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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2024.020

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EEG coherence in children with cerebral palsy against the background of rehabilitation employing a brain-computer-hand exoskeleton neurointerface

Pavlenko VB1, Vlasenko SV1,2, Chuyan EN1, Pavlenko DV1, Orekhova LS1, Biryukova EA1
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1 V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia

2 Research Institute of Children's Balneology, Physiotherapy and Medical Rehabilitation, Yevpatoria, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Vladimir B. Pavlenko
pr. Vernadskogo, 4, Simferopol, 295007, Russia; moc.liamg@55vapv

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Funding: The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation and the Republic of Crimea grant No. 22-15-20035, https://rscf.ru/en/project/22-15-20035/

Author contribution: Pavlenko VB, Chuyan EN — study planning, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript drafting; Vlasenko SV — study planning, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript drafting; Pavlenko DV — data collection, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript drafting; Birukova EA, Orekhova LS — data collection, data analysis, manuscript drafting.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the V.I. Vernandsky Crimean Federal University ethics committee (Minutes #1 of January 25, 2022). Parents submitted signed informed consent forms allowing their children to participate in the experiment.

Received: 2024-05-08 Accepted: 2024-05-29 Published online: 2024-06-23
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