Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface Mouse
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease that mainly causes damage to upper and lower motor neurons. This leads to a progressive deterioration in the voluntary mobility of the upper and lower extremities in ALS patients, which underscores the pressing n...
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| author | Ya Jiang Kendi Li Yuankai Liang Di Chen Mingkui Tan Yuanqing Li |
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| description | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease that mainly causes damage to upper and lower motor neurons. This leads to a progressive deterioration in the voluntary mobility of the upper and lower extremities in ALS patients, which underscores the pressing need for an assistance system to facilitate communication and body movement without relying on neuromuscular function. In this paper, we developed a daily assistance system for ALS patients based on a wearable multimodal brain-computer interface (BCI) mouse. The system comprises two subsystems: a mouse system assisting the upper extremity and a wheelchair system based on the mouse system assisting the lower extremity. By wearing a BCI headband, ALS patients can control a computer cursor on the screen with slight head rotation and eye blinking, and further operate a computer and drive a wheelchair with specially designed graphical user interfaces (GUIs). We designed operating tasks that simulate daily needs and invited ALS patients to perform the tasks. In total, 15 patients with upper extremity limitations performed the mouse system task and 9 patients with lower extremity mobility issues performed the wheelchair system task. To our satisfaction, all the participants fully accomplished the tasks and average accuracies of 83.9% and 87.0% for the two tasks were achieved. Furthermore, workload evaluation using NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) revealed that the participants experienced a low workload when using the system. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system provides ALS patients with effective daily assistance and shows promising long-term application prospects. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-73796a210e8745c79fab13ec264abf912025-01-15T00:00:11ZengIEEEIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering1534-43201558-02102025-01-013315016110.1109/TNSRE.2024.352098410811971Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface MouseYa Jiang0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2157-1455Kendi Li1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-7169Yuankai Liang2https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0671-9441Di Chen3https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6982-9493Mingkui Tan4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8856-756XYuanqing Li5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-5591School of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaResearch Center for Brain-Computer Interfaces, Pazhou Laboratory, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease that mainly causes damage to upper and lower motor neurons. This leads to a progressive deterioration in the voluntary mobility of the upper and lower extremities in ALS patients, which underscores the pressing need for an assistance system to facilitate communication and body movement without relying on neuromuscular function. In this paper, we developed a daily assistance system for ALS patients based on a wearable multimodal brain-computer interface (BCI) mouse. The system comprises two subsystems: a mouse system assisting the upper extremity and a wheelchair system based on the mouse system assisting the lower extremity. By wearing a BCI headband, ALS patients can control a computer cursor on the screen with slight head rotation and eye blinking, and further operate a computer and drive a wheelchair with specially designed graphical user interfaces (GUIs). We designed operating tasks that simulate daily needs and invited ALS patients to perform the tasks. In total, 15 patients with upper extremity limitations performed the mouse system task and 9 patients with lower extremity mobility issues performed the wheelchair system task. To our satisfaction, all the participants fully accomplished the tasks and average accuracies of 83.9% and 87.0% for the two tasks were achieved. Furthermore, workload evaluation using NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) revealed that the participants experienced a low workload when using the system. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system provides ALS patients with effective daily assistance and shows promising long-term application prospects.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10811971/Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)brain-computer interface (BCI)daily assistancemultimodalwearable device |
| spellingShingle | Ya Jiang Kendi Li Yuankai Liang Di Chen Mingkui Tan Yuanqing Li Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface Mouse IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) brain-computer interface (BCI) daily assistance multimodal wearable device |
| title | Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface Mouse |
| title_full | Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface Mouse |
| title_fullStr | Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface Mouse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface Mouse |
| title_short | Daily Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Based on a Wearable Multimodal Brain-Computer Interface Mouse |
| title_sort | daily assistance for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients based on a wearable multimodal brain computer interface mouse |
| topic | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) brain-computer interface (BCI) daily assistance multimodal wearable device |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10811971/ |
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