Giacomo Severini
Harvard University, University College Dublin, Roma Tre University
Papers
13
Total Citations
295
H-Index
8
About
Giacomo Severini is a leading researcher in neurorehabilitation engineering, whose work focuses on robotic therapy for gait and upper-limb recovery after stroke and in cerebral palsy. He is best known for developing the Robotic Gait Rehabilitation (RGR) Trainer, a novel single-actuator mechatronic system that targets secondary gait deviations in stroke survivors by correcting pelvic movement patterns (64 citations). Severini’s research has fundamentally advanced our understanding of motor adaptation, demonstrating through robot-induced perturbations that humans generate selective, context-dependent feedforward and feedback mechanisms during walking (61 and 32 citations). He also pioneered multimodal brain-computer interfaces combined with functional electrical stimulation to suppress pathological tremor (41 citations). As a founding member of the Advanced Robotic Therapy Integrated Centers (ARTIC) network (48 citations), he has fostered international collaboration to translate rehabilitation technologies into clinical practice. His recent work explores muscle synergy analysis to characterize motor recovery and predict treatment responses, offering new insights into the neural mechanisms underlying rehabilitation gains. With a career spanning over a decade and citations exceeding 300, Severini continues to shape the future of robot-assisted therapy, bridging engineering innovation with clinical impact.
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Top Papers
- 1Robotic Gait Rehabilitation Trainer64 citations · 2013
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- 4Multimodal BCI-mediated FES suppression of pathological tremor41 citations · 2010
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