Conceptual design of a biped-wheeled wearable machine for ALS patients

Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo¹, Francesca Di Pede², Luca Solero², Angelo Nicolì³, Alessandra Russo³, Paolo Fiorini¹, Adriano Chiò^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² ALS Centre, 'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
³ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁴ SC Neurologia 1U, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁵ Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, C.N.R., Rome, Italy.
⁶ Neuroscience Institute of Turin (NIT), Turin, Italy.
⁷ ALS Centre, 'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy. antonio.canosa@unito.it.
⁸ SC Neurologia 1U, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy. antonio.canosa@unito.it.
⁹ Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, C.N.R., Rome, Italy. antonio.canosa@unito.it.

^# Contributed equally.

Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo et al. J Neurol. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;270(7):3632-3636.

doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11678-2. Epub 2023 Apr 3.

Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo¹, Francesca Di Pede², Luca Solero², Angelo Nicolì³, Alessandra Russo³, Paolo Fiorini¹, Adriano Chiò^{2

4

5

6}, Andrea Calvo^#^{2

4

6}, Antonio Canosa^#^{7

8

9}

¹ Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² ALS Centre, 'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
³ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁴ SC Neurologia 1U, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁵ Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, C.N.R., Rome, Italy.
⁶ Neuroscience Institute of Turin (NIT), Turin, Italy.
⁷ ALS Centre, 'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy. antonio.canosa@unito.it.
⁸ SC Neurologia 1U, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy. antonio.canosa@unito.it.
⁹ Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, C.N.R., Rome, Italy. antonio.canosa@unito.it.

^# Contributed equally.

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