A5067559369- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
- Diversity and Impact of Dance
- Agricultural and Food Production Studies
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Educational Innovations and Challenges
- Central Asia Education and Culture
- Foreign Language Teaching Methods
- Latin American socio-political dynamics
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Regional Development and Innovation
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Wireless Body Area Networks
University of Genoa
2015-2022
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
2015
Lack of social skills and/or a reduced ability to determine when use them are common symptoms Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Here we examine whether an integrated approach based on virtual environments and natural interfaces is effective in teaching safety adults with ASD. We specifically focus pedestrian skills, namely street crossing or without traffic lights, following road signs.Seven ASD explored environment (VE) representing city (buildings, sidewalks, streets, squares), which was...
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease affecting multiple functional systems resulting in motor impairments associated with muscle weakness lack of movement coordination. We quantified upper limb deficits robot-based assessment including behavioral synergy analysis 11 subjects mild to moderate impairment (9 female; 50 ± 10 years) compared age- gender- matched controls 9 years). All performed planar reaching tasks by moving their or applying force while...
Several exoskeletons have been developed and increasingly used in clinical settings for training assisting locomotion. These devices allow people with severe motor deficits to regain mobility sustain intense repetitive gait training. However, three factors might affect normal muscle activations during walking: the assistive forces that are provided walking, crutches or walker always combination device, mechanical structure of device itself. To investigate these effects, we evaluated eight...
Postural control deficits are common in stroke survivors and often the rehabilitation programs include balance training based on visual feedback to improve of body position or voluntary shift weight space. In present work, a group chronic survivors, while sitting force plate, exercised ability their Center Pressure with continuous feedback. The goal this study was test if what extent were able learn task transfer learned condition without directions displacement amplitudes different from...
This study investigated how stroke’s hemispheric localization affects motor performance, spinal maps and muscle synergies while performing planar reaching with without assistive or resistive forces. A lesion of the right hemisphere affected reducing average speed smoothness augmenting lateral deviation in both arms. Instead, a left aiming error, impairing feedforward control ipsilesional arm. The structure had alterations dependent on side applied force fields reduced differences performance...
The goal of this study was to investigate the movement and muscle activity upper limb during common activities daily life in people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) low mild-moderate level impairments. We found significant changes muscles PwMS compared healthy subjects when holding lifting objects used everyday life. These differences were particularly remarkable moderate impairment, which disease affected also smoothness. Remarkably, smoothness interaction highly correlated subjects' ability...
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...
Abstract Stroke often impairs the control of contralesional arm, thus most survivors rely on ipsilesional arm to perform daily living activities that require an efficient movements and forces. Whereas is called ‘unaffected’ or ‘unimpaired’, several studies suggested during dynamic tasks its kinematics joint torques are altered. Is stroke also affecting ability produce isometric force, as when pushing pulling a handle? Here, we address this question by analyzing behavioral performance...
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...
1 CNR-IBIMET - Institute of Biometeorology (ITALY)2 Istituto Comprensivo "Franco Sacchetti" (ITALY)3 Statale Galluzzo (ITALY)4 INAK (SLOVAKIA)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease resulting in motor impairments associated with muscle weakness lack of movement coordination. The goal this work was to quantify upper limb deficits asymptomatic MS subjects a robot-based assessment including performance synergies analysis. A total 7 (MS: 3 M-4 F; 42 ± 10 years) clinically definite according McDonald criteria, but no clinical disability, age- sex-matched without history neurological disorders participated...
Multiple sclerosis is a complex neurological disease that results in motor impairment associated with muscle weakness and lack of coordination. Indeed, previous studies showed that, while activities isolated arm muscles appeared generally similar to those unimpaired subjects, shoulder coordination motions was affected by MS there marked co-activation the biceps triceps extension movements. This inability activate independently has significant impact function therefore reducing co-contraction...