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Domenica Le Pera is affiliated with San Raffaele University of Rome in Italy. Their research focuses primarily in the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on several subfields including Neurology, Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Epidemiology, and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy, and Rehabilitation.

The scientific topics covered by their work include:

  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments

Among Domenica Le Pera's recent published papers are the following:

  • "Gait Recovery with an Overground Powered Exoskeleton: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Subacute Stroke Subjects", 2021, Brain Sciences
  • "Early and sustained efficacy of fremanezumab over 24-weeks in migraine patients with multiple preventive treatment failures: the multicenter, prospective, real-life FRIEND2 study", 2023, The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • "Effect of balance training using virtual reality-based serious games in individuals with total knee replacement: A randomized controlled trial", 2022, Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
  • "Baseline robot-measured kinematic metrics predict discharge rehabilitation outcomes in individuals with subacute stroke", 2022, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • "Non-invasive brain stimulation in cognitive sciences and Alzheimer's disease", 2025, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Domenica Le Pera frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Brain Sciences
  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Michela Goffredo
  • Sanaz Pournajaf
  • Marco Franceschini
  • Daniele Galafate
  • Stefania Proietti

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of motor system excitability at cortical and spinal level by tonic muscle pain

    Domenica Le Pera;Domenica Le Pera;Thomas Graven-Nielsen;Massimiliano Valeriani;Antonio Oliviero

  • Learning potentiates neurophysiological and behavioral placebo analgesic responses.

    Luana Colloca;Michele Tinazzi;Serena Recchia;Domenica Le Pera

  • Unmyelinated trigeminal pathways as assessed by laser stimuli in humans.

    Giorgio Cruccu;E. Pennisi;A. Truini;G. D. Iannetti

  • Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis: The Role of Reorganization in the Central Nervous System

    Georg Dimcevski;Saber A.K. Sami;Peter Funch-Jensen;Domenica Le Pera

  • Pain-related modulation of the human motor cortex.

    Simona Farina;Michele Tinazzi;Domenica Le Pera;Massimiliano Valeriani

  • Inhibition of the human primary motor area by painful heat stimulation of the skin

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Domenico Restuccia;Vincenzo Di Lazzaro;Antonio Oliviero

  • Seeing the pain of others while being in pain: A laser-evoked potentials study

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Viviana Betti;Domenica Le Pera;Liala De Armas

  • Sources of cortical responses to painful CO(2) laser skin stimulation of the hand and foot in the human brain.

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Domenico Restuccia;Carmen Barba;Domenica Le Pera

  • Dipolar modelling of the scalp evoked potentials to painful contact heat stimulation of the human skin

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Domenica Le Pera;David Niddam;Andrew C.N Chen

  • Abnormal processing of the nociceptive input in Parkinson’s disease: A study with CO2 laser evoked potentials

    Michele Tinazzi;Claudia Del Vesco;Giovanni Defazio;Emiliana Fincati

  • Abnormal cortical pain processing in patients with cardiac syndrome X.

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Alfonso Sestito;Domenica Le Pera;Liala De Armas

  • Characterizing somatosensory evoked potential sources with dipole models: advantages and limitations.

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Domenica Le Pera;Pietro Tonali;Pietro Tonali

  • Functional changes of the primary somatosensory cortex in patients with unilateral cerebellar lesions

    Domenico Restuccia;M. Valeriani;C. Barba;D. Le Pera

  • Long-lasting effect evoked by tonic muscle pain on parietal EEG activity in humans.

    Domenica Le Pera;Domenica Le Pera;Peter Svensson;Massimiliano Valeriani;Ippei Watanabe

  • Short-term plastic changes of the human nociceptive system following acute pain induced by capsaicin

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Lars Arendt-Nielsen;Domenica Le Pera;Domenico Restuccia

  • Inhibition of biceps brachii muscle motor area by painful heat stimulation of the skin.

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Domenico Restuccia;Vincenzo Di Lazzaro;Antonio Oliviero

  • Contact heat evoked potentials to painful and non-painful stimuli: effect of attention towards stimulus properties

    Domenica Le Pera;Massimiliano Valeriani;David Niddam;Andrew C.N. Chen

  • The pathophysiology of giant SEPs in cortical myoclonus: A scalp topography and dipolar source modelling study

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Domenico Restuccia;Vincenzo Di Lazzaro;Domenica Le Pera

  • Dipolar source modeling of somatosensory evoked potentials to painful and nonpainful median nerve stimulation.

    Massimiliano Valeriani;Domenica Le Pera;Domenica Le Pera;David Niddam;Lars Arendt-Nielsen

  • Dipolar sources of the early scalp somatosensory evoked potentials to upper limb stimulation. Effect of increasing stimulus rates

    M Valeriani;D Restuccia;V Di Lazzaro;D Le Pera

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimiliano Valeriani
Massimiliano Valeriani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Domenico Restuccia
Domenico Restuccia Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen Aalborg University
Carmen Barba
Carmen Barba University of Florence
Michele Tinazzi
Michele Tinazzi University of Verona
Andrew C. N. Chen
Andrew C. N. Chen Capital Medical University
François Mauguière
François Mauguière Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Federico Vigevano
Federico Vigevano Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Claudio Del Percio
Claudio Del Percio Sapienza University of Rome

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