Arianna Cruciani

TL;DR: Robotic treatment using a set of 4 devices significantly improved UL motor function, activities, and participation in subjects with subacute stroke to the same extent as a similar amount of conventional therapy.

TL;DR: A multidisciplinary team of the Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, an Italian nonprofit foundation, developed a strategy for the implementation of robotic rehabilitation within the FDG centers, and showed that robotic group therapy costs less than half per session in Germany than standard individual arm therapy with equivalent outcomes.

TL;DR: Finger strength (in both flexion and extension) and muscle tone, as provided by a robotic device for hand rehabilitation, are reliable and sensitive measures that could be considered as clinically relevant and used to assess the effect of a rehabilitation treatment in patients with subacute stroke.

TL;DR: All the robotic indices except one provided by a novel robotic device for upper limb rehabilitation are reliable, sensitive and strongly correlated both with motor and disability clinical scales.

TL;DR: PD, MS, and stroke carry a high risk of falls and other predictors include perceived balance confidence and high educational level, which is associated with disease type and confidence with balance.