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We also focused on the neuroplastic changes in the primary motor cortex (M<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>) after BCI training.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, 18 hospitalized chronic stroke patients with moderate or severe motor deficits participated. Patients were operated on for 20 sessions and followed up after 1 month. Functional assessments were performed at five points, namely, pre1-, pre2-, mid-, post-training, and 1-month follow-up. Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) was used as the primary outcome measure, while Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), its wrist and hand (FMA-WH) sub-score and its shoulder and elbow (FMA-SE) sub-score served as secondary outcome measures. Neuroplastic changes were measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) at baseline and after 20 sessions of BCI training. Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate functional connectivity (FC) across time points.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared to the baseline, better functional outcome was observed after BCI training and 1-month follow-up, including a significantly higher probability of achieving a clinically relevant increase in the WMFT full score (\u0394WMFT score = 12.39 points, <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic> = 30.28, and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), WMFT completion time (\u0394WMFT time = 248.39 s, <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic> = 16.83, and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and FMA full score (\u0394FMA-UE = 12.72 points, <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic> = 106.07, and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), FMA-WH sub-score (\u0394FMA-WH = 5.6 points, <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic> = 35.53, and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and FMA-SE sub-score (\u0394FMA-SE = 8.06 points, <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic> = 22.38, and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Compared to the baseline, after BCI training the FC between the ipsilateral M<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> and the contralateral M<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> was increased (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05), which was the same as the FC between the ipsilateral M<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> and the ipsilateral frontal lobe, and the FC between the contralateral M<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> and the contralateral frontal lobe was also increased (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings demonstrate that BCI-based rehabilitation could be an effective intervention for the motor performance of patients after stroke with moderate or severe upper limb paresis and represents a potential strategy in stroke neurorehabilitation. Our results suggest that FC between ipsilesional M<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> and frontal cortex might be enhanced after BCI training.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Clinical Trial Registration<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:ext-link>www.chictr.org.cn<\/jats:ext-link>, identifier: ChiCTR2100046301.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2022.809657","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,8]],"date-time":"2022-04-08T07:13:09Z","timestamp":1649401989000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Brain\u2013Computer Interface-Robot Training Enhances Upper Extremity Performance and Changes the Cortical Activation in Stroke Patients: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Lingyu","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Minxia","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Linguo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiuzhen","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dunrong","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lingjing","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhiyu","family":"Nie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"310","DOI":"10.1177\/1550059414522229","article-title":"A randomized controlled trial of EEG-based motor imagery brain-computer interface robotic rehabilitation for stroke","volume":"46","author":"Ang","year":"","journal-title":"Clin. 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