Trial reportScience translational medicine2013
The tongue enables computer and wheelchair control for people with spinal cord injury.
Trial report in Science translational medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
- Development of a training paradigm for voluntary control of the peri-auricular muscles: a feasibility study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Trial
- Recent Advancements and Applications of Nanosensors in Oral Health: Revolutionizing Diagnosis and Treatment.European journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Circularly polarized differential intra-oral antenna design validation and characterization for tongue drive system.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Design and Evaluation of the Extended FBS Model Based Gaze-Control Power Wheelchair for Individuals Facing Manual Control Challenges.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Assistive Technologies and Quadriplegia: A Map Point on the Development and Spread of the Tongue Barbell Piercing.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The sense of agency in emerging technologies for human-computer integration: A review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Controlling an effector with eye movements: The effect of entangled sensory and motor responsibilities.PloS one · 2022Article
- Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Tongue-Operated Exoskeleton System for Upper Limb Rehabilitation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Human-Machine Interaction Methodology for Electric-Powered Wheelchairs Driving from 1998 to 2020.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Recovery of Distal Arm Movements in Spinal Cord Injured Patients with a Body-Machine Interface: A Proof-of-Concept Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Eyes-Free Tongue Gesture and Tongue Joystick Control of a Five DOF Upper-Limb Exoskeleton for Severely Disabled Individuals.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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- Eye-controlled, power wheelchair performs well for ALS patients.Muscle & nerve · 2019Article
- A Dual-Mode Magnetic-Acoustic System for Monitoring Fluid Intake Behavior in Animals.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2017Article
- Navigation-synchronized multimodal control wheelchair from brain to alternative assistive technologies for persons with severe disabilities.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2017Article
- Body-machine interface for control of a screen cursor for a child with congenital absence of upper and lower limbs: a case report.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Upper Body-Based Power Wheelchair Control Interface for Individuals With Tetraplegia.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2016Article
- Epidermal radio frequency electronics for wireless power transfer.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2016Article
- Safety and efficacy of medically performed tongue piercing in people with tetraplegia for use with tongue-operated assistive technology.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Non-invasive control interfaces for intention detection in active movement-assistive devices.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2014Review
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Abstract
The Tongue Drive System (TDS) is a wireless and wearable assistive technology, designed to allow individuals with severe motor impairments such as tetraplegia to access their environment using voluntary tongue motion. Previous TDS trials used a magnetic tracer temporarily attached to the top surface of the tongue with tissue adhesive. We investigated TDS efficacy for controlling a computer and driving a powered wheelchair in two groups of able-bodied subjects and a group of volunteers with spinal cord injury (SCI) at C6 or above. All participants received a magnetic tongue barbell and used the TDS for five to six consecutive sessions. The performance of the group was compared for TDS versus keypad and TDS versus a sip-and-puff device (SnP) using accepted measures of speed and accuracy. All performance measures improved over the course of the trial. The gap between keypad and TDS performance narrowed for able-bodied subjects. Despite participants with SCI already having familiarity with the SnP, their performance measures were up to three times better with the TDS than with the SnP and continued to improve. TDS flexibility and the inherent characteristics of the human tongue enabled individuals with high-level motor impairments to access computers and drive wheelchairs at speeds that were faster than traditional assistive technologies but with comparable accuracy.
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