Coccia Armando

University of Naples Federico II | UNINA · Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

This paper presents the design, development, and validation of a novel e-textile leg sleeve for non-invasive Surface Electromyography (sEMG) monitoring. This wearable device incorporates e-textile sensors for sEMG signal acquisition from the lower limb muscles, specifically the anterior tibialis and lateral gastrocnemius. Validation was conducted b...

This study investigates the biomechanical impact of a passive Arm-Support Exoskeleton (ASE) on workers in wool textile processing. Eight workers, equipped with surface electrodes for electromyography (EMG) recording, performed three industrial tasks, with and without the exoskeleton. All tasks were performed in an upright stance involving repetitiv...

Foot drop is a deficit in foot dorsiflexion causing difficulties in walking. Passive ankle-foot orthoses are external devices used to support the drop foot improving gait functions. Foot drop deficits and therapeutic effects of AFO can be highlighted using gait analysis. This study reports values of the major spatiotemporal gait parameters assessed...

Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are common non-surgical treatments used to support foot and ankle joint when their normal functioning is compromised. AFOs have relevant impact on gait biomechanics, while scientific literature about effects on static balance is less strong and confusing. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a plastic semi-rigid...

In this work, we aim to identify sensitive neurophysiological biomarkers of axonal degeneration in CIDP patients. A total of 16 CIDP patients, fulfilling the clinical and neurophysiological criteria for typical CIDP, treated with subcutaneous immunoglobulin (ScIg) (0.4 g/kg/week) were evaluated at baseline (before ScIg treatment) and after long-ter...

Introduction Motor disabilities resulting from pathologies such as brain injuries, strokes, spinal cord injuries and other neurological diseases usually lead to deficits in locomotion. One such problem is Drop Foot (DF), which can severely impair walking function. To cope with this pathology, ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) can be used, which allow the...

Introduction The term ‘drop-foot’ refers to an uncommon presentation of degenerative diseases, derived from neurological, muscular or anatomical complications, resulting in difficulties in performing foot dorsiflexion. This causes an abnormal gait pattern, characterized by two complications: the ‘foot slap’ at the initial contact with the ground, a...

Heart rate is a nonstationary signal and its variation may contain indicators of current disease or warnings about impending cardiac diseases. Hence, heart rate variation analysis has become a noninvasive tool to further study the activities of the autonomic nervous system. In this scenario, the Poincaré plot analysis has proven to be a valuable to...

The use of e-textile technologies spread out in the scientific research with several applications in both medical and nonmedical world. In particular, wearable technologies and miniature electronics devices were implemented and tested for medical research purposes. In this paper, a systematic review regarding the use of e-textile for clinical appli...

Heart-rate variability has proved a valid tool in prognosis definition of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Previous research has documented Poincaré plot analysis as a valuable approach to study heart-rate variability performance among different subjects. In this paper, we explored the possibility to feed machine-learning (ML) algorith...

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world. Assumed that gait dysfunctions represent a major motor symptom for the pathology, gait analysis can provide clinicians quantitative information about the rehabilitation outcome of patients. In this scenario, wearable inertial systems for gait analysis can be a va...

p class="Abstract">The paper presents a new e-textile-based system, named SWEET Shirt, for the remote monitoring of biomedical signals. The system includes a textile sensing shirt, an electronic unit for data transmission, a custom-made Android application for real-time signal visualisation and a software desktop for advanced digital signal process...

Many activities may elicit a biomechanical overload. Among these, lifting loads can cause work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Aspiring to improve risk prevention, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) established a methodology for assessing lifting actions by means of a quantitative method based on intensity, duratio...

Studies and reviews show that the vast majority of students around the world use heavy and uncomfortable backpacks, which could negatively affect their skeletal-muscle development or at least generate a non-physiological functional overload and a change in the kinematics of gait. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the school ba...

This paper presents a new wearable e-textile based system, named SWEET Sock, for biomedical signals remote monitoring. The system includes a textile sensing sock, an electronic unit for data transmission, a custom-made Android application for real-time signal visualization, and a software desktop for advanced digital signal processing. The device a...

Despite the growing use of different wearable inertial systems for gait analysis in clinical setting, also based on a different sensor placement, there is still a lack of knowledge about the agreement between them and their repeatability. The purpose of this study is to investigate the agreement between two commercial wearable inertial systems for...

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), is a tecnique that uses low-energy electrical pulses to artificially generate muscle contractions, in individuals with damages regarding the central nervous system. The application of FES in clinical environment involves both patients care and rehabilitation. Aim of this work is to introduce a clinical FES p...

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), is a tecnique that uses low-energy electrical pulses to artificially generate muscle contractions, in individuals with damages regarding the central nervous system. The application of FES in clinical environment involves both patients care and rehabilitation. Aim of this work is to introduce a clinical FES p...

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), is a tecnique that uses low-energy electrical pulses to artificially generatemuscle contractions, in individuals with damages regarding the central nervous system. The application of FES inclinical environment involves both patients care and rehabilitation. Aim of this work is to introduce a clinical FESprot...

Biomedical technologies are having an increasingly central role in the modern medicine. In fact they are at the root of the diagnosis and follow up of pathologies giving to the clinicians quantitative outcomes necessary on the choice of the right therapy. In this paper we will focus on biomedical technologies used in the context of gait analysis de...

Biomedical technologies are having an increasingly central role in the modern medicine. In fact they are at the rootof the diagnosis and follow up of pathologies giving to the clinicians quantitative outcomes necessary on the choice ofthe right therapy. In this paper we will focus on biomedical technologies used in the context of gait analysis desc...