Healthcare Innovation Technology Lab

The Health Innovation Technology Lab focuses on the evaluation, development, and implementation of neurorehabilitation paradigms aimed at improving motor performance in patients with neurological disorders. These methods involve priming and augmented feedback techniques, which are critical for functional recovery after central nervous system (CNS) injury, and are combined with state-of-the-art rehabilitation technologies. The aforementioned rehabilitation modalities are also transferred to settings that use the latest telemedicine and tele-rehabilitation tools. To carry out its activities, the laboratory collaborates with other laboratories and departments within Institute (especially with the Clinical Neurophysiology Service), and with external Agencies and Universities.

Activities

Research activities conducted at the Laboratory include:

Promotion, conceptualization, development and clinical testing of virtual reality-based technological devices and robotic systems,
Study of the electrophysiological correlates of motor recovery;
Study of motor control and learning;
Study of functional recovery of the upper limb, balance and gait;
Application of priming techniques aimed at strengthening CNS plasticity;
Development and application of telerehabilitation systems, in order to provide services that guarantee continuity of care to patients after their discharge, offering both motor treatments and highly specialized speech therapy treatments;
Study of motor learning and sensory reorganization mechanisms after CNS injury;
Identification of instrumental biomarkers (e.g. neuroimaging, electromyographic signal) of clinical characteristics and functional recovery in patients with neurological diseases.