Quantitative EEG for Predicting Upper-limb Motor Recovery in Chronic Stroke Robot-assisted Rehabilitation

Instead of doing these goddamn stupid recovery prediction models we should be researching exact recovery protocols. Do this, this and this and you have a 90% chance of recovering that function. THAT is what is needed, not this stupid lazy crap about recovery prediction.   Fugl-Meyer is totally useless in measurement of recovery, stop using it you fucking idiots.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7870705/

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Paula Trujillo ; Alfonso Mastropietro ; Alessandro Scano ; Andrea Chiavenna ; Simona Mrakic-Sposta ; Marco Caimmi ; Franco Molteni ; Giovanna Rizzo

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Abstract:

Stroke is a leading cause for adult disability, which in many cases causes motor deficits. Despite the developments in motor rehabilitation techniques, recovery of upper limb functions after stroke is limited and heterogeneous in terms of outcomes, and knowledge of important factors that may affect the outcome of the therapy is necessary to make a reasonable prediction for individual patients. In this study, we assessed the relationship between quantitative electroencephalographic (QEEG) measures and the motor outcome in chronic stroke patients that underwent a robot-assisted rehabilitation program to evaluate the utility of QEEG indices to predict motor recovery. For this purpose, we acquired resting-state electroencephalographic signals from which the Power Ratio Index (PRI), Delta/Alpha Ratio (DAR), and Brain Symmetry Index (BSI) were calculated. The outcome of the motor rehabilitation was evaluated using upper-limb section of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment. We found that PRI was significantly correlated with the motor recovery, suggesting that this index may provide useful information to predict the rehabilitation outcome.

Published in: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering ( Volume: PP, Issue: 99 )