Robot-assisted arm therapy in neurological health conditions: rationale and methodology for the evidence synthesis in the CICERONE Italian Consensus Conference.

Journal: European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted Arm Therapy (RAT) has been increasingly applied in the last years for promoting functional recovery in patients with disabilities related to neurological health conditions. Evidence of a knowledge-to-action gap for applying robot-assisted technologies in the rehabilitation of patients with neurological health conditions and the difficulty to apply and tailor the knowledge to the local contexts solicited the need for a national consensus conference on these interventions.

Authors

  • Francesca Gimigliano
    Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, Luigi Vanvitelli University of Campania, Naples, Italy.
  • Angela Palomba
    Multidisciplinary Department of Medicine for Surgery and Orthodontics, Luigi Vanvitelli University of Campania, Naples, Italy.
  • Chiara Arienti
    Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milay, Italy.
  • Giovanni Morone
    Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy. g.morone@hsantalucia.it.
  • Luca Perrero
    Unit of Neurorehabilitation, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo University Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
  • Michela Agostini
    IRCCS San Camillo, Venice, Italy.
  • Irene Aprile
    Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation, Milan, 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.
  • Daniele Giansanti
    Centro Nazionale TISP, Istituto Superiore di Sanità; Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, 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 M 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.
  • 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.