Publications by authors named "Federico Spinelli"
Introduction: Most patients suffering from neurological disorders endure varying degrees of upper limb dysfunction, limiting their everyday activities, with only a limited number regaining full arm use. Robotic and technological rehabilitation has been demonstrated to be a feasible solution to guarantee an effective rehabilitation to recover upper limb performance or to prevent complications of upper limb immobility. However, there is currently a lack of studies which analyze the sustainability of robotic and technological rehabilitation by comparing its costs to conventional rehabilitation pathways.
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- The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF) copy task is commonly used to evaluate drawing skills in both children and adults, but current scoring methods don’t separate the different skills involved.
- A new tablet-based version of the ROCF task was tested on 94 healthy children aged 7 to 11, providing quantitative measures that differentiate visuo-constructional, organizational, and motor skills during the drawing process.
- The study established distinct dimensions of drawing through principal component analysis and found that each skill can be measured individually, offering insights into how these skills develop as children age compared to adults.