Clinical Protocol for a Pragmatic Trial on a High-Tech Rehabilitation Pathway for Acute Adult Neuromuscular Diseases (Fit4MedRob-Acute MND Project)
The goal of this study is determine if a high-tech rehabilitation circuit is more effective than usual rehabilitation methods in improving functional outcome, particularly balance control, for patients with acute neuromuscolar diseases. The main question it aims to answer is: Are high-tech rehabilitation interventions, including robotic systems, virtual reality, and stabilometric platforms, more effective than traditional rehabilitation methods in improving balance, motor function, fatigue levels, sarcopenia, cognitive engagement, and overall quality of life in patients with acute neuromuscular diseases (NMDs)? Researchers will compare a robotic treatment group, that consists in an high-tech rehabilitation, with a control group, that will receive the traditional rehabilitative treatment.
• Adults with ages ranging from 18 to 80 years.
• Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of acute/subacute neuromuscular diseases (e.g. GBS, CIM, CIP)
• Time of onset ranging from 15 to 30 days
• Patients with lower limb strength (Medical Research Council or MRC) \>=2 in at least two of the flexor and extensor muscles of the following joints: hip, knee and ankle
• Possibility of obtaining informed consent