Telemonitoring of Patients With Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study.

Telehealth systems have shown success in the remote management of several neurological disorders, but there is a paucity of evidence in disorders of consciousness (DOC). In this study, we explore the effectiveness of a new telemonitoring system, for monitoring Vegetative State (VS) and Minimally Conscious State (MCS) patients. This was a prospective, mono-center randomized controlled study.

A body-weight-supported visual feedback system for gait recovering in stroke patients: A randomized controlled study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a novel body-weight-supported (BWS) gait training system with visual feedback, called Copernicus® (Rehalife, Italy). This computerized device provides comfortable, regular and repeatable locomotion in hemiplegic patients. Through visual real-time monitoring of gait parameters, patients are trained to transfer weight loading alternately on both feet.

The assessment of trunk recovery in stroke patients using 3D kinematic measures.

The kinematic analysis of trunk recovery in patients with stroke has sparsely been investigated. This study is aimed at evaluating the validity of a kinematic system for measuring trunk movements. Forty-five right-handed stroke patients in the post-acute phase were assessed in a within-subject design, before and after intensive conventional neurorehabilitation treatment.

Data on a new neurorehabilitation approach targeting functional recovery in stroke patients.

Robotic-assisted devices are known to positively affect the recovery of one specific motor effector after stroke. However, it has widely been reported that the functional status of patients is only partially ameliorated after application of this kind of advanced treatment. Here, data about the effect of a new rehabilitation approach has been described in a large population of stroke patients.

The Reliability of the Progression of Autonomies Scale Applied on Acquired Brain Injured Patients.

The Progression of Autonomies Scale (PAS) is a behavioral scale useful to assess the autonomy levels in acquired brain-injured patients. It provides a broad profile, assessing different domains of human activities ranging from personal, domestic, and extradomestic autonomies. This cross-sectional study is aimed at evaluating the reliability of this scale on a large cohort of acquired brain injury (ABI) patients.

The cooking therapy for cognitive rehabilitation of cerebellar damage: A case report and a review of the literature.

Background And Importance: The therapeutic approach for cerebellar damages heavily relies on neurorehabilitation since there are no medications that may improve clinical symptoms mainly those related to cognitive dysfunctions. Nevertheless, neurorehabilitation programs tailored to cerebellar damages have never been validated. Here we describe a new rehabilitation approach based on cooking training (CT).

Exoskeleton-Robot Assisted Therapy in Stroke Patients: A Lesion Mapping Study.

: Technology-supported rehabilitation is emerging as a solution to support therapists in providing a high-intensity, repetitive and task-specific treatment, aimed at improving stroke recovery. End-effector robotic devices are known to positively affect the recovery of arm functions, however there is a lack of evidence regarding exoskeletons. This paper evaluates the impact of cerebral lesion load on the response to a validated robotic-assisted rehabilitation protocol.

A new treatment in the rehabilitation of the paretic upper limb after stroke: the ARAMIS prototype and treatment protocol.

Background: In recent years, as part of the rehabilitation of post stroke patients, the use of robotic technologies to improve recovery of upper limb has become more widespread. The Automatic Recovery Arm Motility Integrated System (ARAMIS) is a concept robot and prototype designed to promote the functional interaction of the arms in the neurorehabilitation of the paretic upper limb. Two computer-controlled, symmetric and interacting exoskeletons compensate for the inadequate strength and accuracy of the paretic arm and the effect of gravity during rehabilitation.

Nutritional parameters predicting pressure ulcers and short-term mortality in patients with minimal conscious state as a result of traumatic and non-traumatic acquired brain injury.

Background: The association between malnutrition and worse outcomes as pressure ulcers and mortality is well established in a variety of setting. Currently none investigation was conducted in patients with long-term consequences of the acquired brain injury in which recovery from brain injury could be influenced by secondary complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between various nutritional status parameters (in particular albumin) and pressure ulcers formation and short-term mortality in minimal conscious state patients.