BCIs using motor imagery and sensorimotor rhythms

Motor imagery (MI) Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) are considered the most prominent paradigms of endogenous BCIs, as they comply with the requirements of asynchronous implementations. As MI BCIs can be operated via the movement imagination of one limb (e.g., left hand), after a training period, the user can harness such an interface without the aid of external cue(s) that are considered ideal for self-paced implementations. MI BCIs have been employed in several cases as a means of both communication restoration and neurorehabilitation. Neuromuscular disease (NMD), although rarely studied within the context of MI BCIs, presents significant interest mainly due to the disease's progressive nature and the impact it has on each patient's brain reorganization.