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National Initiatives
ANR
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Project title: Design and evaluation of a tangible and haptic brain-computer interface for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke
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Other partners: 4 research teams (UL/Perseus, Inria/Camin, Inria/Hybrid) and 3 centers or hospital departments for physical medicine and rehabilitation (IRR/CMPR Lay St Christophe, CHU Rennes, CHU Toulouse) and 1 manufacturer of 3D printers (Alchimies/OpenEdge)
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Abstract: This project aims to recover upper limb control improving the kinesthetic motor imagery (KMI) generation of post-stroke patients using a tangible and haptic interface within a gamified Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) training environment. (i) This innovative KMI-based BCI will integrate complementary modalities of interactions such as tangible and haptic interactions in a 3D printable flexible orthosis. We propose to design and test usability (including efficacy towards the stimulation of the motor cortex) and acceptability of this multimodal BCI. (ii) The GRASP-IT project proposes to design and integrate a gamified non-immersive virtual environment to interact with. This multimodal solution should provide a more meaningful, engaging and compelling stroke rehabilitation training program based on KMI production. (iii) In the end, the project will integrate and evaluate neurofeedbacks, within the gamified multimodal BCI in an ambitious clinical evaluation with 75 hemiplegic patients in 3 different rehabilitation centers in France.
The GRASP-IT project represents a challenge for the industrial 3D printing field. The materials of the 3D printable orthosis, allowing the integration of haptic-tangible interfaces, will come from a joint R & D work performed by the companies Alchimies and Open Edge.