2026

• Spatial activation of motor evoked potentials depends on paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation orientation and intensity
  Shokoofeh Parvin, Joona Juurakko, Heikki Sinisalo, Giacinto L. Cerone, Alberto Botter, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Harri Piitulainen, Victor H. Souza
  Clinical Neurophysiology

2025

• Emerging Applications of Augmented and Mixed Reality Technologies in Motor Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review
  Arman Farsi, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Deborah Falla, Marco Gazzoni
  Sensors


• The discharge characteristics of motor units innervating functionally paralyzed muscles
  Daniela Souza De Oliveira, Marco Carbonaro, Brent James Raiteri, Alberto Botter, Matthias Ponfick, Alessandro Del Vecchio
  Journal of Neurophysiology

2024

• Antagonist Activation Measurement in Triceps Surae Using High-Density and Bipolar Surface EMG in Chronic Hemiparesis
  Mouna Ghédira, Taian Martins Vieira, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Marco Gazzoni, Jean-Michel Gracies, Emilie Hutin
  Sensors


• Synaptic inputs to motor neurons underlying muscle coactivation for functionally different tasks have different spectral characteristics
  Daniele Borzelli, Taian M. M. Vieira, Alberto Botter, Marco Gazzoni, Francesco Lacquaniti, Andrea d’Avella
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Design and Test of an Intraoral Electrode Grid for Tongue High-Density Electromyography
  Alberto Botter, Taian Vieira, Chiara Busso, Federica Vitali, Marco Gazzoni, Giacinto L. Cerone
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering


• Motion Artifacts in Dynamic EEG Recordings: Experimental Observations, Electrical Modelling, and Design Considerations
  Alessandra Giangrande, Alberto Botter, Harri Piitulainen, Giacinto Luigi Cerone
  Sensors


• Developing RPC-Net: Leveraging High-Density Electromyography and Machine Learning for Improved Hand Position Estimation
  Giovanni Rolandino, Marco Gagliardi, Taian Martins, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Brian Andrews, James J. FitzGerald
  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering


• HDE-Array: Development and Validation of a New Dry Electrode Array Design to Acquire HD-sEMG for Hand Position Estimation
  Giovanni Rolandino, Chiara Zangrandi, Taian Vieira, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Brian Andrews, James J. FitzGerald
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

2023

• Spatially repeatable components from ultrafast ultrasound are associated with motor unit activity in human isometric contractions *
  Robin Rohlén, Marco Carbonaro, Giacinto L Cerone, Kristen M Meiburger, Alberto Botter, Christer Grönlund
  Journal of Neural Engineering


• The Sensitivity of Bipolar Electromyograms to Muscle Excitation Scales With the Inter-Electrode Distance
  Taian M. Vieira, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Alberto Botter, Kohei Watanabe, Andrew D. Vigotsky
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

2022

• Optimal bipolar system positioning to provide information about the trapezius activity associated with scapular retraction during shoulder exercises for resistance training
  F V Dos Anjos, G Boccia, P R Brustio, A Rainoldi, M Gazzoni
  Physiological Measurement


• Are the forearm muscles excited equally in different, professional piano players?
  Alba Thio-Pera, Matteo De Carlo, Andrea Manzoni, Fabrizio D’Elia, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Giovanni Putame, Mara Terzini, Marco Gazzoni, Cristina Bignardi, Taian Vieira
  PLOS ONE


• Design and Validation of a Wireless Body Sensor Network for Integrated EEG and HD-sEMG Acquisitions
  G. L. Cerone, A. Giangrande, M. Ghislieri, M. Gazzoni, H. Piitulainen, A. Botter
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

2021

• Investigating the effect of a passive trunk exoskeleton on local discomfort, perceived effort and spatial distribution of back muscles activity
  Ambra Giustetto, Fabio Vieira Dos Anjos, Francesca Gallo, Rossella Monferino, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Massimo Di Pardo, Marco Gazzoni, Margherita Micheletti Cremasco
  Ergonomics


• Orientation Estimation Through Magneto-Inertial Sensor Fusion: A Heuristic Approach for Suboptimal Parameters Tuning
  Marco Caruso, Angelo Maria Sabatini, Marco Knaflitz, Marco Gazzoni, Ugo Della Croce, Andrea Cereatti
  IEEE Sensors Journal


• Design and Characterization of a Textile Electrode System for the Detection of High-Density sEMG
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Alberto Botter, Taian Vieira, Marco Gazzoni
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering


• Design of a Programmable and Modular Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator Integrated Into a Wireless Body Sensor Network
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Alessandra Giangrande, Taian Vieira, Domenico Pisaturo, Mihai Ionescu, Marco Gazzoni, Alberto Botter
  IEEE Access


• Dynamic Surface Electromyography Using Stretchable Screen-Printed Textile Electrodes
  Andrea Spanu, Alberto Botter, Andrea Zedda, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Annalisa Bonfiglio, Danilo Pani
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering


• Electrodes’ Configuration Influences the Agreement Between Surface EMG and B-Mode Ultrasound Detection of Motor Unit Fasciculation
  Alberto Botter, Taian Vieira, Marco Carbonaro, Giacinto L. Cerone, Emma F. Hodson-Tole
  IEEE Access


• Changes in supramaximal M-wave amplitude at different regions of biceps brachii following eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors
  Hélio V. Cabral, Kristen M. Meiburger, Liliam F. de Oliveira, Taian M. Vieira
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• The M waves of the biceps brachii have a stationary (shoulder-like) component in the first phase: implications and recommendations for M-wave analysis
  Javier Rodriguez-Falces, Alberto Botter, Taian Vieira, Nicolas Place
  Physiological Measurement

2020

• Contraction level, but not force direction or wrist position, affects the spatial distribution of motor unit recruitment in the biceps brachii muscle
  Daniele Borzelli, Marco Gazzoni, Alberto Botter, Laura Gastaldi, Andrea d’Avella, Taian M. Vieira
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• Timing and modulation of activity in the lower limb muscles during indoor rowing: What are the key muscles to target in FES-rowing protocols?
  Taian M. Vieira, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Costanza Stocchi, Morgana Lalli, Brian Andrews, Marco Gazzoni
  Sensors (Switzerland)


• Architectural Changes in Superficial and Deep Compartments of the Tibialis Anterior During Electrical Stimulation Over Different Sites
  Marco Carbonaro, Olivier Seynnes, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Chiara Busso, Marco A. Minetto, Alberto Botter
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering


• The peripheral origin of tap-induced muscle contraction revealed by multi-electrode surface electromyography in human vastus medialis
  Alberto Botter, Taian M. Vieira, Tommaso Geri, Silvestro Roatta
  Scientific Reports


• Force control during submaximal isometric contractions is associated with walking performance in persons with multiple sclerosis
  Leah A. Davis, Mohammed S. Alenazy, Awad M. Almuklass, Daniel F. Feeney, Taian Vieira, Alberto Botter, Roger M. Enoka
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Complexity Analysis of Surface Electromyography for Assessing the Myoelectric Manifestation of Muscle Fatigue: A Review
  Susanna Rampichini, Taian Martins Vieira, Paolo Castiglioni, Giampiero Merati
  Entropy

2019

• A Modular, Smart, and Wearable System for High Density sEMG Detection
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Alberto Botter, Marco Gazzoni
  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering


• Validation of Polymer-Based Screen-Printed Textile Electrodes for Surface EMG Detection
  D. Pani, A. Achilli, A. Spanu, A. Bonfiglio, M. Gazzoni, A. Botter
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering


• A tendon-like orthosis actuated by shape memory alloy wires and controlled by myoelectric signals: A single-finger prototype
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Jacopo Filippi, Marco Gazzoni
  Biosystems and Biorobotics


• Accuracy of the Orientation Estimate Obtained Using Four Sensor Fusion Filters Applied to Recordings of Magneto-Inertial Sensors Moving at Three Rotation Rates
  M. Caruso, A. M. Sabatini, M. Knaflitz, M. Gazzoni, U. Della Croce, A. Cereatti
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• Design of a Wireless, Modular and Programmable Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator^∗
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Taian M.M. Vieira, Alberto Botter, Marco Gazzoni
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• Development and testing of acoustically-matched hydrogel-based electrodes for simultaneous EMG-ultrasound detection
  A. Botter, M. Beltrandi, G.L. Cerone, M. Gazzoni, T.M.M. Vieira
  Medical Engineering and Physics


• Towards the Design of an Impedance-Controlled HD-sEMG Amplifier: A Feasibility Study
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Marco Gazzoni
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• Wearable and Wireless HD-sEMG Acquisition Systems: Recent Advances
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Marco Gazzoni
  Biosystems and Biorobotics


• Identification of muscle fasciculations from surface EMG: Comparison with ultrasound-based detection^∗
  Alberto Botter, Marco Carbonaro, Taian M. Vieira, Emma Hodson-Tole
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• Integration of HD-sEMG and Ultrasounds for the Assessment of Muscle Function
  Alberto Botter
  Biosystems and Biorobotics


• Motor neuron degeneration, severe myopathy and TDP-43 increase in a transgenic pig model of SOD1-linked familiar ALS
  Paola Crociara, Maria Novella Chieppa, Elena Vallino Costassa, Elena Berrone, Marina Gallo, Monica Lo Faro, Maria Domenica Pintore, Barbara Iulini, Antonio D'Angelo, Giovanni Perona, Alberto Botter, Donato Formicola, Alberto Rainoldi, Marianna Paulis, Paolo Vezzoni, Federica Meli, Fiorenzo Antonio Peverali, Caterina Bendotti, Maria Chiara Trolese, Laura Pasetto, Valentina Bonetto, Giovanna Lazzari, Roberto Duchi, Andrea Perota, Irina Lagutina, Corinne Quadalti, Maria Silvia Gennero, Daniela Dezzutto, Rosanna Desiato, Marina Boido, Matilde Ghibaudi, Maria Consuelo Valentini, Maria Caramelli, Cesare Galli, Cristina Casalone, Cristiano Corona
  Neurobiology of Disease


• Potentiation of the first and second phases of the M wave after maximal voluntary contractions in the biceps brachii muscle
  Javier Rodriguez-Falces, Taian Vieira, Nicolas Place, Alberto Botter
  Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing


• Challenging standing balance reduces the asymmetry of motor control of postural sway poststroke
  Courtney L. Pollock, Michael A. Hunt, Taian M. Vieira, Alessio Gallina, Tanya D. Ivanova, S. Jayne Garland
  Motor Control


• Innervation zone locations distribute medially within the pectoralis major muscle during bench press exercise
  Felipe D. Mancebo, Hélio V. Cabral, Leonardo M.L. de Souza, Liliam F. de Oliveira, Taian M. Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Interpretation of Surface Electromyograms: The Spatial Localisation of Muscle Activity
  Taian Martins Vieira
  Biosystems and Biorobotics


• Postural muscle unit plasticity in stroke survivors: Altered distribution of gastrocnemius' action potentials
  Taian M. Vieira, Thiago Lemos, Laura A. S. Oliveira, Carlos H. R. Horsczaruk, Gabriel R. Freitas, Fernanda Tovar-Moll, Erika C. Rodrigues
  Frontiers in Neurology


• Regional modulation of the ankle plantarflexor muscles associated with standing external perturbations across different directions
  J. W. Cohen, A. Gallina, T. D. Ivanova, T. Vieira, D. J. McAndrew, S. J. Garland
  Experimental Brain Research

2018

• Does the amplitude of biceps brachii M waves increase similarly in both limbs during staircase, electrically elicited contractions?
  T P Pinto, M Gazzoni, A Botter, T M Vieira
  Physiological Measurement


• A wireless, minaturized multi-channel sEMG acquisition system for use in dynamic tasks
  Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Marco Gazzoni
  2017 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2017 - Proceedings


• Comparison of chairs based on HDsEMG of back muscles, biomechanical and comfort indices, for violin and viola players: A short-term study
  Paolo Cattarello, Silvia Vinelli, Samuel D'Emanuele, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Design and test of a biomechanical model for the estimation of knee joint angle during indoor rowing: Implications for FES-rowing protocols in paraplegia
  Taian Vieira, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Laura Gastaldi, Stefano Pastorelli, Liliam F. Oliveira, Marco Gazzoni, Alberto Botter
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering


• Does the activity of ankle plantar flexors differ between limbs while healthy, young subjects stand at ease?
  Fabio V. dos Anjos, Marco Gazzoni, Taian M. Vieira
  Journal of Biomechanics


• Localised sampling of myoelectric activity may provide biased estimates of cocontraction for gastrocnemius though not for soleus and tibialis anterior muscles
  Maria Vinti, Jean-Michel Gracies, Marco Gazzoni, Taian Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Surface EMG for human-machine interfaces: New knowledge and open issues
  Marco Gazzoni, Alberto Botter, Taian Vieira
  Mechanisms and Machine Science


• Contralateral effect of short-duration unilateral neuromuscular electrical stimulation and focal vibration in healthy subjects
  Marco A. Minetto, Alberto Botter, Giulia Gamerro, Ilaria Varvello, Giuseppe Massazza, Rosa G. Bellomo, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Raoul Saggini
  European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine


• Electrical nerve stimulation modulates motor unit activity in contralateral biceps brachii during steady isometric contractions
  Landon D. Hamilton, Diba Mani, Awad M. Almuklass, Leah A. Davis, Taian Vieira, Alberto Botter, Roger M. Enoka
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Loss of maximal explosive power of lower limbs after 2 weeks of disuse and incomplete recovery after retraining in older adults
  Enrico Rejc, Mirco Floreani, Paolo Taboga, Alberto Botter, Luana Toniolo, Lina Cancellara, Marco Narici, Boštjan Šimunič, Rado Pišot, Gianni Biolo, Angelina Passaro, Joern Rittweger, Carlo Reggiani, Stefano Lazzer
  Journal of Physiology


• Motor unit activity, force steadiness, and perceived fatigability are correlated with mobility in older adults
  Diba Mani, Awad M. Almuklass, Landon D. Hamilton, Taian M. Vieira, Alberto Botter, Roger M. Enoka
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Motor unit discharge characteristics and walking performance of individuals with multiple sclerosis
  Awad M. Almuklass, Leah Davis, Landon D. Hamilton, Taian M. Vieira, Alberto Botter, Roger M. Enoka
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Neural correlates to the increase in maximal force after dexamethasone administration
  STÉPHANE BAUDRY, GIOVANNA MOTTA, ALBERTO BOTTER, JACQUES DUCHATEAU, MARCO A. MINETTO
  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise


• Is the firing rate of motor units in different vastus medialis regions modulated similarly during isometric contractions?
  Hélio V. Cabral, Leonardo M.L. de Souza, Roger G.T. Mello, Alessio Gallina, Liliam F. de Oliveira, Taian M. Vieira
  Muscle & Nerve


• Effect of TMS coil orientation on the spatial distribution of motor evoked potentials in an intrinsic hand muscle
  Victor Hugo Souza, Taian Martins Vieira, André Salles Cunha Peres, Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Claudia Domingues Vargas, Oswaldo Baffa
  Biomedizinische Technik


• Motor units in vastus lateralis and in different vastus medialis regions show different firing properties during low-level, isometric knee extension contraction
  Leonardo Mendes Leal de Souza, Hélio Veiga Cabral, Liliam Fernandes de Oliveira, Taian Martins Vieira
  Human Movement Science

2017

• Surface EMG and muscle fatigue: Multi-channel approaches to the study of myoelectric manifestations of muscle fatigue
  Gazzoni Marco, Botter Alberto, Vieira Taian
  Physiological Measurement


• The spatial distribution of ankle muscles activity discriminates aged from young subjects during standing
  Fabio V. dos Anjos, Talita P. Pinto, Marco Gazzoni, Taian M. Vieira
  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience


• Optimization of surface electrodes location for H-reflex recordings in soleus muscle
  Alberto Botter, Taian M. Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Changes in tibialis anterior architecture affect the amplitude of surface electromyograms
  Taian M. Vieira, Maria Cristina Bisi, Rita Stagni, Alberto Botter
  Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation


• Concurrent validity of GPS for deriving mechanical properties of sprint acceleration
  Ryu Nagahara, Alberto Botter, Enrico Rejc, Masaaki Koido, Takeshi Shimizu, Pierre Samozino, Jean-Benoit Morin
  International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance


• Spatial variation and inconsistency between estimates of onset of muscle activation from EMG and ultrasound
  Angela V. Dieterich, Alberto Botter, Taian Martins Vieira, Anneli Peolsson, Frank Petzke, Paul Davey, Deborah Falla
  Scientific Reports


• Specificity of surface EMG recordings for gastrocnemius during upright standing
  Taian Martins Vieira, Alberto Botter, Silvia Muceli, Dario Farina
  Scientific Reports


• Textured insoles affect the plantar pressure distribution while elite rowers perform on an indoor rowing machine
  Taian Vieira, Alberto Botter, Laura Gastaldi, Isabel C. N. Sacco, Francesco Martelli, Claudia Giacomozzi
  PLoS ONE


• Is myoelectric activity distributed equally within the rectus femoris muscle during loaded, squat exercises?
  Leonardo Mendes Leal de Souza, Desirée Barros da Fonseca, Hélio da Veiga Cabral, Liliam Fernandes de Oliveira, Taian Martins Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Physiological arousal accompanying postural responses to external perturbations after stroke
  C.L. Pollock, M.G. Carpenter, M.A. Hunt, A. Gallina, T.M. Vieira, T.D. Ivanova, S.J. Garland
  Clinical Neurophysiology

2016

• Surface EMG biofeedback
  A. Gallina, M. Gazzoni, D. Falla, R. Merletti
  Surface Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Applications


• Surface EMG in ergonomics and occupational medicine
  M. Gazzoni, B. Afsharipour, R. Merletti
  Surface Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Applications


• Detection and conditioning of surface EMG signals
  R. Merletti, A. Botter, U. Barone
  Surface Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Applications


• EMG of electrically stimulated muscles
  A. Botter, R. Merletti
  Surface Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Applications


• Electrode position markedly affects knee torque in tetanic, stimulated contractions
  Taian M. Vieira, Paolo Potenza, Laura Gastaldi, Alberto Botter
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• Estimation of the CoM and CoP using a 3D body scanning systems: Validation with force plate: A case study
  D. Borzelli, L. Gastaldi, S. Pastorelli, T. M. M. Vieira, A. Botter, J. Takagi, R. Takeda, S. Tadano
  2016 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2016 - Proceedings


• Young, healthy subjects can reduce the activity of calf muscles when provided with EMG biofeedback in upright stance
  Taian M. Vieira, Stéphane Baudry, Alberto Botter
  Frontiers in Physiology


• Between-day reliability of triceps surae responses to standing perturbations in people post-stroke and healthy controls: A high-density surface EMG investigation
  A. Gallina, C.L. Pollock, T.M. Vieira, T.D. Ivanova, S.J. Garland
  Gait and Posture


• EMG and Posture in Its Narrowest Sense
  T. M. Vieira, D. Farina, I. D. Loram
  Surface Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Applications


• Is there sufficient evidence to claim muscle units are not localised and functionally grouped within the human gastrocnemius?
  Taian M. Vieira, James M. Wakeling, Emma F. Hodson‐Tole
  Journal of Physiology


• Techniques for information extraction from the surface EMG signalhigh-density surface EMG
  R. Merletti, T. M. Vieira, D. Farina
  Surface Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Applications

2015

• Does the global temporal activation differ in triceps surae during standing balance?
  F. V. Dos Anjos, F. Fontanella, M. Gazzoni, T. M. M. Vieira
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• Examination of poststroke alteration in motor unit firing behavior using high-density surface EMG decomposition
  Xiaoyan Li, Ales Holobar, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti, William Zev Rymer, Ping Zhou
  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering


• Low cost inkjet printing for the fast prototyping of surface EMG detection systems
  Gazzoni Marco
  2015 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2015 - Proceedings


• Filtered virtual reference: A new method for the reduction of power line interference with minimal distortion of monopolar surface EMG
  Alberto Botter, Taian M. Vieira
  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering


• High density EMG investigation of h-reflex distribution over the soleus muscle
  Alberto Botter, Ivan Vazzoler, Taian M. Vieira
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• Integration of Surface EMG, US Imaging and 3d Kinematic: New Frontiers for Muscle Function Investigation
  Maria Cristina Bisi, Alberto Botter, Rita Stagni, Taian Vieira
  IFMBE Proceedings


• New frontiers for muscle function investigation: Integration of surface EMG and 3D ecographic images
  MARIA CRISTINA BISI, ALBERTO BOTTER, RITA STAGNI, TAIAN VIEIRA
  Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology


• Spatial variability in cortex-muscle coherence investigated with magnetoencephalography and high-density surface electromyography
  Harri Piitulainen, Alberto Botter, Mathieu Bourguignon, Veikko Jousmäki, Riitta Hari
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Spatial variation of compound muscle action potentials across human gastrocnemius medialis
  Taian M. Vieira, Alberto Botter, Marco A. Minetto, Emma F. Hodson-Tole
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• The effect of lymph drainage on the myoelectric manifestation of vastus lateralis fatigue: Preliminary results
  Taian M. Vieira, Nathalli G. Readi, Lorenzo Schwarcke, Alberto Botter
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• The energy cost of sprint running and the role of metabolic power in setting top performances
  Pietro E. di Prampero, Alberto Botter, Cristian Osgnach
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• Do sweep rowers symmetrically activate their low back muscles during indoor rowing?
  N. G. Readi, V. Rosso, A. Rainoldi, T. M. M. Vieira
  Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports


• Modulation of tibialis anterior muscle activity changes with upright stance width
  Thiago Lemos, Luís A. Imbiriba, Claudia D. Vargas, Taian M. Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Territory and fiber orientation of vastus medialis motor units: A Surface electromyography investigation
  Alessio Gallina, Taian Vieira
  Muscle and Nerve


• Variations in the spatial distribution of the amplitude of surface electromyograms are unlikely explained by changes in the length of medial gastrocnemius fibres with knee joint angle
  Carolina Avancini, Liliam F. de Oliveira, Luciano L. Menegaldo, Taian M. Vieira
  PLoS ONE

2014

• Quantifying forearm muscle activity during wrist and finger movements by means of multi-channel electromyography
  Marco Gazzoni, Nicolò Celadon, Davide Mastrapasqua, Marco Paleari, Valentina Margaria, Paolo Ariano
  PLoS ONE


• Effect of contraction force and knee joint angle on the spatial representation of soleus activity using high-density surface EMG
  Aicha Reffad, Kamel Mebarkia, Taian M.M. Vieira, Catherine Disselhorst-Klug
  Biomedizinische Technik

2013

• Innervation zone of the vastus medialis muscle: Position and effect on surface EMG variables
  A Gallina, R Merletti, M Gazzoni
  Physiological Measurement


• Motor unit firing pattern of vastus lateralis muscle in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
  Kohei Watanabe, Marco Gazzoni, Ales Holobar, Toshiaki Miyamoto, Kazuhito Fukuda, Roberto Merletti, Toshio Moritani
  Muscle and Nerve


• Surface Electromyogram Detection
  Alberto Botter, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti
  Introduction to Neural Engineering for Motor Rehabilitation


• Uneven spatial distribution of surface EMG: What does it mean?
  Alessio Gallina, Roberto Merletti, Marco Gazzoni
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• A novel system of electrodes transparent to ultrasound for simultaneous detection of myoelectric activity and B-mode ultrasound images of skeletal muscles
  A. Botter, T. M. M. Vieira, I. D. Loram, R. Merletti, E. F. Hodson-Tole
  Journal of Applied Physiology


• Feasibility study of detecting surface electromyograms in severely obese patients
  Marco A. Minetto, Alberto Botter, Sebastjan Šprager, Fiorenza Agosti, Alessandra Patrizi, Fabio Lanfranco, Alessandro Sartorio
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• How much does the human medial gastrocnemius muscle contribute to ankle torques outside the sagittal plane?
  Taian M.M. Vieira, Marco A. Minetto, Emma F. Hodson-Tole, Alberto Botter
  Human Movement Science


• Multi-channel electromyography during maximal isometric and dynamic contractions
  Harri Piitulainen, Alberto Botter, Roberto Merletti, Janne Avela
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Origin and development of muscle cramps
  Marco Alessandro Minetto, Aleš Holobar, Alberto Botter, Dario Farina
  Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews


• Variability in muscle adaptation to electrical stimulation
  M. Minetto, A. Botter, O. Bottinelli, D. Miotti, R. Bottinelli, G. D'Antona
  International Journal of Sports Medicine


• Do surface electromyograms provide physiological estimates of conduction velocity from the medial gastrocnemius muscle?
  Alessio Gallina, Cintia H. Ritzel, Roberto Merletti, Taian M.M. Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Myoelectric activity along human gastrocnemius medialis: Different spatial distributions of postural and electrically elicited surface potentials
  Emma F. Hodson-Tole, Ian D. Loram, Taian M.M. Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

2012

• Surface electromyography features in manual workers affected by carpal tunnel syndrome
  Roberta Bonfiglioli, Alberto Botter, Monica Calabrese, Patrizia Mussoni, Francesco S. Violante, Roberto Merletti
  Muscle and Nerve


• Recruitment of motor units in the medial gastrocnemius muscle during human quiet standing: Is recruitment intermittent? what triggers recruitment?
  Taian M. M. Vieira, Ian D. Loram, Silvia Muceli, Roberto Merletti, Dario Farina
  Journal of Neurophysiology

2011

• Atlas of the muscle motor points for the lower limb: Implications for electrical stimulation procedures and electrode positioning
  Alberto Botter, Gianmosè Oprandi, Fabio Lanfranco, Stefano Allasia, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Marco Alessandro Minetto
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• 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
  Marco A Minetto, Fabio Lanfranco, Alberto Botter, Giovanna Motta, Giulio Mengozzi, Roberta Giordano, Andreea Picu, Ezio Ghigo, Emanuela Arvat
  European Journal of Endocrinology


• Identification of motor unit discharge patterns from high-density surface EMG during high contraction levels
  A. Holobar, M. A. Minetto, A. Botter, D. Farina
  IFMBE Proceedings


• Mechanisms of cramp contractions: Peripheral or central generation?
  Marco Alessandro Minetto, Aleš Holobar, Alberto Botter, Roberta Ravenni, Dario Farina
  Journal of Physiology


• Muscle fiber conduction velocity is more affected after eccentric than concentric exercise
  Harri Piitulainen, Alberto Botter, Roberto Merletti, Janne Avela
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• Solving EMG-force relationship using Particle Swarm Optimization
  A. Botter, H. R. Marateb, B. Afsharipour, R. Merletti
  Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS


• Spinal Involvement and Muscle Cramps in Electrically Elicited Muscle Contractions
  Roberto Merletti, Alberto Botter, Fabio Lanfranco, Marco A. Minetto
  Artificial Organs


• Are the myoelectric manifestations of fatigue distributed regionally in the human medial gastrocnemius muscle?
  Alessio Gallina, Roberto Merletti, Taian M.M. Vieira
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Insights gained into the interpretation of surface electromyograms from the gastrocnemius muscles: A simulation study
  Luca Mesin, Roberto Merletti, Taian M.M. Vieira
  Journal of Biomechanics


• Postural activation of the human medial gastrocnemius muscle: Are the muscle units spatially localised?
  Taian M. M. Vieira, Ian D. Loram, Silvia Muceli, Roberto Merletti, Dario Farina
  Journal of Physiology

2010

• Multichannel surface electromyography in ergonomics: Potentialities and limits
  Marco Gazzoni
  Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing


• Short term bed-rest reduces conduction velocity of individual motor units in leg muscles
  Corrado Cescon, Marco Gazzoni
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Experimental analysis of accuracy in the identification of motor unit spike trains from high-density surface EMG
  Ales Holobar, Marco Alessandro Minetto, Alberto Botter, Francesco Negro, Dario Farina
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering


• Muscle fiber conduction slowing and decreased levels of circulating muscle proteins after short-term dexamethasone administration in healthy subjects
  Marco A. Minetto, Alberto Botter, Fabio Lanfranco, Matteo Baldi, Ezio Ghigo, Emanuela Arvat
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism


• Advances in surface EMG: Recent progress in clinical research applications
  Roberto Merletti, Alberto Botter, Corrado Cescon, Marco A. Minetto, Taian M.M. Vieira
  Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering


• Advances in surface EMG: Recent progress in detection and processing techniques
  Roberto Merletti, Matteo Aventaggiato, Alberto Botter, Ales Holobar, Hamid Marateb, Taian M.M. Vieira
  Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering


• Automatic segmentation of surface EMG images: Improving the estimation of neuromuscular activity
  Taian M.M. Vieira, Roberto Merletti, Luca Mesin
  Journal of Biomechanics


• Is the stabilization of quiet upright stance in humans driven by synchronized modulations of the activity of medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles?
  Taian M. M. Vieira, Uwe Windhorst, Roberto Merletti
  Journal of Applied Physiology

2009

• A bi-dimensional index for the selective assessment of myoelectric manifestations of peripheral and central muscle fatigue
  Luca Mesin, Corrado Cescon, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti, Alberto Rainoldi
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Adjustments differ among low-threshold motor units during intermittent, isometric contractions
  Dario Farina, Aleš Holobar, Marco Gazzoni, Damjan Zazula, Roberto Merletti, Roger M. Enoka
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Automatic localisation of innervation zones: A simulation study of the external anal sphincter
  Luca Mesin, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Central motor control failure in fibromyalgia: A surface electromyography study
  Roberto Casale, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Fabiola Atzeni, Marco Gazzoni, Dan Buskila, Alberto Rainoldi
  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders


• Estimating motor unit discharge patterns from high-density surface electromyogram
  Aleš Holobar, Dario Farina, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti, Damjan Zazula
  Clinical Neurophysiology


• Discharge properties of motor units of the abductor hallucis muscle during cramp contractions
  Marco A. Minetto, Aleš Holobar, Alberto Botter, Dario Farina
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Elicitability of muscle cramps in different leg and foot muscles
  Marco Alessandro Minetto, Alberto Botter
  Muscle and Nerve


• Myoelectric fatigue profiles of three knee extensor muscles
  A. Botter, F. Lanfranco, R. Merletti, M. Minetto
  International Journal of Sports Medicine


• Pulse charge and not waveform affects M-wave properties during progressive motor unit activation
  A. Botter, R. Merletti, M.A. Minetto
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Technology and instrumentation for detection and conditioning of the surface electromyographic signal: State of the art
  Roberto Merletti, Alberto Botter, Amedeo Troiano, Enrico Merlo, Marco Alessandro Minetto
  Clinical Biomechanics


• Time and frequency domain analysis of surface myoelectric signals during electrically-elicited cramps
  M.A. Minetto, A. Botter, D. De Grandis, R. Merletti
  Neurophysiologie Clinique


• An overview of age-related changes in postural control during quiet standing tasks using classical and modern stabilometric descriptors
  Taian de Mello Martins Vieira, Liliam Fernandes de Oliveira, Jurandir Nadal
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• Postural sway changes during pregnancy: A descriptive study using stabilometry
  Liliam F. Oliveira, Taian M.M. Vieira, Adriana R. Macedo, David M. Simpson, Jurandir Nadal
  European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

2008

• Detecting the unique representation of motor-unit action potentials in the surface electromyogram
  Dario Farina, Francesco Negro, Marco Gazzoni, Roger M. Enoka
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Differences in myoelectric manifestations of fatigue in sprinters and long distance runners
  A Rainoldi, M Gazzoni, G Melchiorri
  Physiological Measurement


• Mechanical and EMG responses of the vastus lateralis and changes in biochemical variables to isokinetic exercise in endurance and power athletes
  Alberto Rainoldi, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti, Marco Alessandro Minetto
  Journal of Sports Sciences


• Surface EMG signal alterations in Carpal Tunnel syndrome: A pilot study
  A. Rainoldi, M. Gazzoni, R. Casale
  European Journal of Applied Physiology


• Reliability of a novel neurostimulation method to study involuntary muscle phenomena
  Marco Alessandro Minetto, Alberto Botter, Roberta Ravenni, Roberto Merletti, Domenico De Grandis
  Muscle and Nerve


• The importance of an objective assessment to identify functional constraints of young skier athletes
  Fulvio Stradijot, Taian de Mello Martins Vieira
  Journal of ASTM International

2007

• Influence of the sample collection method on salivary interleukin-6 levels in resting and post-exercise conditions
  M. A. Minetto, M. Gazzoni, F. Lanfranco, M. Baldi, L. Saba, R. Pedrola, P. V. Komi, A. Rainoldi
  European Journal of Applied Physiology

2006

• Interleukin-6 response to isokinetic exercise in elite athletes: Relationships to adrenocortical function and to mechanical and myoelectric fatigue
  M. A. Minetto, A. Rainoldi, M. Gazzoni, G. P. Ganzit, L. Saba, P. Paccotti
  European Journal of Applied Physiology

2005

• Conduction velocity of low-threshold motor units during ischemic contractions performed with surface EMG feedback
  Dario Farina, Marco Gazzoni, Federico Camelia
  Journal of Applied Physiology


• Conduction velocity of quiescent muscle fibers decreases during sustained contraction
  Marco Gazzoni, Federico Camelia, Dario Farina
  Journal of Neurophysiology


• Differential responses of serum and salivary interleukin-6 to acute strenuous exercise
  M. Minetto, A. Rainoldi, M. Gazzoni, M. Terzolo, P. Borrione, A. Termine, L. Saba, A. Dovio, A. Angeli, P. Paccotti
  European Journal of Applied Physiology

2004

• A new method for the extraction and classification of single motor unit action potentials from surface EMG signals
  Marco Gazzoni, Dario Farina, Roberto Merletti
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods


• Low-threshold motor unit membrane properties vary with contraction intensity during sustained activation with surface EMG visual feedback
  Dario Farina, Marco Gazzoni, Federico Camelia
  Journal of Applied Physiology


• Multichannel surface EMG for the non-invasive assessment of the anal sphincter muscle
  R. Merletti, A. Bottin, C. Cescon, D. Farina, M. Gazzoni, S. Martina, L. Mesin, M. Pozzo, A. Rainoldi, P. Enck
  Digestion


• Non-invasive assessment of single motor unit mechanomyographic response and twitch force by spike-triggered averaging
  C. Cescon, M. Gazzoni, M. Gobbo, C. Orizio, D. Farina
  Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing


• Reproducibility of muscle-fiber conduction velocity estimates using multichannel surface EMG techniques
  Dario Farina, Domenico Zagari, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti
  Muscle and Nerve

2003

• Assessment of low back muscle fatigue by surface EMG signal analysis: Methodological aspects
  Dario Farina, Marco Gazzoni, Roberto Merletti
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology


• The linear electrode array: A useful tool with many applications
  Roberto Merletti, Dario Farina, Marco Gazzoni
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

2002

• Effect of age on muscle functions investigated with surface electromyography
  Roberto Merletti, Dario Farina, Marco Gazzoni, Maria Pia Schieroni
  Muscle and Nerve