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Ivano Bo’s research lies at the intersection of rehabilitation engineering and autonomic physiology, focusing on how robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) can restore motor function and improve cardiovascular health in patients with neurological impairments. His most cited work (49 citations) demonstrated that robotic treadmill training significantly enhances cardiovascular function in individuals with spinal cord injury, a finding that bridges the gap between neurorehabilitation and systemic health. Bo also pioneered the use of advanced signal processing techniques—comparing autoregressive spectral analysis with empirical mode decomposition—to assess heart rate variability during robotic locomotion, offering new tools for evaluating autonomic regulation in real time. His clinical trials further showed that RAGT, when combined with task-oriented physiotherapy, improves gross motor abilities in children with cerebral palsy (13 citations) and benefits patients recovering from stroke and cervical myelopathy. By systematically characterizing the autonomic and cardiovascular responses to robotic orthosis training in both healthy subjects and patient populations, Bo has helped validate RAGT as a dual-purpose intervention: one that not only retrains gait but also restores autonomic balance. His work continues to inform the design of more physiologically responsive rehabilitation protocols.