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Editorial
. 2020 Dec 30;9(1):26.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare9010026.

The Rehabilitation and the Robotics: Are They Going Together Well?

Daniele Giansanti  1
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Editorial

The Rehabilitation and the Robotics: Are They Going Together Well?

Daniele Giansanti. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The following problems have always existed in rehabilitation [1]:Operational and functional reorganization from a cerebral point of view and motor recovery seem to require therapies that require an important use of the limb associated with an innovative type of learning and/or ability with regard to new motor skills [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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