Publications by Andrea Biasiucci

Brain-actuated functional electrical stimulation elicits lasting arm motor recovery after stroke

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Hua Zhang, Robert Leeb, Inaki Asier Iturrate Gil, Serafeim Perdikis, Andrea Biasiucci, Tiffany Corbet, Thomas Schmidlin, Dragana Viceic

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are used in stroke rehabilitation to translate brain signals into intended movements of the paralyzed limb. However, the efficacy and mechanisms of BCI-based therapies remain unclear. Here we show that BCI coupled to functio ...

Nature Research2018

Electrically Assisted Movement Therapy in Chronic Stroke Patients With Severe Upper Limb Paresis: A Pilot, Single-Blind, Randomized Crossover Study

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Andrea Biasiucci, Silvio Ionta, Andrea Maesani, Stephanie Clarke

Objective To evaluate the effects of electrically assisted movement therapy (EAMT) in which patients use functional electrical stimulation, modulated by a custom device controlled through the patient's unaffected hand, to produce or assist task-specific up ...

Elsevier2017

Neuroprosthetic System Restoring Upper Limb Function Through Coordinated Electrical Stimulation

Andrea Biasiucci, Andrea Maesani

Neuroprosthetic device for restoring daily-life action movements of upper limbs in patients suffering from motor impairments. The neuroprosthetic device comprises several non-invasive electrodes adapted to be fixed on a patient body, in a way as to stimula ...

2016

Non-invasive drawable electrode for neuromuscular electrical stimulation and biological signal sensing

Stefano Silvio Giovanni Varricchio, Andrea Biasiucci, Andrea Maesani

Non-invasive "drawable", or "paintable", electrode for electrical stimulation or biological signal sensing comprising a pervious and electrically conductive layer (1), at least one electrically insulating element (2) for maintaining the electrically conduc ...

2016

BCI controlled neuromuscular electrical stimulation enables sustained motor recovery in chronic stroke victims

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb, Andrea Biasiucci, Tiffany Corbet, Thomas Schmidlin

2016

BCI-NMES therapy enhances effective connectivity in the damaged hemisphere in stroke patients

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb, Serafeim Perdikis, Andrea Biasiucci, Huaijian Zhang, Tiffany Corbet

2016

Neurotechnology for Brain Repair : Imaging, Enhancing and Restoring Human Motor Function

Andrea Biasiucci

Neurotechnology is the application of scientific knowledge to the practical purpose of understanding, interacting and/or repairing the brain or, in a broader sense, the nervous system. The development of novel approaches to decode functional information fr ...

EPFL2014

Transferring BCI skills to successful application controls

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb, Serafeim Perdikis, Luca Tonin, Tom Edward Carlson, Andrea Biasiucci, Alberto Molina Arribere, Marco Creatura

The goal of our research is to enable various end-users to control applications by using a brain-computer interface (BCI). Since applications–like telepresence robots, wheelchairs or text entry systems–are quite demanding a good level of BCI control is nee ...

2013

Transferring brain-computer interfaces beyond the laboratory: Successful application control for motor-disabled users

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb, Serafeim Perdikis, Luca Tonin, Tom Edward Carlson, Andrea Biasiucci, Michele Tavella, Alberto Molina Arribere, Marco Creatura

OBJECTIVES: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are no longer only used by healthy participants under controlled conditions in laboratory environments, but also by patients and end-users, controlling applications in their homes or clinics, without the BCI exp ...

Elsevier2013

Selective Enhancement of Motor Imagery Features Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Ricardo Andres Chavarriaga Lozano, Robert Leeb, Andrea Biasiucci

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to selectively modulate cortical responses in memory, motor and perceptual tasks. Here we show that this type of stimulation results in targeted enhancement of brain patterns elicited during mot ...

Graz University of Technology Publishing House2013