Ricerca Laboratori di RicercaKinesiology and Motor Control LabPublications

Publications

 

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2025

Amore M.*, Alfarano A., Sorgente V., Panconi G., Guarducci S., Bravi R., Minciacchi D.* (2025). Single-Bout Strength: Acute Mental Health Responses to Resistance Training in Active Adults. Sports. 13: 221. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/13/7/221

 

Barchielli C.*, Jayousi S., Guarducci S., Caputo S., Alaimo M., Capanni L., Serafini G., Serrano M., Zoppi P., Mucchi L. (2025). Extended reality and information and communications technology in therapy: Enhancing remote artistic and recreational engagement for physically impaired and socially isolated patients. Digital Health. 11: 1-24. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20552076251350440

 

Guarducci S., Panconi G., Mucchi L., Minciacchi D., Bravi R. (2025). Wireless Sensor Insoles for Assessing Load Distribution and Plantar Pressures in Persons with Orthopedic Conditions within a Home Environment: A Case Report. In Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11059404

 

Jayousi S., Barchielli C., Guarducci S., Alaimo M., Caputo S., Zoppi P., Mucchi L. (2025). Enhancing Continuity of Care through IT-Enabled Social and Healthcare Service Mapping. In Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11059394

 

Guarducci S., Jayousi S.*, Caputo S., Mucchi L. (2025). Key Fundamentals and Examples of Sensors for Human Health: Wearable, Non-Continuous, and Non-Contact Monitoring Devices. Sensors. 25, 556.  https://doi.org/10.3390/s25020556

 

Panconi G.*, Grasso S., Guarducci S., Mucchi L., Minciacchi D., Bravi R.* (2025). DeepLabCut Custom-Trained Model and the Refinement Function for Gait Analysis. Scientific Reports. 15, 2364.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85591-1

 

2024

Panconi G.*, Sorgente V., Guarducci S., Bravi R., Minciacchi D.* (2024). The Role of Visual Information Quantity in Fine Motor Performance. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 9, 267. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9040267

 

Amore M., Minciacchi D.*, Panconi G., Guarducci S., Bravi R., Sorgente V.* (2024). Impact of of Sled-Integrated Resisted Sprint Training on Sprint and Vertical Jump Performance in Young U-14 Male Football Players. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 9, 256. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9040256

 

Jayousi S., Barchielli C., Alaimo M., Guarducci S., Caputo S., Paffetti M., Zoppi P., Mucchi L.* (2024). Health Community 4.0: An Innovative Multidisciplinary Solution for Tailored Healthcare Assistance Management. Sensors (Basel). 24: 6059. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/18/6059

 

Sorgente V.*, Minciacchi D.* (2024). Efficiency in Kinesiology: Innovative Approaches in Enhancing Motor Skills for Athletic Performance 2.0. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 2024; 9(3):137. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9030137

 

Jayousi S., Barchielli C., Alaimo M., Guarducci S., Caputo S., Paffetti M., Zoppi P., Mucchi L. (2024). Improving Community Healthcare Assistance Through an Innovative and Multidisciplinary Systemic Approach. In Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT, London, United Kingdom, pp. 1-6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10738182

 

Gonzalez-Rave J.M.*, Sorgente V., Agudo-Ortega A., Rodrigo-Carranza V., Psycharakis S., Turner A.P. (2024). Countermovement-Jump and Pull-Up Performance Before and After a Swimming Race in Preparatory and Competitive Phases of a Swimming Season.  International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 19, 471-479. doi: https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2023-0329

 

2023

 

Sorgente V.*, Lopez-Hernandez A., Minciacchi D., González-Ravé J.M. (2023). Diving into Recovery. The Effects of Different Post-Competition Protocols for Enhancing Physio-Psychological Parameters in National Level Youth Swimmers. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 22, 739 - 747.
doi: https://doi.org/10.52082/jssm.2023.739

 

Sorgente V.*, Minciacchi D. (2023). Efficiency in Kinesiology: Innovative Approaches in Enhancing Motor Skills for Athletic Performance. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 8 (3), 111. doi: 10.3390/jfmk8030111

 

Muñoz de la Cruz V., Agudo-Ortega A., Sorgente V.*, Turner A., González-Ravé J.M.* (2023). The effectiveness of adjusting resistance training loads through velocity-based techniques in experienced sprinters: a case series study. Frontiers in physiology, 14, 1241459. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1241459

 

Minciacchi D.*, Bravi R., Rosenboom D. (2023). Editorial: Sonification, Aesthetic Representation of Physical Quantities. Front Neurosci. 17: 1162383. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1162383

 

 

Sorgente V.*, Agudo-Ortega A., Lopez-Hernandez A., Santos del Cerro J., Minciacchi D.*, González-Ravé J.M. (2023). Relationship between Maximum Force-Velocity Exertion and Swimming Performances among Four Strokes over Medium and Short Distances. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 8: 20. doi: 10.3390/jfmk8010020

 

2022

 

Bravi R.*, Gavazzi G., Benedetti V., Giovannelli F., Grasso S., Panconi G., Viggiano M.P., Minciacchi D.* (2022). Effect of different sport environments on proactive and reactive motor inhibition: A study on open- and closed-skilled athletes via mouse-tracking procedure. Front Psychol. 13: 1042705. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042705

 

Cohen E.J.*, Righi G., Conti C., De Santis C., Sciarrone G., Del Popolo G. (2022). Quantification of hand functional recovery in spinal cord injury patients. J Spinal Cord Med. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2022.2066384

 

Sorgente V., Cohen E.J., Bravi R.*, Minciacchi D.* (2022). The Best of Two Different Visual Instructions in Improving Precision Ball-Throwing and Standing Long Jump Performances in Primary School Children. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 7(1): 8. doi: 10.3390/jfmk7010008

 

2021

 

Sorgente V., Cohen E.J., Bravi R.*, Minciacchi D.* (2021). Crosstalk between Gross and Fine Motor Domains during Late Childhood: The Influence of Gross Motor Training on Fine Motor Performances in Primary School Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 18(21): 11387. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111387

 

Cohen E.J., Wei K., Minciacchi D.* (2021). Examining Modifications of Execution Strategies During a Continuous Task. Sci Rep. 11: 4829. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-84369-5

 

Cohen E.J.*, Bravi R., Minciacchi D. (2021). Assessing the Development of Fine Motor Control in Elementary School Children Using Drawing and Tracing Tasks. Percept Mot Skills. 128(2): 605-624. doi:10.1177/0031512521990358

 

Quarta E., Bravi R., Minciacchi D., Cohen E.J.* (2021). Circle drawing and tracing dataset for evaluation of fine motor control. Data in Brief. 35: 106763 doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106763

 

Bravi R.*, Caputo S., Jayousi S., Martinelli A., Biotti L., Nannini I., Cohen E.J., Quarta E., Grasso S., Lucchesi G., Righi G., Del Popolo G., Mucchi L.*, Minciacchi D. (2021). An Inertial Measurement Unit-Based Wireless System for Shoulder Motion Assessment in Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Validation Pilot Study in a Clinical Setting. Sensors. 21(4): 1057. doi: 10.3390/s21041057

 

2020

 

Quarta E., Cohen E.J., Bravi R., Minciacchi D.* (2020). Future Portrait of the Athletic Brain: Mechanistic Understanding of Human Sport Performance Via Animal Neurophysiology of Motor Behavior.                  Front Sys Neurosci. 14: 596200. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2020.596200

 

Benedetti V., Gavazzi G., Giovannelli F., Bravi R., Giganti F., Minciacchi D., Mascalchi M., Cincotta M., Viggiano M.P.* (2020). Mouse tracking to explore motor inhibition processes in go/no-go and stop signal tasks. Brain Sci. 10(7): 464. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10070464

 

Minciacchi D.*, Rosenboom D., Bravi R., Cohen E.J. (2020). Editorial: Sonification, Perceptualizing Biological Information. Front Neurosci. 14: 550. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00550

 

2019

 

Cohen E.J., Wei K., Minciacchi D.* (2019). Visuomotor perturbation in a continuous circle tracing task: novel approach for quantifying motor adaptation. Sci Rep. 9: 18679. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55241-4

 

Bravi R.*, Ioannou C.I., Minciacchi D., Altenmüller E. (2019). Assessment of the effects of Kinesiotaping on musical motor performance in musicians suffering from focal hand dystonia: a pilot study. Clin Rehabil. 33(10): 1636-1648. doi: 10.1177/0269215519852408

 

2018

 

Bravi R., Cohen E.J., Martinelli A., Gottard A., Minciacchi D.* (2018). The Less You are, the More You are Helped: Effect of Kinesio Tape on Temporal Coordination. Int J Sports Med. 39(12): 944-953. doi: 10.1055/a-0668-0041

 

Cohen E.J., Bravi R., Bagni M.A., Minciacchi D.* (2018). Precision in drawing and tracing tasks: Different measures for different aspects of fine motor control. Hum Mov Sci. 61: 177-188. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2018.08.004

 

Quarta E., Fulgenzi G., Bravi R., Cohen E.J., Yanpallewar S., Tessarollo L., Minciacchi D.* (2018). Deletion of the endogenous TrkB.T1 receptor isoform restores the number of hippocampal CA1 parvalbumin-positive neurons and rescues long-term potentiation in pre-symptomatic mSOD1(G93A) ALS mice. Mol Cell Neurosci. 89: 33-41. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2018.03.010

 

Cohen E.J., Bravi R., Minciacchi D.* (2018). The effect of fidget spinners on fine motor control. Sci Rep. 8(1): 3144. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21529-0

 

2017

 

Cohen E.J., Bravi R., Minciacchi D.* (2017). 3D Reconstruction of Human Movement in a Single Projection by Dynamic Marker Scaling. PLoS One. 12(10): e0186443. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186443

 

Bravi R., Cohen E.J., Martinelli A., Gottard A., Minciacchi D.* (2017). When Non-Dominant is Better than Dominant: Kinesiotape Modulates Asymmetries in Timed Performance during a Synchronization-Continuation Task. Front Integr Neurosci. 11: 21. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2017.00021

 

Cohen E.J., Quarta E., Bravi R., Granato A., Minciacchi D.* (2017). Neural Plasticity and Network Remodeling: From Concepts to Pathology. Neuroscience. 344: 326-345. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.12.048

 

2016

 

Bravi R., Cohen E.J., Quarta E., Martinelli A., Minciacchi D.* (2016). Effect of Direction and Tension of Kinesio Taping Application on Sensorimotor Coordination. Int J Sports Med. 37: 1–6. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-109777

 

2015

 

Cohen E.J., Quarta E., Fulgenzi G., Minciacchi D.* (2015). Acetylcholine, GABA and neuronal networks: a working hypothesis for compensations in the dystrophic brain. Brain Res Bull 110: 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2014.10.004

 

Quarta E., Bravi R., Scambi I., Mariotti R., Minciacchi D.* (2015). Increased anxiety-like behavior and selective learning impairments are concomitant to loss of hippocampal interneurons in the presymptomatic SOD1(G93A) ALS mouse model. J Comp Neurol. 523(11):1622-38. doi: 10.1002/cne.23759

 

Bravi R., Quarta E., Del Tongo C., Carbonaro N., Tognetti A., Minciacchi D.* (2015). Music, clicks, and their imaginations favor differently the event-based timing component for rhythmic movements. Exp Brain Res. 233(6):1945-1961. doi: 10.1007/s00221-015-4267-z

 

2014

 

Bravi R., Quarta E., Cohen E.J., Gottard A., Minciacchi D.* (2014). A little elastic for a better performance: kinesiotaping of the motor effector modulates neural mechanisms for rhythmic movements. Front Syst Neurosci 8: 181. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00181

 

Bravi R., Del Tongo C., Cohen E.J., Dalle Mura G., Tognetti A., Minciacchi D.* (2014). Modulation of isochronous movements in a flexible environment: links between motion and auditory experience. Exp Brain Res. 232: 1663-1675. doi: 10.1007/s00221-014-3845-9