The invention relates to an athletic skill
recovery interface device (1) comprising: one or more cortical sensors (3; 31, 32,..., 3n), each cortical sensor being capable of detecting a respective cortical
signal (SE1, SE2,..., SEn) from a respective portion of the
cerebral cortex (C) of the patient (P); a decoding unit (2) associated with the one or more cortical sensors (3; 31, 32,..., 3n) arranged to be operatively connected to the one or more cortical sensors (3; -each of said cortical signals (SE1, SE2,..., SEn) transmitted by each of said cortical signals (SE1, SE2,..., SEn) transmitted by each of said cortical signals (SE1, SE2,..., SEn); one or more
muscle electrical stimulators (4) each adapted to a
muscle (M) to be stimulated; wherein the decoding unit (2) is configured to process, based on cortical signals received by the one or more cortical sensors (31, 32,..., 3n), the one or more
muscle electrical stimulators (4; 41, 42,..., 4n), and one or more actuation signals (SM1, SM2,..., SMn) of the one or more signals (SM1, SM2,..., SMn) of the one or more signals (SM1, SM2,..., SMn). The invention also relates to a method for operating the interface device (1).