title: Robotics in shoulder rehabilitation.
abstract: In the last few decades, several researches have been conducted in the field of robotic rehabilitation to meet the intensive, repetitive and task-oriented training, with the goal to recover the motor function. Up to now, robotic rehabilitation studies of the upper extremity have generally focused on stroke survivors leaving less explored the field of orthopaedic shoulder rehabilitation. In this review we analyse the present status of robotic technologies, in order to understand which are the current indications and which may be the future perspective for their application in both neurological and orthopaedic shoulder rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, D. Cervesi Hospital, Cattolica, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sicuri
authors.affiliation: Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, D. Cervesi Hospital, Cattolica, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Porcellini
authors.affiliation: Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, D. Cervesi Hospital, Cattolica, Italy ; Biomechanics Laboratory "Marco Simoncelli", D. Cervesi Hospital, Cattolica, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merolla
keywords: rehabilitation; robotic; shoulder; upper limb