Brain Computer Interface driven rehabilitation of upper limb weakness of stroke survivors - (NeuRestore)

中风是成人获得性残疾的主要原因，因此在不同类型的脑损伤中占有特殊的地位。中风后手臂功能问题（上肢损伤）很常见。现有先进的神经康复技术（物理治疗相对有限和主观）有一系列的局限性，包括对潜在机制的有限理解。NHS将总预算的4-6%用于中风康复。上肢“循环系统”疾病占初级保健咨询的9%，住院率为55-90%。NeuRestore项目提出通过探索一种独特的非侵入性脑机接口（bci）方法来利用脑电图（EEG）模式来触发外骨骼的反馈或动作输出，从而显著解决这些限制。**NeuRestore**实现这一目标的成本为9.8万英镑/许可单位/年（略低于2倍NHS高级物理治疗师的平均工资），同时关键地减少了物理等待时间（资源可以花在其他地方）。

Stroke is the leading cause of acquired disability in adults, and as such occupies a special place amongst the different types of brain injuries. Problems with arm function (upper limb impairments) are very common after a stroke. Existing advanced neurorehabilitation techniques (physiotherapy being comparatively limited and subjective) share a range of limitations including limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms. The NHS spends 4-6% of overall budget on stroke rehabilitation. Upper limb "circulatory" disorders account for 9% of primary care consultations and present a 55-90% admission rate to hospitals.The **NeuRestore** project proposes to significantly address these limitations by exploring a unique non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) approach to exploit electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns to trigger feedback or an action output from an exoskeleton. **NeuRestore** achieves this at a cost of £98k/licenced unit/year (just under the average salary of 2x NHS Advanced-Physiotherapist), while crucially reducing physio waiting times (and resources can be spent elsewhere).