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Table 1 A priori dichotomization of subspecialties

From: Clinician awareness of brain computer interfaces: a Canadian national survey

Specialty

Subspecialties

“BCI-related”

“Non-BCI-related”

Adult Neurology

• Spinal cord injury

• Stroke

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

• Cerebral palsy

• Critical care/emergency neurology

• Neuromuscular disorders

• Alzheimer’s disease

• Acquired brain injury/traumatic brain injury

• Behavioural neurology

• Brain tumour

• Epilepsy

• Headache/migraine

• Movement disorders

• Multiple sclerosis

• Neuro-ophthalmology

• Neuro-oncology

• Pain/palliative

• Sleep disorders

Pediatric Neurology

• Spinal cord injury

• Stroke and perinatal stroke

• Cerebral palsy

• Critical care/emergency neurology

• Neuromuscular disorders

• Acquired brain injury/traumatic brain injury

• Behavioural neurology

• Brain tumour

• Epilepsy

• Headache/migraine

• Movement disorders

• Multiple sclerosis

• Neuro-ophthalmology

• Neuro-oncology

• Pain/palliative

• Sleep disorders

Physiatry

• Spasticity management

• Spinal cord injury

• Stroke

• Neuromuscular disorders

• Prosthetics and orthotics

• Acquired brain injury/traumatic brain injury

• Electrodiagnostic medicine

• Geriatric rehabilitation

• Musculoskeletal medicine

• Paediatric rehabilitation

• Pain management

• Pulmonary, cardiac and cancer rehabilitation

• Rheumatology

  1. Legend: A priori dichotomization was based on each specialty’s estimated likelihood of leading physicians to interact with patients who could benefit from BCI.