Detection of movements with attention or distraction to the motor task during robot-assisted passive movements of the upper limb.
Robot-assisted rehabilitation therapies usually focus on physical aspects rather than on cognitive factors. However, cognitive aspects such as attention, motivation, and engagement play a critical role in motor learning and thus influence the long-term success of rehabilitation programs. This paper studies motor-related EEG activity during the execution of robot-assisted passive movements of the upper limb, while participants either: i) focused attention exclusively on the task; or ii) simultaneously performed another task. Six healthy subjects participated in the study and results showed lower desynchronization during passive movements with another task simultaneously being carried out (compared to passive movements with exclusive attention on the task). In addition, it was proved the feasibility to distinguish between the two conditions.
Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A) and Department of informatics and Systems Engineering, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. antelis@unizar.es
Javier M
JM
Antelis
Luis
L
Montesano
Xavier
X
Giralt
Alicia
A
Casals
Javier
J
Minguez
D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D012371:Robotics; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis