Study of EEG Signals for Children with Neuromotor Disability

Neuromotor disabilities are prominent and usually incurable, complicated problems in the present day scenario. They come with a bunch of problems. The disease affects the individual motor neuron functioning that, can be in the whole body or any specific part of the body. The disability could be the result of improper communication between motor neurons and muscle fibres. Cerebral Palsy is a prominent form of motor neuron disability. It is a non-progressive motor disorder. It has been described as continuous but changing disorder of posture and movement and its symptom shows in early years of life. This disorder mostly affects children who suffers by perception disturbances, sensation, musculoskeletal problem and epilepsy. These problems are caused by disturbance in cortical or subcortical section of brain. To control these abnormal activities, certain therapies are employed to treat these children. Previously, physical therapy (PT) training was the only way which was employed to provide muscle relaxation therapy to the patient. However, nowadays, PT is accompanied with a new non-invasive Neurostimulation method which is known as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS).

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Tiwari, Ankita
Ankita Tiwari received her B.Tech degree in the field of Electronics and Communication Engineering from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) and M.Tech degree inthe field of Embedded System and Technology from Amity University Uttar Pradesh. Her specific interests lies in the Biomedical Signal Processing, Artificial Neural Networks etc.