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Tuscan genius donates Angel's Wings to Campostaggia

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(Corriere di Siena – November 19, 2024)

[...] It was donated by the Arnolfo di Cambio Cultural Association to Campostaggia Hospital, which will use it in the rehabilitation gym. Regional Health Councillor Simone Bezzini attended the handover ceremony. Patented in 2013, Angel's Wings has passed...

Campostaggia Hospital, new Angel's Wings device for rehabilitation gymnasium

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(RadioSienaTV - November 16, 2024)

Thanks to a generous donation from the Arnolfo di Cambio Association, chaired by Fabio Cantini, the rehabilitation gym at Campostaggia Hospital has a new device, the Angel's Wings, a jewel of a biomedical nature.

Angel's Wings is a device capable of providing benefits for shoulder posture, back and general mobility. Useful for people struggling with muscular disorders of the trunk and scapular girdle. One of the biomedical engineers who designed the instrument, Enrico Matteo Messa said, “It's a machine that has been tested on top athletes, such as Gregorio Paltrinieri. Then we adapted it and validated it clinically for those with Parkinson's disease”.

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A special donation in support of Campostaggia. Here are the 'Angel's Wings'

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(LA NAZIONE Siena – November 16, 2024)

Great generosity from the local 'Arnolfo di Cambio' association. These are two mechanical wings that help patients in certain therapies.

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[...] two mechanical wings to help patients in certain particular medical therapies. We are talking about the 'Angel's Wings' rehabilitation equipment that has been donated to Campostaggia Hospital in Poggibonsi by the local 'Arnolfo di Cambio' association, the initiator of the collection to purchase the special and valuable machinery in the field of rehabilitation.

The crowded unveiling ceremony was held in the rehabilitation gymnasium spaces of the Campostaggia Hospital Pavilion. “Angel's Wings” is a device capable of providing benefits for shoulder posture, back and general mobility. Useful for people struggling with muscle disorders of the trunk and scapular girdle. Speaking, emphasizing the goodness of the initiative, were Fabio Cantini, president of the Arnolfo di Cambio Association, Simone Bezzini, alderman for the right to health and health care of the Region of Tuscany, the director of the District Zone/Health Society Alta Valdelsa, Biancamaria Rossi, and the director of the Professional Operational Unit of Functional Rehabilitation Valdelsa, within the Asl Toscana Sudest, Santi Centorrino. In the presence of the director of Campostaggia Hospital, Lucia Grazia Campanile. To the two brothers, but also colleagues, Luca Valerio and Enrico Matteo Messa, both biomedical engineers, specializing respectively in neuroengineering and rehabilitation engineering, creators and developers of this project, the task...

PROSPETTIVA MAREMMA - Parkinson's and Angel's Wings, a new technology for recovery

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(TV9 TELEMAREMMA - November 7, 2024)

On the Nov. 7, 2024 episode of "Prospettiva Maremma", biomedical engineers Luca Valerio Messa and Enrico Matteo Messa, founders of MuSclE - Medical & Sport Engineering, shared their innovative approach to supporting people with Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

During the broadcast, they discussed the book The Parkinsonian Athlete - Beyond The Limits, which explores an innovative methodological approach to Parkinson's disease, and the patented Angel's Wings method, a device that has already helped improve the quality of life for many users. During the episode, physicians and professors offered first-hand accounts of the results obtained with Angel's Wings, while Roberto Vannucchi recounted his own personal experience with this method, emphasizing its benefits.

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Luca Valerio and Enrico Matteo Messa on TV9

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(LA NAZIONE Grosseto - November 7, 2024)

On TV9 (channel 13), in Giancarlo Capecchi's live column that airs weekly at 9:25 p.m., biomedical engineers and founders of MuSclE, Luca Valerio and Enrico Matteo Messa talk about their work in the field of motor rehabilitation and applied health technologies. During the broadcast, the two brothers present Angel's Wings, the innovative device developed by MuSclE for functional support of people with Parkinson's disease. An opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of technology in the management of Parkinson's disease and to highlight the positive impact Angel's Wings is having, both in the medical and sports fields.

TELETRURIA TG SERVICE - New machinery for parkinsionians at the Parkinson's Association of Arezzo

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(TELETRURIA - October 12, 2024)

10/12/2024 - The A.P.AR ("Associazione Parkinson Arezzo", Parkinson Association of Arezzo (AR), Toscana, Italy) has been equipped with a new machine, thanks to the essential contribution of the Porta S. Andrea Neighborhood.

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Doors open at A.PA.R. to try out “Angel's Wings”, a device for the well-being of sick and non-sick alike

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(AREZZONOTIZIE - October 11, 2024)

The Parkinsonian Association has purchased a state-of-the-art instrument for the benefit of sick people, but also of the entire citizenry (an instrument used by athletes and pilots). [...] The initiative was taken to present not only to members, but to the entire citizenry, the arrival and commissioning of Angel's Wings, a brand new generation instrument that can help all those who need to keep fit. So not only individuals with Parkinson's disease...

The Creation of Adam and the anatomy of the soul according to Galen: a new hypothesis concerning the famous Renaissance work

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(Close-up Engineering / Biomedical CuE section - May 1, 2024)

The link between Art and Science has always fascinated scholars from different eras and disciplines. Among the works most studied by the scientific community are undoubtedly those of the master Michelangelo Buonarroti, but among them one in particular has always captured the collective imagination...

"The Parkinsonian Athlete" in "OK Salute e Benessere" of September 2021

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(OK Salute e Benessere - August 27, 2021)

In the September 2021 issue of OK Salute e Benessere, on page 111 ("Your Readings"), the book "The Parkinsonian Athlete" is mentioned among reviews of new books in bookstores. The Angel's Wings device is also mentioned.

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Life as an athlete with Parkinson's: the daily role of functional biomechanics

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(IngegneriaBiomedica.org - June 26, 2021)

Parkinson's studies continue unstoppably. Leading the way are Italians Luca Valerio and Enrico Matteo Messa, brothers and both biomedical engineering graduates. In addition to their extraordinary work with Angel's Wings, they have also recently written a book entitled "L'Atleta Parkinsoniano", with which they try to spread a new point of view - that of the...

The Sienese Messa publish a book with a preface by the Siena Parkinson's Association

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(Gazzetta di Siena - May 13, 2021)

The book written by the two brothers from Siena describes the Parkinsonian individual as "an athlete whose goal is not to compete, but to compete with the disease." The book "The Parkinsonian Athlete. Thoughts, ideas and practical advice on the concept of functional biomechanics in Parkinson's disease" written by two brothers from Siena, Luca Valerio and Enrico Matteo Messa, both Biomedical Engineers, and published by...

A book tells us who the "parkinsonian athlete" is

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(Siena News - May 12, 2021)

It bears the signature of two brothers from Siena, both biomedical engineers - Luca Valerio Messa and Enrico Matteo Messa - one of the most interesting books published in recent months, intriguing and surprising since the title "The Parkinsonian Athlete", BookSprint Editions.

A book that is naturally addressed to people with Parkinson's disease and their families, but not only to them. The agile writing, the understandable language, the constant references to direct experiences of people who have chosen this method of training, make it an interesting story for everyone, since the starting point: "the Parkinsonian subject can be considered as an athlete, whose goal...

The Parkinsonian Athlete: interview with the authors

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(BookSprint Editions / Blog - April 20, 2021)

Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself, about your life. Where do you come from? How and when did you decide to become writers?
A: We are both Biomedical Engineers, but before that we are brothers and have always been...

The Parkinsonian Athlete: article on the Publishing House's Blog

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(BookSprint Editions / Blog – April 20, 2021)

"The Parkinsonian Athlete. Thoughts, ideas and practical advices on the concept of functional biomechanics in Parkinson's disease": a title that leaves no doubt about the theme addressed by the two authors Luca Valerio and Enrico Matteo Messa. Published by BookSprint Edizioni, the text can be purchased both in digital and paper format.

In this book the authors face...

Angel's wings: Angel's wings stronger than Parkinson's

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(Close-up Engineering / Biomedical CuE section - February 15, 2020)

Some time ago we told you about a device designed for patients suffering from Parkinson's disease: Angel's Wings. "Angel's Wings" is a "conduit" to return masters of certain actions, or rather, movements, and certain control skills, lost due to Parkinson's disease. The continuous use of Angel's Wings, and in particular of the specific movements that it allows, can bring to...

Parkinson's: there is a machine that relieves its symptoms

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(IngegneriaBiomedica.org - February 1, 2020)

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease from which, only in Italy, are affected about 300,000 people. Subjects suffering from this disease present a specific symptomatology characterized by tremor at rest, rigidity, decreased movements (bradykinesia) and instability of posture and/or gait with the characteristic forward head position, a sign of a biomechanical problem for the Parkinson's...

Angel’s Wings: un dispositivo semplice ma con grandi aspettative

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(Close-up Engineering / Biomedical CuE Section - July 6, 2016)

"Although I have had experience in international sports, the part about improving patients with Parkinson's disease is definitely the most rewarding from a human point of view, because I can see their sincere happiness gratitude and esteem. Sincere friendships have been formed with many of them and these are experiences that...

From Formula 1 to the Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena. Thanks to a patent to re-educate postural muscles, a collaboration between Neuroscience and Neuroengineering is born

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(insalutenews – April 21, 2015)

Conditioning the brain to re-educate it to the correct use of the cervical muscles. This is the objective of a particular machine patented by the neuroengineer...