Several studies highlighted differences in behavioral performance between the two hands, either due to hand dominance or to specialization of the brain hemisphere. In a previous study, right-handed individuals performed a bimanual isometric force-matching task with the arms in different configurations. There we found that the accuracy of the...
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2020 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2020 (v1)Publication
Maintaining balance standing upright is an active process that complements the stabilizing properties of muscle stiffness with feedback control driven by independent sensory channels: proprioceptive, visual, and vestibular. Considering that the contribution of these channels is additive, we investigated to what extent providing an additional...
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2022 (v1)Publication
Effective control of trunk muscles is fundamental to perform most daily activities. Stroke affects this ability also when sitting, and the Modified Functional Reach Test is a simple clinical method to evaluate sitting balance. We characterize the upper body kinematics and muscular activity during this test. Fifteen chronic stroke survivors...
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2019 (v1)Publication
Background: Several daily living activities require people to coordinate the motion and the force produced by both arms, using their position sense and sense of effort. However, to date, the interaction in bimanual tasks has not been extensively investigated. Methods: We focused on bimanual tasks where subjects were required: (Experiment 1) to...
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2019 (v1)Publication
Assessing proprioception is important for understanding and treating sensorimotor impairments. Many daily tasks require bimanual manipulation of objects, but state of the art methods for the assessment of proprioception are far away from bimanual activities, and instead evaluate sensorimotor integrity in oversimplified and often unimanual...
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2019 (v1)Publication
Proprioceptive deficits are frequent and disabling symptoms of neurological diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). These deficits are poorly understood partly because of the limited sensitivity and reproducibility of clinical measures. However, their assessment is crucial in planning and evaluating rehabilitative treatments. Therefore, we...
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2021 (v1)Publication
Massive hemorrhage remains the number one cause of preventable death in trauma worldwide. However, immediate intervention by a bystander can significantly improve the survival of the injured person. In this context, the tourniquets represent the most quick and effective devices for stopping arterial and venous blood flow. The aim of this...
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2019 (v1)Publication
Postural responses to unstable conditions or perturbations are important predictors of the risk of falling and can reveal balance deficits in people with neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's Disease (PD). However, there is a lack of evidences related to devices and protocols providing a comprehensive and quantitative evaluation of...
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