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Leopoldo Trieste is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neurorehabilitation, health economics, and robotics policy. His work critically examines why robot-mediated therapies for upper-limb recovery, despite demonstrated clinical effectiveness, face barriers to real-world adoption—a key insight from his highly cited 2014 paper (111 citations). Trieste’s contributions extend beyond clinical efficacy to the economic and organizational sustainability of rehabilitation technologies. He led a landmark Italian real-world data cost analysis (2024, 14 citations) comparing technological versus conventional rehabilitation, providing crucial evidence for healthcare decision-makers. Notably, his 2016 work on robot insurance (41 citations) broke new ground by addressing the legal and financial risks of robotic deployment, asking who should bear insurance costs. Currently, Trieste is advancing the field through the STROKEFIT4 multicentre trial protocol (2025), a pragmatic study evaluating the effectiveness, acceptability, usability, and economic-organisational sustainability of Robots and Allied Digital Technologies from subacute to chronic stroke phases. His interdisciplinary approach—bridging clinical rehabilitation, health technology assessment, and robotics policy—makes him a vital voice for translating innovation into practice.