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ReviewNeurology international2022

EEG in Neurorehabilitation: A Bibliometric Analysis and Content Review.

Athanasia Tsiamalou, Efthimios Dardiotis, Konstantinos Paterakis, George Fotakopoulos, Ioannis Liampas, Markos Sgantzos, Vasileios Siokas, Alexandros G Brotis

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Review in Neurology international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. [Identifying Depressive Disorder With Sleep Electroencephalogram Data: A Study Based on Deep Learning].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Athanasia TsiamalouFaculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41334 Larissa, Greece.
Efthimios DardiotisFaculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41334 Larissa, Greece.
Konstantinos PaterakisFaculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41334 Larissa, Greece.
George FotakopoulosDepartment of Neurosurgery, General University Hospital of Larissa, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2491-2886
Ioannis LiampasFaculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41334 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2958-5220
Markos SgantzosFaculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41334 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6337-4534
Vasileios SiokasFaculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41334 Larissa, Greece.
Alexandros G BrotisDepartment of Neurosurgery, General University Hospital of Larissa, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6031-4528

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is increasing interest in the role of EEG in neurorehabilitation. We primarily aimed to identify the knowledge base through highly influential studies. Our secondary aims were to imprint the relevant thematic hotspots, research trends, and social networks within the scientific community.

methodsWe performed an electronic search in Scopus, looking for studies reporting on rehabilitation in patients with neurological disabilities. We used the most influential papers to outline the knowledge base and carried out a word co-occurrence analysis to identify the research hotspots. We also used depicted collaboration networks between universities, authors, and countries after analyzing the cocitations. The results were presented in summary tables, plots, and maps. Finally, a content review based on the top-20 most cited articles completed our study.

resultsOur current bibliometric study was based on 874 records from 420 sources. There was vivid research interest in EEG use for neurorehabilitation, with an annual growth rate as high as 14.3%. The most influential paper was the study titled "Brain-computer interfaces, a review" by L.F. Nicolas-Alfonso and J. Gomez-Gill, with 997 citations, followed by "Brain-computer interfaces in neurological rehabilitation" by J. Daly and J.R. Wolpaw (708 citations). The US, Italy, and Germany were among the most productive countries. The research hotspots shifted with time from the use of functional magnetic imaging to EEG-based brain-machine interface, motor imagery, and deep learning.

conclusionsEEG constitutes the most significant input in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and can be successfully used in the neurorehabilitation of patients with stroke symptoms, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and traumatic brain and spinal injuries. EEG-based BCI facilitates the training, communication, and control of wheelchair and exoskeletons. However, research is limited to specific scientific groups from developed countries. Evidence is expected to change with the broader availability of BCI and improvement in EEG-filtering algorithms.

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brain–machine interfaceEEGneurorehabilitationstroketraumatic brain injury

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PMID36548189
PMCPMC9782188

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