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Movement Analysis Lab (LAM)  

 

Group

-      Prof. Chiarella Sforza, MD (director)

-      Prof. Virgilio Ferruccio Ferrario, MS Mechanical Engineering, MD

-      Dr. Matteo Zago, BS Biomedical, MS Electronic Engineering, PhD (postdoc)

-      Dr. Ilaria Pacifici, MS Biomedical Engineering (PhD student)

-      Dr. Daniela Ciprandi, MS Sports Science (PhD student)

-      Dr. Nicola Lovecchio, MS Sports Science, PT, PhD (collaborator)

 

 

 

Research activity (Since 1992)

-      Quantitative analysis of human movement: 3D motion capture, surface EMG.

-      Sports biomechanics: technique kinematics, energy cost of exercise.

-      Clinical biomechanics: gait analysis, mandibular motion, facial mimicry.

The group’s research activity is focused on:

  

 

 

Collaborations

Posture and Movement Analysis Laboratory Luigi Divieti, Department of Electronics, Information and   Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano (Prof. Manuela Galli).

-  Maxillofacial surgery units, San Paolo Hospital (Prof. Federico Biglioli) and Foundation Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (Prof. Aldo B. Giannì), Milan.

Applied Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (Prof. Christel Galvani).

-  Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (Prof. Claudia Maria De Felicio).

- Muscle and Exercise Physiology Lab, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan (Prof. Fabio Esposito).

-  TBM Lab, Movement biomechanics and motor control, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano (Prof. Carlo A. Frigo).

 

 

Recent scientific production

-  M. Zago, M. Codari, F. M. Iaia, C. Sforza. Multi-segmental movements as a function of experience in karate. Journal of Sports Sciences, 2016 [epub ahead of print].

-  N. Lovecchio, M. Zago, L. Perucca, C. Sforza. Short-term repeatability of stabilometric assessments. Journal of Motor Behavior, 2016 [epub ahead of print].

-  M. Zago, A. G. Piovan, I. Annoni, D. Ciprandi, F. M. Iaia, C. Sforza. Dribbling determinants in sub-elite youth soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences, 2016; 34: 411-419.

-  F. V. Sidequersky, A. Mapelli, I. Annoni, M. Zago, C. M. de Felìcio, C. Sforza. Three-dimensional motion analysis of facial movement during verbal and nonverbal expressions in healthy subjects. Clinical Anatomy, 2016; 29: 991-997.

 

Contact us

Dpt. of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano

via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milano – Italy

email: chiarella.sforza@unimi.it, matteo.zago@unimi.it, daniela.ciprandi@unimi.it

 

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