ArticleBrain sciences2024
Improving Neuroplasticity through Robotic Verticalization Training in Patients with Minimally Conscious State: A Retrospective Study.
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- Effect of Vestibular Stimulation Exercises on Level of Consciousness in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Cureus · 2026Article
- Combined Robotic VErticalization and Lower Limb Mobilization in Patients with Severe Acquired Brain Injury: Protocol of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (VEM-sABI).Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Impact of Gentle Touch Stimulation Combined with Advanced Sensory Stimulation in Patients in a Minimally Conscious State: A Quasi-Randomized Clinical Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neurorehabilitation technologies and functional recovery after brain injury: influence of sex, an integrative review.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
- The clinical complication scale of Fondazione Don Gnocchi for classifying clinical complications in patients with severe acquired brain injury: development and multicenter validation.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Cognitive Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Plus Robotic Verticalization in Minimally Conscious State.Biomedicines · 2024Article
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Abstract
In disorders of consciousness, verticalization is considered an effective type of treatment to improve motor and cognitive recovery. Our purpose is to investigate neurophysiological effects of robotic verticalization training (RVT) in patients with minimally conscious state (MCS). Thirty subjects affected by MCS due to traumatic or vascular brain injury, attending the intensive Neurorehabilitation Unit of the IRCCS Neurolesi (Messina, Italy), were included in this retrospective study. They were equally divided into two groups: the control group (CG) received traditional verticalization with a static bed and the experimental group (EG) received advanced robotic verticalization using the Erigo device. Each patient was evaluated using both clinical scales, including Levels of Cognitive Functioning (LCF) and Functional Independence Measure (FIM), and quantitative EEG pre (T0) and post each treatment (T1). The treatment lasted for eight consecutive weeks, and sessions were held three times a week, in addition to standard neurorehabilitation. In addition to a notable improvement in clinical parameters, such as functional (FIM) (
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