Cristiano Pecchioli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
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About
Cristiano Pecchioli is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation robotics, with a primary focus on restoring upper limb and gait function in stroke survivors. His work centers on developing and validating robotic devices that provide objective, quantitative assessments of motor impairment, moving beyond subjective clinical scales. Pecchioli’s major contributions include demonstrating the efficacy of robot-mediated therapy for the upper limb in subacute stroke, as evidenced by his highly cited 2019 multicenter randomized clinical trial (134 citations). He has also pioneered the use of robotic indices for reliable and valid measurement of hand and arm function, as shown in his 2020 (85 citations) and 2018 (60 citations) papers. Beyond the upper limb, Pecchioli has investigated end-effector robots for gait training and combined robotic balance therapy, with a 2022 randomized trial (23 citations) showing promising results. His work also addresses practical implementation, proposing new organizational models like the “robotAREA” to improve the efficiency and sustainability of robotic rehabilitation in clinical settings. With over 400 total citations, Pecchioli’s research is instrumental in translating robotic technology from the lab into effective, evidence-based clinical practice.
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