Raffaele Ranzani awarded for ETH Career Seed Grant
Raffaele Ranzani has been awarded an ETH Career Seed grant to conduct his PostDoc. The project will investigate the feasibility of combined botulinum toxin injections and therapy with a robotic hand orthosis for patients with spasticity after stroke
The goal of the project is to investigate if it is feasible, after botox injections, to use lightweight robotic orthoses, such as the RELab tenoexo, to perform task-oriented hand therapy exercises with minimal external supervision in the hospital or in the home environment. Additionally, it will be investigated if the orthosis brings immediate functional benefits to the user by compensating the muscle weakness induced by the botox injection or the lack of motor control. The project will be conducted in collaboration with the EOC Neurocenter in Lugano.