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Linking head and neck posture with muscular activity and perceived discomfort during prolonged smartphone texting by D'Anna, C., Schmid, M., Conforto, S.

“…Prolonged use of the smartphone for texting was studied on a sample of 17 healthy young adult participants (11 females), who were asked to type interactively…”
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Assessing the influence of SNR and pre-processing filter bandwidth on the extraction of different muscle co-activation indexes from surface EMG data by Rinaldi, M., D'Anna, C., Schmid, M., Conforto, S.

“…Muscle co-activation is the mechanism that regulates simultaneous activity of agonist and antagonist muscles crossing the same joint. During functional…”
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Trunk stability in fatiguing frequency-dependent lifting activities by Chini, G., Varrecchia, T., Conforto, S., De Nunzio, A.M., Draicchio, F., Falla, D., Ranavolo, A.

“…Work-related low-back disorders (WLBDs) are one of the most frequent and costly musculoskeletal conditions. It has been showed that WLBDs may occur when…”
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Global lower limb muscle coactivation during walking at different speeds: Relationship between spatio-temporal, kinematic, kinetic, and energetic parameters by Varrecchia, T., Rinaldi, M., Serrao, M., Draicchio, F., Conte, C., Conforto, S., Schmid, M., Ranavolo, A.

“…Muscle coactivation is the mechanism that regulates the simultaneous activity of antagonist muscles around the same joint. During walking, muscle joint…”
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Novel formulation of a double threshold algorithm for the estimation of muscle activation intervals designed for variable SNR environments by Severini, G, Conforto, S, Schmid, M, D’Alessio, T

“…Abstract The aim of this work is the development of an improved formulation of the double threshold algorithm for sEMG onset–offset detection presented by…”
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Effect of Restraining the Base of Support on the Other Biomechanical Features in Patients with Cerebellar Ataxia by Conte, C., Serrao, Mariano, Cuius, L., Ranavolo, A., Conforto, S., Pierelli, F., Padua, L.

“…This study aimed to analyze the biomechanical consequences of reducing the base of support in patients with ataxia. Specifically, we evaluated the…”
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A Comparative Study on the Influence of Probe Placement on Quality Assurance Measurements in B-mode Ultrasound by Means of Ultrasound Phantoms by Scorza, A, Conforto, S, D'Anna, C, Sciuto, S A

“…To check or to prevent failures in ultrasound medical systems, some tests should be scheduled for both clinical suitability and technical functionality…”
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Do children with congenital blindness have balance deficits? Evidence from a posturography study with traditional and new parameters by Gazzellini, S, D’Anna, C, Conforto, S, Vasco, G, Castelli, E, Petrarca, M

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An adaptive Kalman-based Bayes estimation technique to classify locomotor activities in young and elderly adults through accelerometers by Muscillo, R, Schmid, M, Conforto, S, D’Alessio, T

“…Abstract An accelerometer-based system able to classify among different locomotor activities during real life conditions is here presented, and its performance…”
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The time-to-boundary function to assess upright stance in static and dynamic condition by D’ Anna, C, Patanè, F, Schmid, M, Cappa, P, Castelli, E, Gazzellini, S, Conforto, S, Petrarca, M

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A Review on Methods and Devices for Force Platforms Calibration in Medical Applications by Scorza, A., Massaroni, C., Orsini, F., D’Anna, C., Conforto, S., Silvestri, S., Sciuto, S.A.

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Markerless Human Motion Analysis in Gauss-Laguerre Transform Domain: An Application to Sit-To-Stand in Young and Elderly People by Goffredo, M., Schmid, M., Conforto, S., Carli, M., Neri, A., D'Alessio, T.

“…A markerless computer vision technique specifically designed to track natural elements on the human body surface is presented. The method implements the…”
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A reverse engineering schema to monitor 3-D control of upper limbs while playing the Wii by Schmid, M, Bibbo, D, Conforto, S, D’Alessio, T

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SPECTRAL ANALYSIS FOR NON-STATIONARY SIGNALS FROM MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS: A PARAMETRIC APPROACH by CONFORTO, S., D'ALESSIO, T.

“…Non-parametric time–frequency methods for spectral estimation are increasingly used in the analysis of non-stationary signals. However, neither have their…”
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The sensitivity of posturographic parameters to acquisition settings by Schmid, M., Conforto, S., Camomilla, V., Cappozzo, A., D’Alessio, T.

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of posturographic parameters (PP) to changes in acquisition settings. A group of eight young adults…”
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Tremor detection and tracking through sEMG analysis by Conforto, S, De Marchis, C, Severini, G, D’Alessio, T

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A Multivariate Auto-Regressive Method to Estimate Cortico-Muscular Coherence for the Detection of Movement Intent by Severini, G., Conforto, S., Schmid, M., D'Alessio, T.

“…In this work a time-frequency approach to estimate the Cortico-Muscular Coherence for the detection of the movement intent is presented, assessed on simulated…”
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A neural approach to extract foreground from human movement images by Conforto, S., Schmid, M., Neri, A., D’Alessio, T.

“…In recent years many approaches to foreground extraction from images related to human movement have been presented. The foreground extraction represents a…”
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EMG-based Indicators of Muscular Co-Activation during Gait in Children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Rinaldi, M., Petrarca, M., Romano, A., Vasco, G., D'Anna, C., Schmid, M., Castelli, E., Conforto, S.

“…Muscular weakness is one of the main signs associated with the onset and progression of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. During motor functions, this disease also…”
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Real time monitoring of muscular fatigue from dynamic surface myoelectric signals using a complex covariance approach by Conforto, S., D'Alessio, T.

“…A method aimed at the real-time monitoring of muscular fatigue was implemented and optimized. The method is based on an estimate of the complex covariance…”
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