Application of hybrid BCI and exergames for balance rehabilitation after stroke

Abstract

This paper proposes the hybridization between two types of videogames (VG) that can be complementary in motor restoration tasks: the VG based on motion capture systems and the VG based on brain computer interfaces. This hybrid system allow the interaction inside of a VG created for the rehabilitation of standing balance in hemiparetic stroke patients through of movements and modulated mental intentions. The Brain Kinect Interface (BKI) is shown as a tool not only for improve the immersivity in serious VG for health, but as an instrumental arrangement for recording and analyzing of motion capture signals and electro-encephalographic (EEG) signals recorded from the low cost sensors in order to improve the objectivity in analyzing motor recovery process.