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Leveraging wearable haptics for guidance in virtual rehabilitation: effects on motor control from an immersive VR setting

Ali KhalilianMotamed Bonab, Cristian Camardella, Federica Serra, Antonio Frisoli et autres

Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) interventions have emerged as effective complements to conventional rehabilitation, with advantages in terms of flexible parametrization, extended data recording and patient engagement. Home-rehabilitation is another impactful, yet unexplored potential. A key requirement is ensuring that patients execute tasks …

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A prospective multicenter study on prognostic factors and quality of care in Severe Acquired Brain Injury rehabilitation units: a project from the Tiresia network

Giovanni Nattino, Michele Acler, Stefano Bargellesi, Giannettore Bertagnoni et autres

Background: Severe Acquired Brain Injury (sABI) presents significant challenges in clinical management and rehabilitation due to its diverse and complex nature. The primary objective of the Tiresia project is to identify medium and medium-to-long-term prognostic factors for patients with sABI and to …

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The Wizard Apprentice: A Serious Games System in Immersive VR as a Feasible Rehabilitation Approach in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Cristian Camardella, Federica Serra, Caterina Linciano, Chiara Malasoma et autres

Virtual reality offers the opportunity to engage the participant in challenging rehabilitation exercises, proposed in the shape of serious games. Modern VR technologies can further enhance usability, allowing the participant to seamlessly interact with VR environment with bare hands, without need of …

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Tele-rehabilitation for cognitive home-based treatment in young traumatic brain injury: a pilot study

Federica Bertolucci, Loredana Fossati, Barbara Agostini, Chiara Malasoma et autres

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Combining biosignals to assess and monitor VR-assisted rehabilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy: a machine learning approach*

Danilo De Rossi, Lucia Billeci, Luca Bonfiglio, Sara Aliboni et autres

Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most frequent causes of motor disability in children. Physical therapy, coupled with sensing technology, assesses the integrity of the nervous system and muscular activity and eventually adapts the therapy to the patient’s abilities. In the …

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Recovery of activities of daily living in COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care unit or medical care unit: an observational study on the role of rehabilitation in the subacute phase

Chiara Notarstefano, Federica Bertolucci, Mario Miccoli, Federico Posteraro

Purpose: This study aims to describe the functional status of a cohort of subacute COVID-19 patients treated in a dedicated rehabilitation unit and to compare functional outcomes between patients previously hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU group) and patients assisted in …

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Europe region: Italy

Paolo Boldrini, Donatella Bonaiuti, Stefano Mazzoleni, Federico Posteraro et autres

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Ebenezer Ad Adams, Akintunde Adebowale, Abha Agrawal, Javier Sánchez Aguilar et autres

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Does the Level of Focus in Serious Games in Immersive VR Correlate with the Quality of Movement? Preliminary Results from an Ongoing Study on Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Cristian Camardella, Dario Rossi, Luca Bonfiglio, Sara Aliboni et autres

Cerebral palsy (CP), one of the diseases that cause motor deficiency, is a childhood condition characterized by a motor disability (palsy) caused by a non-progressive static lesion in the brain (cerebral) [1], [2]. Rehabilitation of patients with CP is typically accomplished through …

Balance Rehabilitation through Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Post-Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Alberto Loro, Margherita Beatrice Borg, Marco Battaglia, Angelo Paolo Amico et autres

Background: Balance impairment is a common disability in post-stroke survivors, leading to reduced mobility and increased fall risk. Robotic gait training (RAGT) is largely used, along with traditional training. There is, however, no strong evidence about RAGT superiority, especially on balance. This …

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Effectiveness of robot-assisted arm therapy in stroke rehabilitation: An overview of systematic reviews

Sofía Straudi, Ludovica Baluardo, Chiara Arienti, Michela Bozzolan et autres

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted arm therapy (RAT) has been used mainly in stroke rehabilitation in the last 20 years with rising expectations and growing evidence summarized in systematic reviews (SRs). OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to provide an overview of SRs about …

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Robot-assisted rehabilitation for children with neurological disabilities: Results of the Italian consensus conference CICERONE

Enrico Castelli, Elena E. Beretta, Antonio De Tanti, Francesca Arduini et autres

BACKGROUND: The use of robotic technologies in pediatric rehabilitation has seen a large increase, but with a lack of a comprehensive framework about their effectiveness. OBJECTIVE: An Italian Consensus Conference has been promoted to develop recommendations on these technologies: definitions and classification …

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