Effect of verticalization with Erigo® in the acute rehabilitation of severe acquired brain injury

• Published in: Neurological sciences Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 2073 - 2080
• Main Authors: Ancona, Emilio, Quarenghi, Annamaria, Simonini, Marcello, Saggini, Raoul, Mazzoleni, Stefano, De Tanti, Antonio, Saviola, Donatella, Salvi, Giovanni Pietro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brain Injuries - rehabilitation; Brain injury; Complications; Female; Humans; Hypotension; Immobilization; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurological Rehabilitation - instrumentation; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Orthostatic Intolerance - epidemiology; Orthostatic Intolerance - etiology; Patient Positioning - adverse effects; Patient Positioning - instrumentation; Posture; Psychiatry; Rehabilitation; Robotics - instrumentation; Robots; Syncope; Tachycardia; Traumatic brain injury; Young Adult; sABI; Acute rehabilitation; Severe acquired brain injury; Erigo; Robotics; Verticalization

The recovery of the orthostatism after a severe acquired brain injury (sABI) is an essential objective to pursue in order to avoid the occurrence of secondary complications resulting from prolonged immobilization to which the patient is subjected during the acute phase. This randomized controlled tr...