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Humanoid Robot Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe Brain Injury: A Pilot Study

Severe acquired brain injury (SABI) is a major global public health problem and a source of disability. A major contributor to disability after SABI is limited access to multidisciplinary rehabilitation, despite evidence of sustained functional gains, improved quality of life, increased return to wo...

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Autores principales: Corallo, Francesco, Maresca, Giuseppa, Formica, Caterina, Bonanno, Lilla, Bramanti, Alessia, Parasporo, Nicholas, Giambò, Fabio Mauro, De Cola, Maria Cristina, Lo Buono, Viviana
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9146630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11102940
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author Corallo, Francesco
Maresca, Giuseppa
Formica, Caterina
Bonanno, Lilla
Bramanti, Alessia
Parasporo, Nicholas
Giambò, Fabio Mauro
De Cola, Maria Cristina
Lo Buono, Viviana
author_facet Corallo, Francesco
Maresca, Giuseppa
Formica, Caterina
Bonanno, Lilla
Bramanti, Alessia
Parasporo, Nicholas
Giambò, Fabio Mauro
De Cola, Maria Cristina
Lo Buono, Viviana
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description Severe acquired brain injury (SABI) is a major global public health problem and a source of disability. A major contributor to disability after SABI is limited access to multidisciplinary rehabilitation, despite evidence of sustained functional gains, improved quality of life, increased return to work, and reduced need for long-term care. Twelve patients with a diagnosis of SABI were enrolled and equally divided into two groups: experimental and control. Patients in both groups underwent intensive neurorehabilitation according to the severity of their disabilities (motor, psycho-cognitive, and sensory deficits). However, in the experimental group, the treatment was performed by using a humanoid robot. At baseline, the two groups differed significantly only in Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) scores. Results showed that the experimental treatment had a higher effect than the traditional one on quality of life and mood. In conclusion, this pilot study provides evidence of the possible effects of relational and cognitive stimulation in more severely brain-injured patients.
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spelling pubmed-91466302022-05-29 Humanoid Robot Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe Brain Injury: A Pilot Study Corallo, Francesco Maresca, Giuseppa Formica, Caterina Bonanno, Lilla Bramanti, Alessia Parasporo, Nicholas Giambò, Fabio Mauro De Cola, Maria Cristina Lo Buono, Viviana J Clin Med Article Severe acquired brain injury (SABI) is a major global public health problem and a source of disability. A major contributor to disability after SABI is limited access to multidisciplinary rehabilitation, despite evidence of sustained functional gains, improved quality of life, increased return to work, and reduced need for long-term care. Twelve patients with a diagnosis of SABI were enrolled and equally divided into two groups: experimental and control. Patients in both groups underwent intensive neurorehabilitation according to the severity of their disabilities (motor, psycho-cognitive, and sensory deficits). However, in the experimental group, the treatment was performed by using a humanoid robot. At baseline, the two groups differed significantly only in Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) scores. Results showed that the experimental treatment had a higher effect than the traditional one on quality of life and mood. In conclusion, this pilot study provides evidence of the possible effects of relational and cognitive stimulation in more severely brain-injured patients. MDPI 2022-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9146630/ /pubmed/35629068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11102940 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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De Cola, Maria Cristina
Lo Buono, Viviana
Humanoid Robot Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe Brain Injury: A Pilot Study
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title_fullStr Humanoid Robot Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe Brain Injury: A Pilot Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9146630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11102940
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