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Neurophysiology and Movement Rehabilitation group
Our vision is to decrease the burden of disability related to neurological conditions by deploying and developing cutting-edge innovative technologies. The group's mission is to foster a multidisciplinary, dynamic research-oriented environment to bring together neurophisiological and movement analysis knowledge with the aim of using technologies to tailor personalised rehabilititative programs.
Clinicians
Alessandra Del Felice | Associate Professor, Neurologist |
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![]() | Alessandra Del Felice is an academic clinician in the area of Neurorehabilitation. Her basic training has been as a neurologist, with a special interest in neurophysiology and neurorehabilitation, and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. |
Stefano Masiero | Full Professor, Physical medicine specialist |
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![]() | Stefano Masiero is an academic clinician (full professor) in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Padova (UNIPD). His basic training has been as a physiatrist, with a special interest in neuro-rehabilitation, and holds a post-graduate diploma in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (University of Verona). His current research portfolio includes treatment in spinal disorders and study of non-invasive musculoskeletal assessment; physical therapy (e.g., external shock wave, short-wave diathermy); injecting therapy in the patient with musculoskeletal disorders; the role of exercise in the elderly; new tools for neurorehabilitation (e.g., robot-therapy, gait analysis, neurophysiological mechanisms of recovery after stroke and orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation outcomes in Parkinson Disease); robot-assisted rehabilitation and haptic interfaces for clinical application; rehabilitation in thermal environmental and functional electrical stimulation.He has more than 200 peer-reviewed articles or book chapters to his name. He has been given several awards for his work, e.g., Science Award for Notable Scientific Achievements and Contributions in the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2019, National Children's Rehabilitation Center - University Medical Center (KZ)). He is Director of the School of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova (IT) and Chair of Rehabilitation Department, Padova University-General Hospital (IT). Teaching |
Bioengineers
Emanuela Formaggio | Assistant Professor, Neurophysiological signal analysis expert |
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![]() | Emanuela Formaggio received the Master’s degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in bioengineering from the University of Padova, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. From 2006 to 2010 she was a research fellow at the Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences at the University of Verona, Italy. From 2010 she has a research fellowship with Foundation IRCCS "San Camillo" Hospital, Venezia, Italy. From 2018 she is an assistant professor in Bioengineering at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy. Her research interest concerns fMRI analysis, coregistration of EEG-fMRI signals, EEG-TMS coregistration and EEG/MEG source localization for clinical applications (epilepsy, stroke, disorders of consciousness, Parkinson, muscular dystrophy). |
Roberto Di Marco | Non-tenured assistant professor, Human Movement and Biomechanics expert |
![]() | Roberto Di Marco graduated at Sapienza University of Rome in Clinical Engineering (BSc, 2009) and in Biomedical Engineering (MSc, 2012), defending a thesis on the effect of magnetic field distortions on measurements gathered from wearable sensors typically used for Human Movement Analysis. He received the PhD both from Sapienza University of Rome and from The University of Sheffield (Sheffield, UK). His main research focus was the modelling of the foot-ankle complex for gait analysis purposes. From 2018 to March 2022, he was responsible for the technical part of the Laboratory of Clinical Analysis and Biomechanics of Movement @ University Hospital of Padua, where he was looking into the gait deviations of people with Dravet Syndrome and supported the management of the "PD_Pal" project, funded by the EU H2020 programme. Now, he is a Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Verona. He also serves as reviewer for several journals and conferences in biomechanics. |
Maria Rubega | Non-tenured assistant professor, Neurophysiological signal analysis expert |
![]() | Maria Rubega received a BSc Degree in Information Engineering in July 2011 and a MSc Degree in Bioengineering in October 2013, both from the University of Padova (Padova, Italy). In February 2017, she obtained her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padova. During her 2-y experience (April 2017-April 2019) at the Laboratory of Prof. C.M. Michel at the Department of Basic Neurosciences at the University of Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland), she was involved in the project Sinergia aiming in exploring brain communication pathways by combining diffusion based quantitative structural connectivity and EEG source imaging with application to physiological and epileptic networks. Her main research was related to the quantification of high-density EEG time-varying connectivity in the source space (i.e., estimation of EEG source dipole orientation for connectivity analysis; implementation of a constrained Kalman filter approach to inform dynamic functional connectivity with anatomical priors; graph methods for the analysis of functional/effective connectivity matrices). Now, she is a Research Fellow at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Padova. She is currently involved in a project funded by REACT-EU PON (DM 1062/2021) in order to analyse cortical and muscular activations in upright dynamic and static balance in the elderly to prevent fall. She is involved in the acquisition of kinematic, cerebral activity and muscular signal during gait and postural adjustments and on EEG-EMG signal processing. |
Post-graduates Students
PhD Students
Margerita Bertuccelli | Neuropsychologist |
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![]() | Margherita Bertuccelli graduated at Padova University in Scienze Psicologiche Cognitive e Psicobiologiche (BSc, 2017) and in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (MSc, 2019), defending an experimental thesis on sleep and cognitive alterations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Spinal Muscular Atrophy. |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Registrars
Giacomo Dazzi, MD
Francesca Cantele, MD
Past
Laura Nieves,MD
Michele Tonellato, MD
Giulia Bellon, MD
Research Assistants
Past
Luciana Ciringione, PhD
Students
Medical Students | Engineering Students |
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Past Marianna Zampini, MD | Asja Vianello, MSc student Past Matilde Paramento, MSc |
Visiting Researchers
Past
Ngadhnjim Sutaj, PhD Student
Researcher
g.tec medical engineering, Austria
Lore Wyers, PT, PhD Student
Ann Hallemans, PhD
Movement Antwerpen – MOVANT
Multidisciplinary Motor Centre Antwerp – M²Ocean
University of Antwerp