Letizia Leocani
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Papers
5
Total Citations
1,593
H-Index
4
About
Letizia Leocani is a leading clinical neurophysiologist whose work bridges fundamental brain science with transformative clinical applications. Her primary research focuses on non-invasive brain stimulation, particularly transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and its safe, ethical deployment in both healthy subjects and patient populations. She made a landmark contribution to the field by co-authoring the 2020 expert guidelines on TMS safety, training, and regulatory issues—a consensus document promoted by the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology that has amassed over 1,470 citations and become the global standard for practitioners. Beyond safety protocols, Leocani has explored the neural dynamics of human-robot interaction, using EEG coherence to map how a surgeon’s brain coordinates motor areas during robotic surgery. Her work also addresses urgent clinical needs, as seen in her influential perspective on neurorehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that disability care cannot be postponed. Through robot-assisted assessments of sensorimotor control, she has advanced objective, technology-driven rehabilitation metrics. Leocani’s research not only shapes international guidelines but also pushes the frontier of how we understand and restore human movement.
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Top Papers
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- 2Disability through COVID‐19 pandemic: neurorehabilitation cannot wait89 citations · 2020
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- 5Robot-assisted assessment of sensorimotor control: A case study4 citations · 2009