Papers
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Total Citations
309
H-Index
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About
Raffaele Ranzani is a robotics and rehabilitation engineering researcher whose work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, assistive technology, and clinical therapy. He has made significant contributions to the development and evaluation of robotic systems for hand function rehabilitation, particularly for individuals recovering from stroke and those living with spinal cord injury. His most influential work — a randomized controlled trial on neurocognitive robot-assisted hand rehabilitation in subacute stroke patients (2020, 107 citations) — demonstrated the clinical potential of integrating sensorimotor training with robotic devices, helping establish a rigorous evidence base for the field. Ranzani has been a persistent advocate for unsupervised, minimally supervised, and home-based robotic therapy platforms, addressing the critical problem of insufficient therapy dose in post-stroke recovery. His research also tackles practical clinical challenges, including muscle tone monitoring during intensive robotic sessions and automatic personalization of therapy parameters. Additional work on wearable robotic hand orthoses and underwater docking systems reveals a broader engineering versatility. With over 280 cumulative citations, Ranzani's research meaningfully advances the goal of accessible, autonomous, and patient-centered robotic rehabilitation.
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- 2Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function34 citations · 2018
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- 4Towards docking for small scale underwater robots26 citations · 2014
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