Brain Connectivity Changes During Bimanual and Rotated Motor Imagery.

King, J-T; John, AR; Wang, Y-K; Shih, C-K; Zhang, D; Huang, K-C; Lin, C-T

Brain Connectivity Changes During Bimanual and Rotated Motor Imagery.

King, J-T John, AR Wang, Y-K Shih, C-K Zhang, D Huang, K-C Lin, C-T

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Publisher:: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med, 2022, 10, pp. 2100408
Issue Date:: 2022

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	King, J-T
dc.contributor.author	John, AR
dc.contributor.author	Wang, Y-K
dc.contributor.author	Shih, C-K
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, D
dc.contributor.author	Huang, K-C
dc.contributor.author	Lin, C-T
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-07T02:14:25Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-03
dc.date.available	2022-12-07T02:14:25Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med, 2022, 10, pp. 2100408
dc.identifier.issn	2168-2372
dc.identifier.issn	2168-2372
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/164181
dc.description.abstract	Motor imagery-based brain-computer interface (MI-BCI) currently represents a new trend in rehabilitation. However, individual differences in the responsive frequency bands and a poor understanding of the communication between the ipsilesional motor areas and other regions limit the use of MI-BCI therapy. Objective: Bimanual training has recently attracted attention as it achieves better outcomes as compared to repetitive one-handed training. This study compared the effects of three MI tasks with different visual feedback. Methods: Fourteen healthy subjects performed single hand motor imagery tasks while watching single static hand (traditional MI), single hand with rotation movement (rmMI), and bimanual coordination with a hand pedal exerciser (bcMI). Functional connectivity is estimated by Transfer Entropy (TE) analysis for brain information flow. Results: Brain connectivity of conducting three MI tasks showed that the bcMI demonstrated increased communications from the parietal to the bilateral prefrontal areas and increased contralateral connections between motor-related zones and spatial processing regions. Discussion/Conclusion: The results revealed bimanual coordination operation events increased spatial information and motor planning under the motor imagery task. And the proposed bimanual coordination MI-BCI (bcMI-BCI) can also achieve the effect of traditional motor imagery tasks and promotes more effective connections with different brain regions to better integrate motor-cortex functions for aiding the development of more effective MI-BCI therapy. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement The proposed bcMI-BCI provides more effective connections with different brain areas and integrates motor-cortex functions to promote motor imagery rehabilitation for patients' impairment.
dc.format	Electronic-eCollection
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210101093
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP220100803
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/JTEHM.2022.3167552
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.mesh	Brain
dc.subject.mesh	Brain-Computer Interfaces
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Imagery, Psychotherapy
dc.subject.mesh	Motor Cortex
dc.subject.mesh	Movement
dc.subject.mesh	Brain
dc.subject.mesh	Motor Cortex
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Movement
dc.subject.mesh	Brain-Computer Interfaces
dc.subject.mesh	Imagery, Psychotherapy
dc.title	Brain Connectivity Changes During Bimanual and Rotated Motor Imagery.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	10
utslib.location.activity	United States
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - AAII - Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-12-07T02:14:24Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	10

Abstract:

Motor imagery-based brain-computer interface (MI-BCI) currently represents a new trend in rehabilitation. However, individual differences in the responsive frequency bands and a poor understanding of the communication between the ipsilesional motor areas and other regions limit the use of MI-BCI therapy. Objective: Bimanual training has recently attracted attention as it achieves better outcomes as compared to repetitive one-handed training. This study compared the effects of three MI tasks with different visual feedback. Methods: Fourteen healthy subjects performed single hand motor imagery tasks while watching single static hand (traditional MI), single hand with rotation movement (rmMI), and bimanual coordination with a hand pedal exerciser (bcMI). Functional connectivity is estimated by Transfer Entropy (TE) analysis for brain information flow. Results: Brain connectivity of conducting three MI tasks showed that the bcMI demonstrated increased communications from the parietal to the bilateral prefrontal areas and increased contralateral connections between motor-related zones and spatial processing regions. Discussion/Conclusion: The results revealed bimanual coordination operation events increased spatial information and motor planning under the motor imagery task. And the proposed bimanual coordination MI-BCI (bcMI-BCI) can also achieve the effect of traditional motor imagery tasks and promotes more effective connections with different brain regions to better integrate motor-cortex functions for aiding the development of more effective MI-BCI therapy. Clinical and Translational Impact Statement The proposed bcMI-BCI provides more effective connections with different brain areas and integrates motor-cortex functions to promote motor imagery rehabilitation for patients' impairment.

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