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More than any other branch in the medical field, Rehabilitation Medicine focuses on optimizing human functioning, one of the pillars of healthcare recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
High-tech devices have become an integral part of modern Rehabilitation Medicine. Technology has a wide range of applications, including exoskeletons that enable patients with lower limb paralysis to regain the ability to stand and walking, prosthetic limbs equipped with sensors that allow patients to experience sensorimotor feedback, implantable neuromodulation systems for restoring motor control of the upper and lower limbs, and virtual reality for cognitive and physical training.
The understanding of biological epigenetic effects resulting from various multimodal high-tech rehabilitation treatments is steadily advancing. At the same time, telecommunications, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) will play an increasingly prominent role in this field by monitoring the patient's real-life activities and optimizing long-term rehab management. Innovating and developing rehabilitation devices will make functional recovery an achievable goal for an ever-increasing number of people. Connected care and smart health will be available to develop disruptive and sustainable models of patient-centered healthcare organizations.
Franco Molteni
Dr. Franco Molteni was born in Cantù, Italy, and earned his medical degree in 1981 from the
University of Milan, where he completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in
1984. In the years immediately following, he began collaborating with several institutions, including the
Unione Italiana Lotta alla Distrofia Muscolare, Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, and Jefferson Moss-
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, USA.
Since 2004, Dr. Molteni has served as the Clinical Director of the Villa Beretta Rehabilitation
Center in Costa Masnaga (LC), a facility of the Ospedale Valduce in Como, and has played a crucial
role in establishing the Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Research Innovation Institute.
Dr. Molteni has forty years of experience in Rehabilitation Medicine, with a special interest
in instrumental movement analysis and the impact of innovative multimodal rehabilitation
treatments using advanced technologies such as robotics, deep brain stimulation, and functional
electrical stimulation. These treatments are combined with pharmacological and surgical procedures to
manage neuromodulation and stimulate neuroplasticity.
Under his supervision, the Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center and Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Research
Innovation Institute have been conducting several significant research programs in collaboration
with national institutions such as Politecnico of Milan, the National Council of Research (CNR),
the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), and the BioRobotics Institute in Pisa, as well as
international institutions including EPFL in Lausanne, the University of Vienna, and Imperial College
in London.
Some of the research programs from the last three years include Transforming Health and Care
Systems - THCS (co-funded by the European Commission), Fit for Medical Robotics - Fit4MedRob
(funded by the Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca), Incognito 2 (funded by CARIPLO and
Carigest Foundations), and ReHyb (funded by the European Commission).
Dr. Molteni is a member of several prestigious scientific institutions, such as the International
Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, the Royal Belgian Society of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, the Italian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Italian Society of
Neurorehabilitation.
He is also an Associate Researcher at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and Co-Director of
the Master Politecnico of Milan Rehab Tech: Technologies for Innovation in Rehabilitation Medicine
and Assistance.
He currently serves as a Scientific Advisory Board Member for Hemera Pharma in Italy, Merz Pharma
in Germany, and several Hi-Tech Companies, including Dessintey in France and IUVO in Italy.
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