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.