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| Full name | Luigi Tesio |
| Profession | Medical Doctor, MD, Physiatrist |
| Actual professional positions | Full Professor of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Human Physiology, Università degli Studi Head, Clinical Unit and Laboratory of Research of the Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy |
| Short biographical notes (300 words) | Luigi Tesio is MD, specialist and –since 2005- Full Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Director of the School of Specialisation in PM&R at the Università degli Studi in Milan, Italy. He was initially trained as a physiologist in the fields of spinal neurophysiology, human biomechanics, and bio-engineering. He then moved to Rehabilitation Medicine. Since 2003 Luigi Tesio is Director of the clinical Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano in Milan. The Department includes 50 post-acute rehabilitation beds, 80% for neurologic impairments, plus diagnostic services and research labs. Luigi Tesio is following three main research lines at the intersection between basic science and neuro-rehabilitation:1) neuro-mechanical correlations in balance and gait 2) neuro-mechanical correlations in voluntary movement 3) advanced psychometrics in outcome measurement and disability studies. |
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| Medline published papers (number) | 80 |
| Book chapters | 8 |
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| 5 most important Medline papers (copy and paste reference from Medline) | Rota V, Perucca L, Simone A, Tesio L.Walk ratio (step length/cadence) as a summary index of neuromotor control of gait: application to multiple sclerosis.Int J Rehabil Res. 2011 Sep;34(3):265-9. Tesio L.From codes to language: is the ICF a classification system or a dictionary?BMC Public Health. 2011 May 31;11 Suppl 4:S2. No abstract available. Simone A, Rota V, Tesio L, Perucca L.Generic ABILHAND questionnaire can measure manual ability across a variety of motor impairments.Int J Rehabil Res. 2011 Jun;34(2):131-40. Bolognini N, Vallar G, Casati C, Abdul Latif L, El-Nazer R, Williams J, Banco E, Macea DD, Tesio L, Chessa C, Fregni F.Neurophysiological and Behavioral Effects of tDCS Combined With Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Poststroke Patients.Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2011 Jul 29. [Epub ahead of print] Rota V, Perucca L, Simone A, Tesio L.Walk ratio (step length/cadence) as a summary index of neuromotor control of gait: application to multiple sclerosis.Int J Rehabil Res. 2011 Sep;34(3):265-9. |