Roberto Maestri
Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri
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About
Roberto Maestri is a leading biomedical researcher whose work sits at the intersection of neurorehabilitation and quantitative physiology. His primary research areas include heart rate variability (HRV) analysis, autonomic regulation, and innovative rehabilitation strategies for severe neurological conditions. Maestri’s seminal 2011 paper, which demonstrated that non-stationarities in HRV recordings significantly distort short-term spectral and entropy indices (173 citations), fundamentally reshaped how researchers approach autonomic assessment, establishing critical methodological standards. In the clinical realm, he has pioneered early verticalization protocols for severe acquired brain injury patients, showing in a randomized pilot study (96 citations) that very early stepping interventions in the ICU can improve functional and neurological outcomes. His work extends to progressive supranuclear palsy, where his 2017 study (57 citations) validated multidisciplinary rehabilitation approaches, and to spasticity management through localized vibration therapy (47 citations). Maestri has also advanced robot-assisted gait training, demonstrating its motor and psychosocial benefits in real-world settings (39 citations) and optimizing self-selected speed protocols for Parkinson’s disease (32 citations). With over 400 cumulative citations across these key works, Maestri’s contributions bridge rigorous physiological measurement with practical, evidence-based rehabilitation, making him a pivotal figure in translating autonomic science into tangible clinical improvements.
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