A5036889865- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
- Robot Manipulation and Learning
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- Management of metastatic bone disease
Heidelberg University
2021-2024
University of Genoa
2017-2021
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
2020
Gorgias Press (United States)
2020
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2020
Despite advances in mechatronic design, the widespread adoption of wearable robots for supporting human mobility has been hampered by 1) ergonomic limitations rigid exoskeletal structures and 2) lack human-machine interfaces (HMIs) capable sensing musculoskeletal states translating them into robot-control commands. We have developed a framework that combines, first time, model-based HMI with soft arm exosuit potential to address key current HMIs robots. The proposed was tested on six healthy...
Haptic feedback is the sensory modality to enhance so-called “immersion”, meant as extent which senses are engaged by mediated environment during virtual reality applications. However, it can be challenging meet this requirement using conventional robotic design approaches that rely on rigid mechanical systems with limited workspace and bandwidth. An alternative solution seen in adoption of lightweight wearable equipped Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES): fact, NMES offers a wide...
Bimanual object manipulation involves using both hands to interact with objects in the environment, and process requires central nervous system sensory feedback translate it into motor commands. Although there have been significant advancements haptics robotics, kinematic strategies involved bimanual coupled tasks are still not fully understood. This study aimed investigate dynamic interaction between during of a shared two impedance-controlled exoskeletons programmed simulate virtual...
Abstract Background Several daily living activities require people to coordinate the motion and force produced by both arms, using their position sense of effort. However, date, interaction in bimanual tasks has not been extensively investigated. Methods We focused on where subjects were required: ( Experiment 1 ) move hands until reaching same – equal hand implied identical arm configurations joint space - under different loading conditions; 2 produce amount isometric pushing upward, with...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system and can result in various symptoms, including muscle weakness, spasticity, fatigue, ultimately leading to deterioration of musculoskeletal system. However, recent years, exosuits have emerged as game-changing solution assist individuals with MS during their daily activities. These lightweight affordable wearable robotic devices gained immense popularity. In our study, we assessed performance an...
Proprioception—the sense of body segment’s position and movement—plays a crucial role in human motor control, integrating the sensory information necessary for correct execution daily life activities. Despite scientific evidence recognizes that several neurological diseases hamper proprioceptive encoding with consequent inability to correctly perform movements, assessment clinical settings is still limited standard scales. Literature on physiology upper limb’s proprioception mainly focused...
Most activities of daily living require bimanual motor coordination during interactions with the external environment. Recent advancements in haptics and virtual reality provide researchers new instruments to study human-robot interaction implement experimental paradigms involve multiple degrees freedom simulation complex interactive environments. We developed a pick place task on 6 DoFs exoskeleton explore, for first time, dynamical coupled strategies 3D workspace. The robot rendered force...
In daily life it is necessary to learn skills that can be applied in different tasks and contexts. Usually these are acquired by observation or direct physical training with another expert person. The critical point know which the best possible way achieve this knowledge acquisition. work we have proposed a collaborative environment where subjects levels of expertise interact through use robotic platform. A motor skill learning algorithm has been designed order allow less skilled...
Background: The recovery of upper limb mobility and functions is essential for people with cervical spinal cord injuries (cSCI) to maximize independence in daily activities ensure a successful return normality. rehabilitative path should include thorough neuromotor evaluation personalized treatments aimed at recovering motor functions. Body-machine interfaces (BoMI) have been proven be capable harnessing residual joint motions control objects like computer cursors virtual or physical...
Robotic technology and functional electrical stimulation (FES) have emerged as highly effective rehabilitative techniques for individuals with neuromuscular diseases, showcasting their ability to restore motor functions. Within the proposed study, we developed tested a new hybrid controller combining an upper-limb exoskeleton FES enhance haptic feedback when performing task-oriented bimanual movement, like pick-and-place, in virtual environment. We investigated performance of approach on...
Intensive rehabilitation treatments are crucial to recovering motor functions in patients with neuromuscular diseases. Robotic devices and electrical stimulation (NMES) have shown their efficacy respect traditional physiotherapy. Both technologies present complementary features but also limitations due working principles. However, merging robots NMES could overcome boundaries, providing more patient therapy effort. By pursuing such a hybrid concept, we propose new device that combines an...
Proprioceptive deficits are frequent and disabling symptoms of neurological diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). These poorly understood partly because the limited sensitivity reproducibility clinical measures. However, their assessment is crucial in planning evaluating rehabilitative treatments. Therefore, we designed a device protocol for assessing proprioceptive by position force control performance. We focused on bimanual tasks, most daily life activities require combined use both...
Assessing proprioception is important for understanding and treating sensorimotor impairments. Many daily tasks require bimanual manipulation of objects, but state the art methods assessment are far away from activities, instead evaluate integrity in oversimplified often unimanual goal-directed tasks. Here, we developed a new device method to assess force production by simulating realistic behavior. Twelve healthy participants held physically coupled object - sensorized box matched target...
Position sense refers to an aspect of proprioception crucial for motor control and learning. The onset neurological diseases can damage such sensory afference, with consequent disorders dramatically reducing the associated recovery process. In regular clinical practice, assessment proprioceptive deficits is run by means scales which do not provide quantitative measurements. However, existing robotic solutions usually involve multi-joint movements but are mostly applied a single proximal or...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Bimanual force coordination is essential for various daily interactions with objects. Although the age- related decline in sensory perception and motor function has been extensively studied, effects of aging on bilateral control isometric forces remain less explored. This study aims to comprehensively describe bimanual strategies employed by unimpaired young older adults during an tracking task. Partic- ipants were instructed apply equal both hands...
Myoelectric Computer Interfaces (MCIs) are a viable option to promote the recovery of movements following spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke, or other neurological disorders that impair motor functions. We developed and tested MCI interface with goal reducing abnormal muscular activations due compensatory strategies undesired co-contraction after SCI. The mapped surface electromyographic signals (sEMG) into movement cursor on computer monitor. First, we aimed reduce co-activation muscles...
Abstract Background: Several activities of daily living require bimanual force coordination during interactions with objects. However, while the decline sensory perception and motor functions age have been largely studied, impact aging on bilateral control isometric forces is less investigated. This study aims at providing a comprehensive description strategies adopted by unimpaired young older adults in an tracking task. Methods: Participants were required to apply two hands simultaneously...