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

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation
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Abstract

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.

Authors

  • Enrico Castelli
  • Elena Beretta
    Acquired Brain Injury Unit, Scientific Institute "E. Medea", Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy. Electronic address: elena.beretta@bp.lnf.it.
  • Antonio De Tanti
    "Cardinal Ferrari" Rehabilitation Centre, "Santo Stefano" Riabilitazione, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy.
  • Francesca Arduini
    Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
  • Emilia Biffi
    Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini, Italy.
  • Alessandra Colazza
    Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Neurorehabilitation Units, Rome, Italy.
  • Chiara Di Pede
    IRCCS Eugenio Medea, La Nostra Famiglia, Ponte Lambro, Italy.
  • Andrea Guzzetta
    Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
  • Ludovica Lucarini
    USL Umbria 2, Terni, Italy.
  • Irene Maghini
    Department of Women's and Children's Health, Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Service, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
  • Martina Mandalà
    IRCCS Santa Maria Nascente - Fondazione Don C. Gnocchi, Milan, Italy.
  • Maurizio Nespoli
    AORN Santobono Pausilipon, Naples, Italy.
  • Claudia Pavarelli
    Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Department, Ferrara University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.
  • Francesca Policastro
    Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
  • Marco Polverelli
    Dipartimento Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy.
  • Andrea Rossi
    ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Ospedale dei Bambini, Brescia, Italy.
  • Giuseppina Sgandurra
    Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, 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.
  • Stefano Mazzoleni
    The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
  • Federico Posteraro
  • Paolo Benanti
    Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy.
  • 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 Mazzon
    AULSS6 Euganea Padova - Distretto 4, Padua, Italy.
  • Franco Molteni
    Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Via Nazario Sauro 17, 23845 Costa Masnaga, Italy.
  • Giovanni Morone
    Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy. g.morone@hsantalucia.it.
  • 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.
  • Michele Senatore
    AITO (Associazione Italiana Terapisti Occupazionali), Rome, Italy.
  • Giuseppe Turchetti
    Institute of ManagementScuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
  • Donatella Saviola
    "Cardinal Ferrari" Rehabilitation Centre, "Santo Stefano" Riabilitazione, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy.