Review Article

A Review of Techniques for Detection of Movement Intention Using Movement-Related Cortical Potentials

Table 1

Experiment protocols of studies reviewed.

ReferenceNumber of subjectsNumber of electrodesMovement typeSelf-paced or cue-basedBrain signals

(Yom-Tov and Inbar, 2003) [43]5 (healthy)9, 4 out of 9 channels were usedExecuted finger movement (button press)Self-pacedMRPs

(Haw et al., 2006) [60]5 (not mentioned)1Executed finger movementsCue-basedBP

(Bai et al., 2007) [61]12 (healthy)122Executed hand movementSelf-pacedMRCPs and ERD (event-related desynchronization)

(Boye et al., 2008) [53]1 (not mentioned)9Executed and imagined foot movement (isometric plantar-flexion), but only imaginary task was further analyzedCue-basedMRCP

(Kato et al., 2011) [34]7 (not mentioned)1Executed and imagined finger movements (button press)Cue-basedCNV

(Niazi et al., 2011) [42]19 (healthy) and 5 (stroke patients)10Executed and imagined foot movement (ankle dorsiflexion)Self-pacedBP

(Lew et al., 2012) [63]8 (healthy), 2 (control), and 2 (stroke patients)64, 34 out of 64 channels were usedExecuted arm movements (reaching task)Self-pacedBP

(Niazi et al., 2012) [19]16 (healthy)10Imagined foot movements (dorsiflexion)Self-pacedMRCP

(Niazi et al., 2013) [65]20 (healthy) and 5 (stroke patients)10Executed and imagined foot movements (dorsiflexion)Self-pacedMRCP

(Ahmadian et al., 2013) [64]3 (healthy)128 channelsFinger movement (button press)Self-pacedBP

(Jochumsen et al., 2013) [39]12 (healthy)10Executed foot movement (isometric dorsiflexion)Cue-basedMRCP

(Jiang et al., 2015) [66]9 (healthy)9Executed foot movements (stepping)Self-pacedMRCP

(Xu et al., 2014) [20]9 (healthy)9Executed and imagery foot movements (dorsiflexion)Self-pacedMRCP