BRICHETTO G.

Handwriting is a complex activity including motor planning and visuomotor integration and referring to some brain areas identified as "writing centers." Although temporal features of handwriting are as important as spatial ones, to our knowledge, there is no evidence of the description of specific brain areas associated with handwriting tempo....

Background: Robotic devices are known to provide pivotal parameters to assess motor functions in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) as dynamic balance. However, there is still a lack of validation studies comparing innovative technologies with standard solutions. Thus, this study's aim was to compare the postural assessment of fifty people with MS (PwMS)...

La diagnosi di sclerosi multipla (SM) è posta frequentemente tra i 20 e i 30 anni, cioè durante gli anni di vita in cui si entra o si è attivi nel mondo del lavoro. La progressione della malattia, sintomi quali fatica, alterazioni dell'equilibrio, disturbi cognitivi, difficoltà di deambulazione e di manipolazione impattano fortemente sulla...

bacKGround: impaired upper limb functionality and dexterity are common in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMs) and lead to increased dependency and reduced quality of life. aiM: the aim of this study was to compare the ability of the Manual abilites Measure 36 (MaM-36) and the abilhand questionnaire to recognize an involvement of the upper...

Background: In Multiple Sclerosis, it has been demonstrated that balance is related to performances in walking tasks at different levels of complexity. However, it is unknown how the different sensory systems involved in balance control contribute to walking. This observational study investigates the associations between somatosensory,...

Introduction Balance disorders are common in people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) and, together with other impairments and disabilities, often prevent PwMS from performing their daily living activities. Besides clinical scales and performance tests, robotic platforms can provide more sensitive, specific, and objective monitoring. Validated...

Action observation is known to enhance sensorimotor system activation, and such effect has been linked to neural priming and response facilitation mechanisms. This facilitation effect, however, has been primarily studied by focusing on high-level motor proficiency, whereas evidence on the effect of observing poorly performed actions is still...