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Alessio Baricich

Full Professor

Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Full Professor in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; Head of Rehabilitation Unit - IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (MI)

E-mail

alessio.baricich@hunimed.eu

Education

Medicine Degree (2002, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara)
Residency Program in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (2006, Università degli Studi di Milano)
Master in Pain Medicine (2015, Università di Torino)
PhD in Medical Sciences and Biotechnology (2018, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara)

Membership and leadership roles

UEMS – European Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellow since 2017
Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine (SIMFER) member of the research group for Stroke Rehabilitation
Italian Society of Neurological Rehabilitation (SIRN) Board of Directors member from 2013 to 2022
Italian Society of Neurological Rehabilitation (SIRN) Vice-president from 2022 to 2024
Incoming President of Italian Society for Neurological Rehabilitation – SIRN (2026-2028)
Member of the General Assembly of the Italian Alliance for Cardio-Cerebrovascular Diseases of the Ministry of Health-Directorate General of Health Prevention

Previous academic positions

October 2018 – September 2021: Assistant Professor in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale , Novara, Italy
October 2021 – August 2024: Associate Professor in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Research areas

Stroke rehabilitation
Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Spasticity and movement disorders pathophysiology and rehabilitation
Pathophysiology of muscle changes in neurological diseases

Editorial board member in academic journals (European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Neurology – Section Neurorehabilitation, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience – Section Motor Neuroscience)

Member of the working group of the Consensus Conference “Intrathecal therapies for spasticity in adults with spinal cord injury” – SIMFER (Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine), Italian Society of Neurorehabilitation (SIRN) and SIMS (Italian Spinal Cord Society).

Member of the working group of the SIMFER-SIRN National Consensus Conference “CICERONE – Rehabilitation assisted by robots and electromechanical devices for people with neurological disabilities.”

Baricich A, Battaglia M, Borg MB, Loro A, Morlino P, Cosenza L, Bertoni M, Picelli A, Santamato A, Deltombe T.
Multiple sclerosis and spasticity: the role of anaesthetic nerve blocks on rectus femoris muscle. When should stiff knee be treated with botulinum toxin? J Rehabil Med. 2024 Aug 5;56:jrm40437. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v56.40437. PMID: 39101677
Baricich A, Borg MB, Cuneo D, Cadario E, Azzolina D, Balbo PE, Bellan M, Zeppegno P, Pirisi M, Cisari C; No-more Covid Group. Midterm functional sequelae and implications in rehabilitation after COVID-19: a cross-sectional study. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Apr;57(2):199-207. doi: 10.23736/S1973- 9087.21.06699-5. Epub 2021 Feb 10. PMID: 33565741
Baricich A, Picelli A, Carda S, Smania N, Cisari C, Santamato A, de Sire A, Invernizzi M. Electrical stimulation of antagonist muscles after botulinum toxin type A for post- stroke spastic equinus foot. A randomized, single-blind pilot study. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2019 Jul;62(4):214-219. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2019.06.002. Epub 2019 Jun 19. PMID: 31228593
Invernizzi M, Negrini S, Carda S, Lanzotti L, Cisari C, Baricich A. The value of adding mirror therapy for upper limb motor recovery of subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2013 Jun;49(3):311-7.
Baricich A, Carda S, Bertoni M, Maderna L, Cisari C. A single-blinded, randomised pilot study of botulinum toxin type A combined with non-pharmacological treatment for spastic foot. J Rehabil Med. 2008 Nov;40(10):870-2. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0251.