A P300 Brain Computer Interface to Operate Power Wheelchair Tilt

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Treatments: Device: Using a BCI to control wheelchair tilt

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01123148

R21HD054913 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

M0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators want to develop a brain-computer interface (BCI) that will eventually allow people who are completely paralyzed to independently control the tilt feature on their power wheelchairs. This study will allow healthy volunteers to test the feasibility and accuracy of controlling a BCI using only their brain signals while seated in a tilting wheelchair.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 or older.
• Able to read text on a computer screen
• Able to understand and remember instructions concerning participation.

Exclusion criteria

• Unable give informed consent.
• Unable to understand and follow instructions.
• Have abnormal tone or uncontrolled movements in the head-and-neck that would interfere with EEG recordings.
• Known to have photosensitive epilepsy.
• Open head lesions or sores.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 1 patient group

Tilt testing

Other group

Treatment:

Device: Using a BCI to control wheelchair tilt