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Marco Laubacher’s research lies at the intersection of rehabilitation engineering and cardiopulmonary physiology, with a focus on robotics-assisted technologies for individuals with neurological impairments. His major contributions center on developing and validating novel methods for exercise testing and training using robotics-assisted tilt tables (RATT). In his most-cited work (18 citations), Laubacher pioneered a work-rate-guided approach to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury, demonstrating that RATT technology can enable early rehabilitation while mitigating secondary complications of prolonged bed rest. He further established the comparative validity of RATT-based assessments by showing that peak cardiopulmonary performance parameters obtained on the tilt table are comparable to those from conventional cycle and treadmill ergometry (12 citations). Laubacher’s research also explored submaximal exercise thresholds (7 citations) and confirmed the feasibility of RATT for peak cardiopulmonary testing in able-bodied subjects (3 citations). More recently, he has contributed to the design of specialized dynamometers for evaluating functional electrical stimulation strategies (2 citations). Collectively, his work has advanced the clinical utility of robotics-assisted rehabilitation by providing evidence-based frameworks for safe, effective cardiopulmonary assessment in populations with limited mobility.