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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2022

Usability of a Hybrid System Combining P300-Based Brain-Computer Interface and Commercial Assistive Technologies to Enhance Communication in People With Multiple Sclerosis.

Angela Riccio, Francesca Schettini, Valentina Galiotta, Enrico Giraldi, Maria Grazia Grasso, Febo Cincotti, Donatella Mattia

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Brain-computer interface: an update for the clinicians.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026
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  5. Editorial: Women in brain-computer interfaces.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Angela RiccioNeuroelectric Imaging and BCI Lab, Fondazione Santa Lucia (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
Francesca SchettiniNeuroelectric Imaging and BCI Lab, Fondazione Santa Lucia (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
Valentina GaliottaNeuroelectric Imaging and BCI Lab, Fondazione Santa Lucia (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
Enrico GiraldiNeuroelectric Imaging and BCI Lab, Fondazione Santa Lucia (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
Maria Grazia GrassoMultiple Sclerosis Unit, Fondazione Santa Lucia (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
Febo CincottiDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Donatella MattiaNeuroelectric Imaging and BCI Lab, Fondazione Santa Lucia (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
Fondazione Santa Lucia · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-computer interface (BCI) can provide people with motor disabilities with an alternative channel to access assistive technology (AT) software for communication and environmental interaction. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that mostly starts in young adulthood and often leads to a long-term disability, possibly exacerbated by the presence of fatigue. Patients with MS have been rarely considered as potential BCI end-users. In this pilot study, we evaluated the usability of a hybrid BCI (h-BCI) system that enables both a P300-based BCI and conventional input devices (i.e., muscular dependent) to access mainstream applications through the widely used AT software for communication "Grid 3." The evaluation was performed according to the principles of the user-centered design (UCD) with the aim of providing patients with MS with an alternative control channel (i.e., BCI), potentially less sensitive to fatigue. A total of 13 patients with MS were enrolled. In session I, participants were presented with a widely validated P300-based BCI (P3-speller); in session II, they had to operate Grid 3 to access three mainstream applications with (1) an AT conventional input device and (2) the h-BCI. Eight patients completed the protocol. Five out of eight patients with MS were successfully able to access the Grid 3

Indexed as

assistive technologiesbrain-computer interfaceend-usersGrid 3multiple sclerosisP300usabilityuser-centered design

Identifiers

PMID35721361
PMCPMC9204311
OpenAlexW4281653222

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