Development of Brain Computer Interface based Action Observation Program with Functional Electrical Stimulation device(FES)

Abstract

The patients with severe paralysis have difficulty to perform rehabilitation training efficiently. In this paper, we developed BCI based Action Observation game program with FES. This program can make actual arm to move by FES while the patients watch the action video clips of the arm. And we conducted a survey after experiments on 12 subjects about usability of the program. As a result of the experiment, the subjects selected that the system having the FES while watching the exercise video was more appropriate for the actual exercise rehabilitation compared to FES with checkerboard or without FES. This can be useful for patients to perform rehabilitation more efficiently.