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Decodificación y estimulación de la actividad cerebral sensorial y motora para
potenciar el control de un exoesqueleto de miembro inferior
Title: Decodificación y estimulación de la actividad cerebral sensorial y motora para
potenciar el control de un exoesqueleto de miembro inferior |
Authors: Rodríguez Ugarte, María de la Soledad |
Tutor: Azorín Poveda, José María |
Department: Departamentos de la UMH::Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática |
Issue Date: 2019-01-18 |
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11000/5105 |
Abstract:
La presente tesis se centró en el estudio de interfaces cerebro-máquina (BMI:
Brain-Machine Interfaces) basadas en se ñales electroencefalográficas (EEG) y en
la estimulación transcraneal por corriente continua (tDCS: Transcranial Direct
Current Stimulation) con el fin de controlar un exoesqueleto ... Ver más
This thesis was focused on the study of brain machine interfaces (BMI) based
on electroencephalographic signals (EEG) and transcraneal direct current stimulation
(tDCS) with the aim of controlling a lower limb exoskeleton in real time.
One of the main goals was to develop a BMI capable of detecting in real time the
movement intent or the distinction between two cognitive motor tasks. The second
goal was to study a tDCS configuration capable of improving the cognitive
task performance. And the third goal was to control a lower limb exoeskeleton
using the BMI and the tDCS configuration designed.
Initially several algorithms and electrode configurations were evaluated so
that the BMI designed was capable of detecting pedaling intent by means of the
user’s EEG signals. Afterwards, the paradigm and design of the BMI were changed
in order to improve the cognitive detections of the BMI. With this in mind,
BMIs able to distinguish between the imagination of two cognitive motor tasks
(relaxation and either pedaling or gait) were designed.
For the tDCS studies, two different montages were tested to improve the detection
of cognitive motor imagery tasks. The first montage was evaluated with
the paradigm of identifying relaxation and pedaling motor imagery. This montage
focused on overexciting the motor cortex area where the legs are represented
in the brain. The second montage analyzed the paradigm of detecting relaxation
and gait motor imagery. This montage concentrated on exciting both the cerebellum
and the motor cortex area where the legs are represented in the brain.
Finally, a pilot test with healthy subjects controlled a lower limb exoskeleton
in real time with the BMI designed via the detection of two cognitive motor
imagery tasks. In this experiment, participants were stimulated using the second
tDCS montage. With this study, it was corroborated that the BMI could distinguish
between two motor imagery tasks and that the tDCS montage improved
the detection performance.
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Keywords/Subjects: Tratamiento de señales Neurociencias Tecnologías de las telecomunicaciones |
Knowledge area: CDU: Ciencias aplicadas: Ingeniería. Tecnología CDU: Ciencias aplicadas: Tecnología cibernética y automática |
Type of document: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Appears in Collections: Tesis doctorales - Ciencias e Ingenierías
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