Healthcare practitioners and robotic-assisted rehabilitation: understanding needs and barriers.

Journal: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
PMID: 40205389

Abstract

BACKGROUNDS: In recent years, numerous robotic devices, together with allied technologies, have been developed to support rehabilitation, both in research settings and industry. Although robotic-assisted rehabilitation and related technologies hold significant promise for supporting healthcare practitioners and enhancing patient care, their use in clinical practice remains limited. One of the motivations could be that final users' needs have not been given due consideration so far. As a matter of fact, understanding user needs and perceptions is crucial for designing these technological devices and for creating new organizational models within hospitals aiming to establish and maintain robotics-assisted rehabilitation gyms.

Authors

  • Giovanna Nicora
    Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
  • Enea Parimbelli
    Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  • Maria Cristina Mauro
    IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Via di Scandicci, 269, 50143, Florence, FI, Italy.
  • Francesca Falchini
    IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy.
  • Marco Germanotta
    Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation, Piazzale Morandi 6, 20121, Milan, Italy. mgermanotta@dongnocchi.it.
  • Alessio Fasano
    European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno (EBRIS), Salerno, Italy.
  • Giuseppina Sgandurra
    Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
  • Elena Beani
    Department of Developmental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
  • Emanuele Gruppioni
    Centro Protesi INAIL, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni Sul Lavoro, Bologna, Italy.
  • Francesca Bugané
    Centro Protesi INAIL, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni Sul Lavoro, Bologna, Italy.
  • Irene Giovanna Aprile
    IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Via di Scandicci, 269, 50143, Florence, FI, Italy.
  • Silvana Quaglini
    Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: silvana.quaglini@unipv.it.

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