Neuro-orthopedic surgery offers an effective treatment option for children with cerebral palsy (CP) who face walking impairments due to soft tissue and bone alterations as they grow. The literature suggests two summary indices to understand and measure these gait [...]
At the XXIV SIAMOC Congress - Italian Society of Movement Analysis in Clinic, held in Stresa (VB) on October 2-5, 2024, the MerloBioEngineering team actively participated with several oral and poster presentations. We have shared more details about these [...]
The XXIV SIAMOC Congress - Italian Society of Movement Analysis in Clinic - was held in Stresa (VB) on October 2nd-5th. Eng. Andrea Merlo of MerloBioEngineering attended the congress to present the latest research. [...]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About sEMG* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) in Surface Electromyography: Physiology, Engineering and Applications, Wiley-IEEE press. A stunning new book from our "gurus" Prof. Roberto Merletti and Prof. Dario Farina. It reflects on developments in noninvasive [...]
We recently participated in an interesting publication on a case of parkinsonism and dystonia in a patient with 18p Chromosomal Deletion encompassing the GNAL gene. This is the result of great teamwork with esteemed colleagues from Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of [...]
The MerloBioEngineering team recently contributed to writing an article published in the Italian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. This paper, authored by a working group established by the Italian Society for Movement Analysis in Clinic [...]
We recently published a paper written in collaboration with leading experts in gait analysis at the European level. The manuscript is titled "Current practices in clinical gait analysis in Europe: A comprehensive survey-based study from the European society for [...]
Instrumental gait analysis is widely used to provide a quantitative description of gait impairments among people with neurological conditions, such as stroke and cerebral palsy. Common applications of gait analysis in clinical settings encompass functional diagnosis, disease progression monitoring, [...]
Traditionally, the challenge of foot elevation during the swing phase has been ascribed to spasticity in the plantarflexor muscles, triggered by the opposite dorsiflexion movement. However, the literature has shown that spasticity poorly correlates with dorsiflexion deficit and voluntary [...]
From April 10th to 12th, 2024, the MerloBioEngineering team took part in several presentations of the course "Advanced Course in Motion Analysis in Clinical Rehabilitation," organized by Dr. Maurizio Petrarca and Dr. Martina Favetta from Bambin Gesù Children's Hospital. [...]
