIL
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- University of Campinas, Neuroimaging Laboratory - Rua Vital Brasil, 251, Cidade Universitaria "Zeferino Vaz", Campinas, SP, Brazil, Campinas, 13083-888, BRAZIL
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- Department of Cosmic Rays and Chronology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin, R. Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, nº 777, Cidade Universitária, Campinas, SP, 13083-859, BRAZIL
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Grechuta K, De La Torre Costa J, Ballester BR, Verschure P. Challenging the Boundaries of the Physical Self: Distal Cues Impact Body Ownership. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 15:704414. [PMID: 34720905 PMCID: PMC8551865 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.704414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The unique ability to identify one’s own body and experience it as one’s own is fundamental in goal-oriented behavior and survival. However, the mechanisms underlying the so-called body ownership are yet not fully understood. Evidence based on Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI) paradigms has demonstrated that body ownership is a product of reception and integration of self and externally generated multisensory information, feedforward and feedback processing of sensorimotor signals, and prior knowledge about the body. Crucially, however, these designs commonly involve the processing of proximal modalities while the contribution of distal sensory signals to the experience of ownership remains elusive. Here we propose that, like any robust percept, body ownership depends on the integration and prediction across all sensory modalities, including distal sensory signals pertaining to the environment. To test our hypothesis, we created an embodied goal-oriented Virtual Air Hockey Task, in which participants were to hit a virtual puck into a goal. In two conditions, we manipulated the congruency of distal multisensory cues (auditory and visual) while preserving proximal and action-driven signals entirely predictable. Compared to a fully congruent condition, our results revealed a significant decrease on three dimensions of ownership evaluation when distal signals were incongruent, including the subjective report as well as physiological and kinematic responses to an unexpected threat. Together, these findings support the notion that the way we represent our body is contingent upon all the sensory stimuli, including distal and action-independent signals. The present data extend the current framework of body ownership and may also find applications in rehabilitation scenarios.
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- Klaudia Grechuta
- Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Lab (SPECS), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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- Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Lab (SPECS), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.,Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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- Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Lab (SPECS), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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- Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems Lab (SPECS), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
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Wiers RW, Verschure P. Curing the broken brain model of addiction: Neurorehabilitation from a systems perspective. Addict Behav 2021; 112:106602. [PMID: 32889442 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The dominant biomedical perspective on addictions has been that they are chronic brain diseases. While we acknowledge that the brains of people with addictions differ from those without, we argue that the "broken brain" model of addiction has important limitations. We propose that a systems-level perspective more effectively captures the integrated architecture of the embodied and situated human mind and brain in relation to the development of addictions. This more dynamic conceptualization places addiction in the broader context of the addicted brain that drives behavior, where the addicted brain is the substrate of the addicted mind, that in turn is situated in a physical and socio-cultural environment. From this perspective, neurorehabilitation should shift from a "broken-brain" to a systems theoretical framework, which includes high-level concepts related to the physical and social environment, motivation, self-image, and the meaning of alternative activities, which in turn will dynamically influence subsequent brain adaptations. We call this integrated approach system-oriented neurorehabilitation. We illustrate our proposal by showing the link between addiction and the architecture of the embodied brain, including a systems-level perspective on classical conditioning, which has been successfully translated into neurorehabilitation. Central to this example is the notion that the human brain makes predictions on future states as well as expected (or counterfactual) errors, in the context of its goals. We advocate system-oriented neurorehabilitation of addiction where the patients' goals are central in targeted, personalized assessment and intervention.
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Wang J, Lum PS, Shadmehr R, Lee SW. Perceived effort affects choice of limb and reaction time of movements. J Neurophysiol 2021; 125:63-73. [PMID: 33146065 PMCID: PMC8087386 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00404.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The decision regarding which arm to use to perform a task reflects a complex process that can be influenced by many factors, including effort requirements of acquiring the goal. In this study, we considered a virtual reality environment in which people reached to a visual target in three-dimensional space. To vary the cost of reaching, we altered the visual feedback associated with motion of one arm but not the other. This altered the extent of motion that was required to reach, thus changing the effort required to acquire the goal. We then measured how that change in effort affected the decision regarding which arm to use, as well as the preparation time for the movement that ensued. As expected, with increased visual amplification of one arm (reduced effort to reach the goal), subjects increased the probability of choosing that arm. Surprisingly, however, the reaction times to start these movements were also reduced: despite constancy of the visual representation of the target, reaction times were shorter for movements with less effort. Thus, as the perceived effort associated with accomplishing a goal was reduced for a given limb, the decision-making process was biased toward use of that limb. Furthermore, movements that were perceived to be less effortful were performed with shorter reaction times. These results suggest that visual amplification can alter the perceived effort associated with using a limb, thus increasing frequency of use. This may provide a useful method to increase use of a limb during rehabilitation.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We report that visual amplification may serve as an effective means to alter the perceived effort associated with use of a limb. This method may provide an effective tool with which use of the affected limb can be encouraged noninvasively after neurological injury.
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- Jing Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia
- Center for Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia
- Center for Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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Abdel Majeed Y, Awadalla S, Patton JL. Effects of robot viscous forces on arm movements in chronic stroke survivors: a randomized crossover study. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2020; 17:156. [PMID: 33234156 PMCID: PMC7685605 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00782-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Our previous work showed that speed is linked to the ability to recover in chronic stroke survivors. Participants moving faster on the first day of a 3-week study had greater improvements on the Wolf Motor Function Test. Methods We examined the effects of three candidate speed-modifying fields in a crossover design: negative viscosity, positive viscosity, and a “breakthrough” force that vanishes after speed exceeds an individualized threshold. Results Negative viscosity resulted in a significant speed increase when it was on. No lasting after effects on movement speed were observed from any of these treatments, however, training with negative viscosity led to significant improvements in movement accuracy and smoothness. Conclusions Our results suggest that negative viscosity could be used as a treatment to augment the training process while still allowing participants to make their own volitional motions in practice. Trial registration This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards at Northwestern University (STU00206579) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (2018-1251).
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- Yazan Abdel Majeed
- Richard and Loan Hill Bioengineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Morgan St, 60607, Chicago, USA.,Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Erie St, 60611, Chicago, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Taylor St, 60612, Chicago, USA
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- Richard and Loan Hill Bioengineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Morgan St, 60607, Chicago, USA. .,Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Erie St, 60611, Chicago, USA.
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Characteristics Associated with the Differential Activity of Nondominant and Dominant Affected Hands in Patients with Poststroke Right Hemiparesis. Occup Ther Int 2020; 2020:2387378. [PMID: 32565757 PMCID: PMC7285389 DOI: 10.1155/2020/2387378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objectives Spontaneous arm use in patients with poststroke hemiparesis is crucial to the recovery of functional interaction. Patients with stroke and subsequent right hemiparesis have more difficulty adapting to a right-handed environment. The aim of this study was to use wearable devices to assess the asymmetry and difference in the amount of activity of the nondominant and dominant affected hands among patients with stroke and right hemiparesis. The real activity of both hands was measured to assess the correlation with various aspects of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Subjects and Methods. Patients with stroke and right hemiparesis were recruited. They were divided into two groups according to the affected hand. Groups A and B comprised patients with affected nondominant and dominant hands, respectively. The Fugl-Meyer assessment-Upper Extremity (FM-UE) scores, Motor Activity Log (MAL), and hand function domain scores on the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) were used for assessment. Patients were asked to wear smart wearable devices on both hands 24 hours a day for a month. The amount of activity in both hands was recorded and analyzed. Results A total of 29 patients with stroke were divided into group A (n = 14) and group B (n = 15). FM-UE scores were significantly and strongly correlated with the amount of use (AOU) in the MAL. The recorded differential real activity of both hands in group B was significantly lower than that in group A. The asymmetry index of hand use was significantly less favorable in group B. However, no significant differences in AOU in the MAL, FM-UE, and hand function domain in the SIS were identified between the nondominant and dominant affected hands. Conclusions The asymmetry and differential activity of both hands were worse in the patients with poststroke right hemiparesis, whose dominant hand was affected. However, no differences of three aspects of the ICF were found between dominant and nondominant affected hands.
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Maier M, Ballester BR, Leiva Bañuelos N, Duarte Oller E, Verschure PFMJ. Adaptive conjunctive cognitive training (ACCT) in virtual reality for chronic stroke patients: a randomized controlled pilot trial. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2020; 17:42. [PMID: 32143674 PMCID: PMC7059385 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-0652-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Current evidence for the effectiveness of post-stroke cognitive rehabilitation is weak, possibly due to two reasons. First, patients typically express cognitive deficits in several domains. Therapies focusing on specific cognitive deficits might not address their interrelated neurological nature. Second, co-occurring psychological problems are often neglected or not diagnosed, although post-stroke depression is common and related to cognitive deficits. This pilot trial aims to test a rehabilitation program in virtual reality that trains various cognitive domains in conjunction, by adapting to the patient's disability and while investigating the influence of comorbidities. METHODS Thirty community-dwelling stroke patients at the chronic stage and suffering from cognitive impairment performed 30 min of daily training for 6 weeks. The experimental group followed, so called, adaptive conjunctive cognitive training (ACCT) using RGS, whereas the control group solved standard cognitive tasks at home for an equivalent amount of time. A comprehensive test battery covering executive function, spatial awareness, attention, and memory as well as independence, depression, and motor impairment was applied at baseline, at 6 weeks and 18-weeks follow-up. RESULTS At baseline, 75% of our sample had an impairment in more than one cognitive domain. The experimental group showed improvements in attention ([Formula: see text] (2) = 9.57, p < .01), spatial awareness ([Formula: see text] (2) = 11.23, p < .01) and generalized cognitive functioning ([Formula: see text] (2) = 15.5, p < .001). No significant change was seen in the executive function and memory domain. For the control group, no significant change over time was found. Further, they worsened in their depression level after treatment (T = 45, r = .72, p < .01) but returned to baseline at follow-up. The experimental group displayed a lower level of depression than the control group after treatment (Ws = 81.5, z = - 2.76, r = - .60, p < .01) and (Ws = 92, z = - 2.03, r = - .44, p < .05). CONCLUSIONS ACCT positively influences attention and spatial awareness, as well as depressive mood in chronic stroke patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was registered prospectively at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02816008) on June 21, 2016.
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- Martina Maier
- Laboratory of Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. d'Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08930, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. d'Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08930, Barcelona, Spain
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- Rehabilitation Research Group, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department Parc de Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar, Hospital de l'Esperança), Barcelona, Spain
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- Rehabilitation Research Group, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department Parc de Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar, Hospital de l'Esperança), Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS), Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. d'Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08930, Barcelona, Spain.
- Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
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Digitally animated characters are promising tools in research studying how we integrate information from speech and visual sources such as gestures because they allow specific gesture features to be manipulated in isolation. We present an approach combining motion capture and 3D-animated characters that allows us to manipulate natural individual gesture strokes for experimental purposes, for example to temporally shift and present gestures in ecologically valid sequences. We exemplify how such stimuli can be used in an experiment investigating implicit detection of speech–gesture (a) synchrony, and discuss the general applicability of the workflow for research in this domain.
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Freitas L, de Araújo Val S, Magalhães F, Marinho V, Ayres C, Teixeira S, Bastos VH. Virtual reality exposure therapy for neuro-psychomotor recovery in adults: a systematic review. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 2019; 16:646-652. [PMID: 31746256 DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2019.1688400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse the virtual reality applications in the subjects' neuro-psychomotor functions rehabilitation with motor and/or neuropsychiatric impairment. METHODS The search was carried out in nine databases (Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsycINFO, LILACS, and SciELO), from December 2017 to March 2019. An additional manual search was performed, taking into consideration references of the included papers, through the same eligibility criteria. The methodological quality of the included papers was evaluated using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). RESULTS One hundred and twenty-two papers were selected by the initial screening, but only 33 studies participated in the final inclusion in the study (11 clinical trials and 14 experimental studies). The data extracted were: the proposed objective, the sample population, the neurological condition treated, the VR modality used in the procedures and the study intervention period. CONCLUSIONS Virtual reality supports the rehabilitation process of neuro-psychomotor functions, allowing potential gains in the patients' recovery. Therefore, its development facilitates its availability and access in the future.Implications for rehabilitationIt has minimal adverse effects during the virtual therapies performance, such as the presence of vertigo related to cybersickness conditions, suggesting virtual reality as a safe rehabilitation tool, compared to other therapies.Virtual reality use is useful and effective in helping the rehabilitation process of motor, cognitive and psychosocial functions.It plays a role as an adjunctive and complementary therapy in the neuro-psychomotor rehabilitation process to obtain a clinically significant result.
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- Luan Freitas
- Brain Mapping and Functionality Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil
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- Brain Mapping and Functionality Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil
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- Neuro-Innovation Technology and Brain Mapping Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil.,The Northeast Biotechnology Network, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Neuro-Innovation Technology and Brain Mapping Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil.,The Northeast Biotechnology Network, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Neuro-Innovation Technology and Brain Mapping Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil
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- Neuro-Innovation Technology and Brain Mapping Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil.,The Northeast Biotechnology Network, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Brain Mapping and Functionality Laboratory, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil.,The Northeast Biotechnology Network, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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Vourvopoulos A, Pardo OM, Lefebvre S, Neureither M, Saldana D, Jahng E, Liew SL. Effects of a Brain-Computer Interface With Virtual Reality (VR) Neurofeedback: A Pilot Study in Chronic Stroke Patients. Front Hum Neurosci 2019; 13:210. [PMID: 31275126 PMCID: PMC6593205 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Rehabilitation for stroke patients with severe motor impairments (e.g., inability to perform wrist or finger extension on the affected side) is burdensome and difficult because most current rehabilitation options require some volitional movement to retrain the affected side. However, although these patients participate in therapy requiring volitional movement, previous research has shown that they may receive modest benefits from action observation, virtual reality (VR), and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). These approaches have shown some success in strengthening key motor pathways thought to support motor recovery after stroke, in the absence of volitional movement. The purpose of this study was to combine the principles of VR and BCI in a platform called REINVENT and assess its effects on four chronic stroke patients across different levels of motor impairment. REINVENT acquires post-stroke EEG signals that indicate an attempt to move and drives the movement of a virtual avatar arm, allowing patient-driven action observation neurofeedback in VR. In addition, synchronous electromyography (EMG) data were also captured to monitor overt muscle activity. Here we tested four chronic stroke survivors and show that this EEG-based BCI can be safely used over repeated sessions by stroke survivors across a wide range of motor disabilities. Finally, individual results suggest that patients with more severe motor impairments may benefit the most from EEG-based neurofeedback, while patients with more mild impairments may benefit more from EMG-based feedback, harnessing existing sensorimotor pathways. We note that although this work is promising, due to the small sample size, these results are preliminary. Future research is needed to confirm these findings in a larger and more diverse population.
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- Athanasios Vourvopoulos
- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Grechuta K, Ulysse L, Rubio Ballester B, Verschure PFMJ. Self Beyond the Body: Action-Driven and Task-Relevant Purely Distal Cues Modulate Performance and Body Ownership. Front Hum Neurosci 2019; 13:91. [PMID: 30949038 PMCID: PMC6435571 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Our understanding of body ownership largely relies on the so-called Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI). In this paradigm, synchronous stroking of the real and the rubber hands leads to an illusion of ownership of the rubber hand provided that it is physically, anatomically, and spatially plausible. Self-attribution of an artificial hand also occurs during visuomotor synchrony. In particular, participants experience ownership over a virtual or a rubber hand when the visual feedback of self-initiated movements follows the trajectory of the instantiated motor commands, such as in the Virtual Hand Illusion (VHI) or the moving Rubber Hand Illusion (mRHI). Evidence yields that both when the cues are triggered externally (RHI) and when they result from voluntary actions (VHI and mRHI), the experience of ownership is established through bottom-up integration and top-down prediction of proximodistal cues (visuotactile or visuomotor) within the peripersonal space. It seems, however, that depending on whether the sensory signals are externally (RHI) or self-generated (VHI and mRHI), the top-down expectation signals are qualitatively different. On the one hand, in the RHI the sensory correlations are modulated by top-down influences which constitute empirically induced priors related to the internal (generative) model of the body. On the other hand, in the VHI and mRHI body ownership is actively shaped by processes which allow for continuous comparison between the expected and the actual sensory consequences of the actions. Ample research demonstrates that the differential processing of the predicted and the reafferent information is addressed by the central nervous system via an internal (forward) model or corollary discharge. Indeed, results from the VHI and mRHI suggest that, in action-contexts, the mechanism underlying body ownership could be similar to the forward model. Crucially, forward models integrate across all self-generated sensory signals including not only proximodistal (i.e., visuotactile or visuomotor) but also purely distal sensory cues (i.e., visuoauditory). Thus, if body ownership results from a consistency of a forward model, it will be affected by the (in)congruency of purely distal cues provided that they inform about action-consequences and are relevant to a goal-oriented task. Specifically, they constitute a corrective error signal. Here, we explicitly addressed this question. To test our hypothesis, we devised an embodied virtual reality-based motor task where action outcomes were signaled by distinct auditory cues. By manipulating the cues with respect to their spatial, temporal and semantic congruency, we show that purely distal (visuoauditory) feedback which violates predictions about action outcomes compromises both performance and body ownership. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that body ownership is influenced by not only externally and self-generated cues which pertain to the body within the peripersonal space but also those arising outside of the body. Hence, during goal-oriented tasks body ownership may result from the consistency of forward models.
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- Klaudia Grechuta
- Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Center for Brain and Cognition, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.,Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Perez-Marcos D. Virtual reality experiences, embodiment, videogames and their dimensions in neurorehabilitation. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2018; 15:113. [PMID: 30477527 PMCID: PMC6258149 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-018-0461-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background In the context of stroke rehabilitation, new training approaches mediated by virtual reality and videogames are usually discussed and evaluated together in reviews and meta-analyses. This represents a serious confounding factor that is leading to misleading, inconclusive outcomes in the interest of validating these new solutions. Main body Extending existing definitions of virtual reality, in this paper I put forward the concept of virtual reality experience (VRE), generated by virtual reality systems (VRS; i.e. a group of variable technologies employed to create a VRE). Then, I review the main components composing a VRE, and how they may purposely affect the mind and body of participants in the context of neurorehabilitation. In turn, VRS are not anymore exclusive from VREs but are currently used in videogames and other human-computer interaction applications in different domains. Often, these other applications receive the name of virtual reality applications as they use VRS. However, they do not necessarily create a VRE. I put emphasis on exposing fundamental similarities and differences between VREs and videogames for neurorehabilitation. I also recommend describing and evaluating the specific features encompassing the intervention rather than evaluating virtual reality or videogames as a whole. Conclusion This disambiguation between VREs, VRS and videogames should help reduce confusion in the field. This is important for databases searches when looking for specific studies or building metareviews that aim at evaluating the efficacy of technology-mediated interventions.
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Perez-Marcos D, Bieler-Aeschlimann M, Serino A. Virtual Reality as a Vehicle to Empower Motor-Cognitive Neurorehabilitation. Front Psychol 2018; 9:2120. [PMID: 30450069 PMCID: PMC6224455 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In this paper, we advocate the combination of four key ingredients that we believe are necessary to design long-lasting effective treatments for neurorehabilitation: (i) motor-cognitive training, (ii) evidence-based neuroscience principles, in particular those related to body perception, (iii) motivational games, and (iv) empowerment techniques. Then, we propose virtual reality (VR) as the appropriate medium to encompass all the requirements mentioned above. VR is arguably one of the most suitable technologies for neurorehabilitation able to integrate evidence-based neurorehabilitation techniques and neuroscience principles into motivating training approaches that promote self-management by empowering patients to own their recovery process. We discuss the advantages and challenges of such an approach on several exemplary applications and outline directions for future developments. We strongly believe that the combination of positive psychology and positive technology mediated by VR-based interventions can heavily impact the rehabilitation outcomes of motor-cognitive functions along all the stages of the rehabilitation path.
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- MindMaze SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Leenaards Memory Centre, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- MindMaze SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
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Baldwin CR, Harry AJ, Power LJ, Pope KL, Harding KE. Modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy is a feasible and potentially useful addition to the Community Rehabilitation tool kit after stroke: A pilot randomised control trial. Aust Occup Ther J 2018; 65:503-511. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Cathryn R. Baldwin
- Learning and Teaching Directorate; Eastern Health; Box Hill Victoria Australia
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- Community Rehabilitation Program; Eastern Health; Angliss Hospital; Upper Ferntree Gully Victoria Australia
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- Eastern Health; Maroondah Hospital; Ringwood East Victoria Australia
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- Community Rehabilitation Program; Eastern Health; Lilydale Victoria Australia
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- Allied Health Clinical Research Office; Eastern Health; Box Hill Victoria Australia
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Truschzinski M, Betella A, Brunnett G, Verschure PFMJ. Emotional and cognitive influences in air traffic controller tasks: An investigation using a virtual environment? APPLIED ERGONOMICS 2018; 69:1-9. [PMID: 29477315 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2017.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Air traffic controllers are required to perform complex tasks which require attention and high precision. This study investigates how the difficulty of such tasks influences emotional states, cognitive workload and task performance. We use quantitative and qualitative measurements, including the recording of pupil dilation and changes in affect using questionnaires. Participants were required to perform a number of air traffic control tasks using the immersive human accessible Virtual Reality space in the "eXperience Induction Machine". Based on the data collected, we developed and validated a model which integrates personality, workload and affective theories. Our results indicate that the difficulty of an air traffic control task has a direct influence on cognitive workload as well as on the self-reported mood; whereas both mood and workload seem to change independently. In addition, we show that personality, in particular neuroticism, affects both mood and performance of the participants.
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- Martina Truschzinski
- Department of Automation Technology, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Computer Graphics and Visualization, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
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Grechuta K, Guga J, Maffei G, Rubio Ballester B, Verschure PFMJ. Visuotactile integration modulates motor performance in a perceptual decision-making task. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3333. [PMID: 28611387 PMCID: PMC5469742 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Body ownership is critically dependent on multimodal integration as for instance revealed in the Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI) and a number of studies which have addressed the neural correlates of the processes underlying this phenomenon. Both experimental and clinical research have shown that the structures underlying body ownership seem to significantly overlap with those of motor control including the parietal and ventral premotor cortices, Temporal Parietal Junction (TPJ) and the insula. This raises the question of whether this structural overlap between body ownership and motor control structures is of any functional significance. Here, we investigate the specific question of whether experimentally induced ownership over a virtual limb can modulate the performance of that limb in a simple sensorimotor task. Using a Virtual reality (VR) environment we modulate body ownership in three experimental conditions with respect to the (in)congruence of stimulus configurations. Our results show that the degree of ownership directly modulates motor performance. This implies that body ownership is not exclusively a perceptual and/or subjective multimodal state but that it is tightly coupled to systems for decision-making and motor control.
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- Klaudia Grechuta
- Pompeu Fabra University, Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics (SPECS), Barcelona, 08-018, Spain
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- University of West Bohemia, New Technologies Research Center, Pilsen, 306-14, Czech Republic
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- Pompeu Fabra University, Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics (SPECS), Barcelona, 08-018, Spain
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- Pompeu Fabra University, Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics (SPECS), Barcelona, 08-018, Spain
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- Pompeu Fabra University, Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics (SPECS), Barcelona, 08-018, Spain.
- ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, 08010, Spain.
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Hussain A, Balasubramanian S, Roach N, Klein J, Jarrassé N, Mace M, David A, Guy S, Burdet E. SITAR: a system for independent task-oriented assessment and rehabilitation. J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng 2017; 4:2055668317729637. [PMID: 31186936 PMCID: PMC6453030 DOI: 10.1177/2055668317729637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Over recent years, task-oriented training has emerged as a dominant approach in neurorehabilitation. This article presents a novel, sensor-based system for independent task-oriented assessment and rehabilitation (SITAR) of the upper limb. METHODS The SITAR is an ecosystem of interactive devices including a touch and force-sensitive tabletop and a set of intelligent objects enabling functional interaction. In contrast to most existing sensor-based systems, SITAR provides natural training of visuomotor coordination through collocated visual and haptic workspaces alongside multimodal feedback, facilitating learning and its transfer to real tasks. We illustrate the possibilities offered by the SITAR for sensorimotor assessment and therapy through pilot assessment and usability studies. RESULTS The pilot data from the assessment study demonstrates how the system can be used to assess different aspects of upper limb reaching, pick-and-place and sensory tactile resolution tasks. The pilot usability study indicates that patients are able to train arm-reaching movements independently using the SITAR with minimal involvement of the therapist and that they were motivated to pursue the SITAR-based therapy. CONCLUSION SITAR is a versatile, non-robotic tool that can be used to implement a range of therapeutic exercises and assessments for different types of patients, which is particularly well-suited for task-oriented training.
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- Asif Hussain
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
- Department of Bioengineering, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
- Tecnalia Research and Innovation, San
Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
- CNRS, Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore
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Ballester BR, Maier M, San Segundo Mozo RM, Castañeda V, Duff A, M J Verschure PF. Counteracting learned non-use in chronic stroke patients with reinforcement-induced movement therapy. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2016; 13:74. [PMID: 27506203 PMCID: PMC4979116 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-016-0178-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background After stroke, patients who suffer from hemiparesis tend to suppress the use of the affected extremity, a condition called learned non-use. Consequently, the lack of training may lead to the progressive deterioration of motor function. Although Constraint-Induced Movement Therapies (CIMT) have shown to be effective in treating this condition, the method presents several limitations, and the high intensity of its protocols severely compromises its adherence. We propose a novel rehabilitation approach called Reinforcement-Induced Movement Therapy (RIMT), which proposes to restore motor function through maximizing arm use. This is achieved by exposing the patient to amplified goal-oriented movements in VR that match the intended actions of the patient. We hypothesize that through this method we can increase the patients self-efficacy, reverse learned non-use, and induce long-term motor improvements. Methods We conducted a randomized, double-blind, longitudinal clinical study with 18 chronic stroke patients. Patients performed 30 minutes of daily VR-based training during six weeks. During training, the experimental group experienced goal-oriented movement amplification in VR. The control group followed the same training protocol but without movement amplification. Evaluators blinded to group designation performed clinical measurements at the beginning, at the end of the training and at 12-weeks follow-up. We used the Fugl-Meyer Assessment for the upper extremities (UE-FM) (Sanford et al., Phys Ther 73:447–454, 1993) as a primary outcome measurement of motor recovery. Secondary outcome measurements included the Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory (CAHAI-7) (Barreca et al., Arch Phys Med Rehabil 6:1616–1622, 2005) for measuring functional motor gains in the performance of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), the Barthel Index (BI) for the evaluation of the patient’s perceived independence (Collin et al., Int Disabil Stud 10:61–63, 1988), and the Hamilton scale (Knesevich et al., Br J Psychiatr J Mental Sci 131:49–52, 1977) for the identification of improvements in mood disorders that could be induced by the reinforcement-based intervention. In order to study and predict the effects of this intervention we implemented a computational model of recovery after stroke. Results While both groups showed significant motor gains at 6-weeks post-treatment, only the experimental group continued to exhibit further gains in UE-FM at 12-weeks follow-up (p<.05). This improvement was accompanied by a significant increase in arm-use during training in the experimental group. Conclusions Implicitly reinforcing arm-use by augmenting visuomotor feedback as proposed by RIMT seems beneficial for inducing significant improvement in chronic stroke patients. By challenging the patients’ self-limiting believe system and perceived low self-efficacy this approach might counteract learned non-use. Trial registration Clinical Trials NCT02657070. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12984-016-0178-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Belén Rubio Ballester
- Laboratory of Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Física i Rehabilitació del, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Física i Rehabilitació del, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, Barcelona, Spain. .,Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
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Rubio Ballester B, Nirme J, Duarte E, Cuxart A, Rodriguez S, Verschure P, Duff A. Erratum to: The visual amplification of goal-oriented movements counteracts acquired non-use in hemiparetic stroke patients. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2015; 12:106. [PMID: 26613754 PMCID: PMC4662803 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0100-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Unfortunately, in the original version of this article [1] the sentence "This project was supported through ERC project cDAC (FP7-IDEAS-ERC 341196), EC H2020 project socSMCs (H2020-EU.1.2.2. 641321) and MINECO project SANAR (Gobierno de España)" was missing from the acknowledgements.The acknowledgements have been correctly included in full in this erratum.
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- Belén Rubio Ballester
- Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics, Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics, Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Física I Rehabilitació, Hospitals del Mar I l'Esperanç, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Médiques, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Física i Rehabilitació Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Física i Rehabilitació Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics, Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat, Barcelona, Spain.,ICREA, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems, Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics, Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat, Barcelona, Spain
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