Systematic review of guidelines to identify recommendations for upper limb robotic rehabilitation after stroke.

Journal: European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Upper limb motor impairment is one of the most frequent stroke consequences. Robot therapy may represent a valid option for upper limb stroke rehabilitation, but there are still gaps between research evidence and their use in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to determine the quality, scope, and consistency of guidelines clinical practice recommendations for upper limb robotic rehabilitation in stroke populations.

Authors

  • Giovanni Morone
    Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy. g.morone@hsantalucia.it.
  • Angela Palomba
    Multidisciplinary Department of Medicine for Surgery and Orthodontics, Luigi Vanvitelli University of Campania, Naples, Italy.
  • Alex Martino Cinnera
    IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.
  • Michela Agostini
    IRCCS San Camillo, Venice, Italy.
  • Irene Aprile
    Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation, Milan, Italy.
  • Chiara Arienti
    Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milay, Italy.
  • Matteo Paci
    AUSL District of Central Tuscany, Florence, Italy.
  • Emanuela Casanova
    Unit of Rehabilitation and Neurorehabilitation Medicine, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bologna, Italy.
  • Dario Marino
    IRCCS Neurolysis Center "Bonino Pulejo, " Messina, Italy.
  • Giuseppe LA Rosa
    Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
  • Federica Bressi
    Biomedical Campus University Foundation, Rome, Italy.
  • Silvia Sterzi
    Biomedical Campus University Foundation, Rome, Italy.
  • Marialuisa Gandolfi
  • Daniele Giansanti
    Centro Nazionale TISP, Istituto Superiore di Sanità; Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy.
  • Luca Perrero
    Unit of Neurorehabilitation, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo University Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
  • Alberto Battistini
    IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
  • Sandra Miccinilli
    Biomedical Campus University Foundation, Rome, Italy.
  • Serena Filoni
    Fondazione Centri di Riabilitazione Padre Pio Onlus, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
  • Monica Sicari
    Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
  • Salvatore Petrozzino
    Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
  • Claudio Marcello Solaro
    CRRF Mons. Luigi Novarese, Moncrivello, Vercelli, Italy.
  • Stefano Gargano
    Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Turin, Italy.
  • Paolo Benanti
    Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy.
  • Paolo Boldrini
    Società Italiana di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa (SIMFER), Rome, Italy.
  • Donatella Bonaiuti
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
  • Enrico Castelli
  • Francesco Draicchio
    INAIL, Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy.
  • Vincenzo Falabella
    Italian Federation of Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries (Faip Onlus), Rome, Italy.
  • Silvia Galeri
    1 IRCCS Don Gnocchi Foundation, Milan, Italy.
  • Francesca Gimigliano
    Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, Luigi Vanvitelli University of Campania, Naples, Italy.
  • Mauro Grigioni
    Department of Technology and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
  • Stefano Mazzoleni
    The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
  • Stefano Mazzon
    AULSS6 Euganea Padova - Distretto 4, Padua, Italy.
  • Franco Molteni
    Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Via Nazario Sauro 17, 23845 Costa Masnaga, Italy.
  • Maurizio Petrarca
    Movement Analysis and Robotics Laboratory (MARLab), Neurorehabilitation Units, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Via Torre di Palidoro, 00050, Passoscuro (Fiumicino), Rome, Italy. maurizio.petrarca@opbg.net.
  • Alessandro Picelli
    Neuromotor and Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
  • Federico Posteraro
  • Michele Senatore
    AITO (Associazione Italiana Terapisti Occupazionali), Rome, Italy.
  • Giuseppe Turchetti
    Institute of ManagementScuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
  • Sofia Straudi
    Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Department, Ferrara University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy s.straudi@ospfe.it.