Cultural mission

Pursues the primary goal of developing and applying principles and techniques of bioengineering and physiology investigation to human movement research, with the intent of understanding the underlying mechanisms and applying them to improving sports performance in athletes and quality of life in healthy individuals and those with locomotion disorders. The laboratory is part of the Interuniversity Center for Bioengineering of the Human Neuromusculoskeletal System.

Main lines of research

Advanced methodologies (algorithms and models) and protocols for human motion analysis, using optoelectronic capture systems or wearable inertial devices. Original assessment and intervention protocols, in the area of exercise, applied mainly to aging and to some neurological and orthopedic diseases (e.g., new intervention programs for improving motor control in the elderly or for returning to sports activity in patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery).