Abstract
Recently investigated rehabilitative practices involving Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) techniques provided long-lasting benefits after short-term recovering programs. The prevalence of this revolutionary approach received a boost from virtual reality and augmented reality, which contribute to the brain neuroplasticity improvement and can be used in neurorehabilitation and treatment of motor/mental disorders. This work presents a therapy system for stroke rehabilitation based on these techniques. The novelty of the proposed system consists of including an eye tracking device that detects the patient’s vigilance during exercises and warns if patient is not focused on the items of interest from the virtual environment. This additional feature improves the level of user involvement and makes him/her conscious of the rehabilitation importance and pace. Moreover, the system architecture is reconfigurable, and the functionalities are specified by software. The laboratory tests have validated the system from a technical point of view, and preliminary results from the clinical tests have highlighted the system’s quick accommodation to the proposed therapy and fast progress for each user.
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