A Multi-Channel Biomimetic Neuroprosthesis to Support Treadmill Gait Training in Stroke Patients
Chia Bejarano, Noelia ; Ambrosini, Emilia ; Baccinelli, Walter ; Nardone, Antonio ; Monticone, Marco ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra ; Ferrante, Simona
Motor neuroprostheses – Neuromuscular stimulation
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Rehabilitation – Locomotion
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Rehabilitation – Stroke
This study presents an innovative multi-channel neuroprosthesis that induces a biomimetic activation of the main lower-limb muscles during…
An Ecological Evaluation of the Metabolic Benefits Due to Robot-Assisted Gait Training
Peri, Elisabetta ; Biffi, Emilia ; Cristina, Maghini ; Marzorati, Mauro ; Diella, Eleonora ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra ; Turconi, Anna Carla ; Reni, Gianluigi
Biomechanics and robotics: clinical evaluation in rehabilitation and orthopedics
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New technologies and methodologies in human movement analysis
Cerebral palsy (CP), one of the most common neurological disorders in childhood, features affected individual’s motor skills and muscle actions….
Blind&Imagined: Sensori-Motor Mechanism Changes in Long-Term Lack of Gravity
Casellato, Claudia ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; Zago, Myrka ; Gravano, Silvio ; Lacquaniti, Francesco
Our study aims at investigating multisensory interaction mechanisms and biomechanical aspects of human spatially oriented behavior, both…
Does a Multimodal Biofeedback Training Improve Motor Recovery in Stroke Patients? Preliminary Results of a Randomized Control Trial
Ferrante, Simona ; Ambrosini, Emilia ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; Nava, Claudia ; Longoni, Valentina ; Monticone, Marco
Neurological disorders – Stroke
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Rehabilitation – Locomotion
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Motor neuroprostheses – Neuromuscular stimulation
This study is aimed at demonstrating that a multimodal biofeedback training is superior to usual care for improving motor recovery on…
Healthy and Pathological Cerebellar Spiking Neural Networks in Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
Antonietti, Alberto ; Casellato, Claudia ; Geminiani, Alice ; D’Angelo, Egidio ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra
Brain physiology and modeling
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Brain physiology and modeling – Neural circuits
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Brain physiology and modeling – Neural dynamics and computation
Since the Marr-Albus model, computational neuroscientists have been developing a variety of models of the cerebellum, with different…
Muscle Synergies in Children with Dystonia Capture "Healthy" Patterns Regardless the Altered Motor Performance
Lunardini, Francesca ; Casellato, Claudia ; Bertucco, Matteo ; Sanger, Terence David ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra
Neuromuscular systems – EMG processing and applications
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Neurological disorders
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Neuromuscular systems – EMG models
Muscle synergies are hypothesized to represent motor modules recruited by the nervous system to flexibly perform subtasks necessary to…
Neuro-Mechanics of Muscle Coordination during Recumbent Pedaling in Post-Acute Stroke Patients
De Marchis, Cristiano ; Ambrosini, Emilia ; Schmid, Maurizio ; Monticone, Marco ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; D’Alessio, Tommaso ; Conforto, Silvia ; Ferrante, Simona
Motor learning, neural control, and neuromuscular systems
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Neurological disorders – Stroke
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Neuromuscular systems – EMG processing and applications
Motor impairment after stroke has been hypothesized to be related, among others, to impairments in the modular control of movement. In this…
