Pubblications
2025 2024 Antagonist Activation Measurement in Triceps Surae Using High-Density and Bipolar Surface EMG in Chronic Hemiparesis Synaptic inputs to motor neurons underlying muscle coactivation for functionally different tasks have different spectral characteristics Design and Test of an Intraoral Electrode Grid for Tongue High-Density Electromyography Motion Artifacts in Dynamic EEG Recordings: Experimental Observations, Electrical Modelling, and Design Considerations Developing RPC-Net: Leveraging High-Density Electromyography and Machine Learning for Improved Hand Position Estimation HDE-Array: Development and Validation of a New Dry Electrode Array Design to Acquire HD-sEMG for Hand Position Estimation 2023 2022 Optimal bipolar system positioning to provide information about the trapezius activity associated with scapular retraction during shoulder exercises for resistance training Are the forearm muscles excited equally in different, professional piano players? Design and Validation of a Wireless Body Sensor Network for Integrated EEG and HD-sEMG Acquisitions 2021 Investigating the effect of a passive trunk exoskeleton on local discomfort, perceived effort and spatial distribution of back muscles activity Orientation Estimation Through Magneto-Inertial Sensor Fusion: A Heuristic Approach for Suboptimal Parameters Tuning Design and Characterization of a Textile Electrode System for the Detection of High-Density sEMG Design of a Programmable and Modular Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator Integrated Into a Wireless Body Sensor Network Dynamic Surface Electromyography Using Stretchable Screen-Printed Textile Electrodes Electrodes’ Configuration Influences the Agreement Between Surface EMG and B-Mode Ultrasound Detection of Motor Unit Fasciculation 2020 Contraction level, but not force direction or wrist position, affects the spatial distribution of motor unit recruitment in the biceps brachii muscle Timing and modulation of activity in the lower limb muscles during indoor rowing: What are the key muscles to target in FES-rowing protocols? Architectural Changes in Superficial and Deep Compartments of the Tibialis Anterior During Electrical Stimulation Over Different Sites The peripheral origin of tap-induced muscle contraction revealed by multi-electrode surface electromyography in human vastus medialis 2019 A Modular, Smart, and Wearable System for High Density sEMG Detection Validation of Polymer-Based Screen-Printed Textile Electrodes for Surface EMG Detection A tendon-like orthosis actuated by shape memory alloy wires and controlled by myoelectric signals: A single-finger prototype Accuracy of the Orientation Estimate Obtained Using Four Sensor Fusion Filters Applied to Recordings of Magneto-Inertial Sensors Moving at Three Rotation Rates Design of a Wireless, Modular and Programmable Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator<sup>∗</sup> Development and testing of acoustically-matched hydrogel-based electrodes for simultaneous EMG-ultrasound detection Towards the Design of an Impedance-Controlled HD-sEMG Amplifier: A Feasibility Study Wearable and Wireless HD-sEMG Acquisition Systems: Recent Advances Identification of muscle fasciculations from surface EMG: Comparison with ultrasound-based detection<sup>∗</sup> Integration of HD-sEMG and Ultrasounds for the Assessment of Muscle Function Motor neuron degeneration, severe myopathy and TDP-43 increase in a transgenic pig model of SOD1-linked familiar ALS Potentiation of the first and second phases of the M wave after maximal voluntary contractions in the biceps brachii muscle 2018 Does the amplitude of biceps brachii M waves increase similarly in both limbs during staircase, electrically elicited contractions? A wireless, minaturized multi-channel sEMG acquisition system for use in dynamic tasks Comparison of chairs based on HDsEMG of back muscles, biomechanical and comfort indices, for violin and viola players: A short-term study Design and test of a biomechanical model for the estimation of knee joint angle during indoor rowing: Implications for FES-rowing protocols in paraplegia Does the activity of ankle plantar flexors differ between limbs while healthy, young subjects stand at ease? Localised sampling of myoelectric activity may provide biased estimates of cocontraction for gastrocnemius though not for soleus and tibialis anterior muscles Surface EMG for human-machine interfaces: New knowledge and open issues Contralateral effect of short-duration unilateral neuromuscular electrical stimulation and focal vibration in healthy subjects Electrical nerve stimulation modulates motor unit activity in contralateral biceps brachii during steady isometric contractions Loss of maximal explosive power of lower limbs after 2 weeks of disuse and incomplete recovery after retraining in older adults Motor unit activity, force steadiness, and perceived fatigability are correlated with mobility in older adults Motor unit discharge characteristics and walking performance of individuals with multiple sclerosis Neural correlates to the increase in maximal force after dexamethasone administration 2017 Surface EMG and muscle fatigue: Multi-channel approaches to the study of myoelectric manifestations of muscle fatigue The spatial distribution of ankle muscles activity discriminates aged from young subjects during standing Optimization of surface electrodes location for H-reflex recordings in soleus muscle Changes in tibialis anterior architecture affect the amplitude of surface electromyograms Concurrent validity of GPS for deriving mechanical properties of sprint acceleration Spatial variation and inconsistency between estimates of onset of muscle activation from EMG and ultrasound Specificity of surface EMG recordings for gastrocnemius during upright standing Textured insoles affect the plantar pressure distribution while elite rowers perform on an indoor rowing machine 2016 Surface EMG biofeedback Surface EMG in ergonomics and occupational medicine Detection and conditioning of surface EMG signals EMG of electrically stimulated muscles Electrode position markedly affects knee torque in tetanic, stimulated contractions Estimation of the CoM and CoP using a 3D body scanning systems: Validation with force plate: A case study Young, healthy subjects can reduce the activity of calf muscles when provided with EMG biofeedback in upright stance 2015 Does the global temporal activation differ in triceps surae during standing balance? Examination of poststroke alteration in motor unit firing behavior using high-density surface EMG decomposition Low cost inkjet printing for the fast prototyping of surface EMG detection systems Filtered virtual reference: A new method for the reduction of power line interference with minimal distortion of monopolar surface EMG High density EMG investigation of h-reflex distribution over the soleus muscle Integration of Surface EMG, US Imaging and 3d Kinematic: New Frontiers for Muscle Function Investigation New frontiers for muscle function investigation: Integration of surface EMG and 3D ecographic images Spatial variability in cortex-muscle coherence investigated with magnetoencephalography and high-density surface electromyography Spatial variation of compound muscle action potentials across human gastrocnemius medialis The effect of lymph drainage on the myoelectric manifestation of vastus lateralis fatigue: Preliminary results The energy cost of sprint running and the role of metabolic power in setting top performances 2014 2013 Innervation zone of the vastus medialis muscle: Position and effect on surface EMG variables Motor unit firing pattern of vastus lateralis muscle in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients Surface Electromyogram Detection Uneven spatial distribution of surface EMG: What does it mean? A novel system of electrodes transparent to ultrasound for simultaneous detection of myoelectric activity and B-mode ultrasound images of skeletal muscles Feasibility study of detecting surface electromyograms in severely obese patients How much does the human medial gastrocnemius muscle contribute to ankle torques outside the sagittal plane? Multi-channel electromyography during maximal isometric and dynamic contractions Origin and development of muscle cramps Variability in muscle adaptation to electrical stimulation 2012 2011 Atlas of the muscle motor points for the lower limb: Implications for electrical stimulation procedures and electrode positioning Do muscle fiber conduction slowing and decreased levels of circulating muscle proteins represent sensitive markers of steroid myopathy? A pilot study in Cushing's disease Identification of motor unit discharge patterns from high-density surface EMG during high contraction levels Mechanisms of cramp contractions: Peripheral or central generation? Muscle fiber conduction velocity is more affected after eccentric than concentric exercise Solving EMG-force relationship using Particle Swarm Optimization Spinal Involvement and Muscle Cramps in Electrically Elicited Muscle Contractions 2010 Multichannel surface electromyography in ergonomics: Potentialities and limits Short term bed-rest reduces conduction velocity of individual motor units in leg muscles Experimental analysis of accuracy in the identification of motor unit spike trains from high-density surface EMG Muscle fiber conduction slowing and decreased levels of circulating muscle proteins after short-term dexamethasone administration in healthy subjects 2009 A bi-dimensional index for the selective assessment of myoelectric manifestations of peripheral and central muscle fatigue Adjustments differ among low-threshold motor units during intermittent, isometric contractions Automatic localisation of innervation zones: A simulation study of the external anal sphincter Central motor control failure in fibromyalgia: A surface electromyography study Estimating motor unit discharge patterns from high-density surface electromyogram Discharge properties of motor units of the abductor hallucis muscle during cramp contractions Elicitability of muscle cramps in different leg and foot muscles Myoelectric fatigue profiles of three knee extensor muscles Pulse charge and not waveform affects M-wave properties during progressive motor unit activation Technology and instrumentation for detection and conditioning of the surface electromyographic signal: State of the art Time and frequency domain analysis of surface myoelectric signals during electrically-elicited cramps 2008 Detecting the unique representation of motor-unit action potentials in the surface electromyogram Differences in myoelectric manifestations of fatigue in sprinters and long distance runners Mechanical and EMG responses of the vastus lateralis and changes in biochemical variables to isokinetic exercise in endurance and power athletes Surface EMG signal alterations in Carpal Tunnel syndrome: A pilot study Reliability of a novel neurostimulation method to study involuntary muscle phenomena 2007 2006 2005 Conduction velocity of low-threshold motor units during ischemic contractions performed with surface EMG feedback Conduction velocity of quiescent muscle fibers decreases during sustained contraction Differential responses of serum and salivary interleukin-6 to acute strenuous exercise 2004 A new method for the extraction and classification of single motor unit action potentials from surface EMG signals Low-threshold motor unit membrane properties vary with contraction intensity during sustained activation with surface EMG visual feedback Multichannel surface EMG for the non-invasive assessment of the anal sphincter muscle Non-invasive assessment of single motor unit mechanomyographic response and twitch force by spike-triggered averaging Reproducibility of muscle-fiber conduction velocity estimates using multichannel surface EMG techniques 2003 2002
