Hardware and Software Complex for Restoring Motor Functions Based on Virtual Reality and Brain-Computer Interface

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a hardware-software complex based on virtual reality and a non-invasive EEG neurocomputer interface, designed to restore motor functions of the limbs in patients with the consequences of severe acquired brain lesions through ideomotor training. The complex is a flexible system that allows to train any movements of both the upper and lower extremities in any virtual environment with varying degrees of immersiveness. The proposed method for assessing desynchronization of the sensorimotor rhythm during imagining movements and the developed algorithm for ideomotor training have been successfully tested on healthy volunteers.