Loris Pignolo
Papers
18
Total Citations
444
H-Index
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About
Loris Pignolo is a distinguished Italian researcher whose work sits at the dynamic intersection of neuro-rehabilitation, robotics, and assistive technology. With a career spanning over fifteen years, he has made foundational contributions to understanding and advancing robot-assisted therapy for neurological conditions, earning more than 400 citations across his most influential publications. Pignolo is perhaps best known for his pioneering review of robotics in neuro-rehabilitation (2009, 114 citations), which became an essential reference for clinicians exploring robotic upper limb recovery following stroke. His development of ARAMIS — the Automatic Recovery Arm Motility Integrated System — represents a landmark engineering achievement, producing a dual exoskeleton prototype designed to deliver intensive, therapist-guided arm rehabilitation with greater efficiency and precision. This work, spanning multiple publications from 2009 through 2017, reflects his commitment to translating engineering innovation into clinical practice. Beyond stroke recovery, Pignolo has broadened his research to encompass Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, and autism spectrum conditions, demonstrating the versatility of technology-assisted intervention. His more recent investigations into neural plasticity and functional neuroimaging reveal a sophisticated effort to understand *why* robotic rehabilitation works, not merely *that* it does — positioning him as a genuinely integrative thinker in translational neuroscience.
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- 1Robotics in neuro-rehabilitation114 citations · 2009
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- 7The ARAMIS project: A concept robot and technical design24 citations · 2009
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