About the Authors

Luisa Vinciguerra

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Neurology Department and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Giuseppe Lanza

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

giuseppe.lanza1@unict.it

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Department of Neurology IC, Oasi Research Institute – IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Valentina Puglisi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Neurology Department and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Manuela Pennisi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Mariagiovanna Cantone

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Neurology Department, “Sant’Elia” Hospital, ASP Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Italy

Alessia Bramanti

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino Pulejo”, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems (ISASI), Messina, Italy

Giovanni Pennisi

Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Rita Bella

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technology, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.