Research Field

• • Development and validation of systems for the acquisition of physiological signals.
  • Acquisition, analysis and processing of data, signals and images for the measurement of muscle performance and motor function.
  • Analysis of the impact of lifestyle on health status.
  • Analysis of behavioural risk factors and their impact on psycho-physical wellbeing.
  • Elaboration of physical activity protocols.

Selected recent publications

D’Antona S, Caramenti M, Porro D, Castiglioni I, Cava C. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Diet Review. Foods 10(12):3128 (2021). doi: 10.3390/foods10123128

Solari F*, Caramenti M*, Chessa M, Pretto P, Bülthoff HH, Bresciani J-P. A biologically-inspired model to predict perceived visual speed as a function of the stimulated portion of the visual field. Front. Neural Circuits 13:68 (2019). doi: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00068

Caramenti M, Lafortuna CL, Mugellini E, Abou Khaled O, Bresciani J-P, Dubois A. No Evidence That Frontal Optical Flow Affects Perceived Locomotor Speed and Locomotor Biomechanics When Running on a Treadmill. Appl. Sci. 9(21): 4589 (2019). doi: doi.org/10.3390/app9214589

Caramenti M, Pretto P. Lafortuna CL, Bresciani J-P, Dubois A. Influence of the size of the field of view on visual perception while running in a treadmill-mediated virtual environment. Front. Psychol. 10:2344 (2019). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02344

Caramenti M, Lafortuna CL, Mugellini E, Abou Khaled O, Bresciani J-P, Dubois A. Regular physical activity modulates perceived visual speed when running in tread-mill-mediated virtual environments. PLoS ONE 14(6): e0219017 (2019). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219017

Caramenti M, Lafortuna CL, Mugellini E, Abou Khaled O, Bresciani J-P, Dubois A. Matching optical flow to motor speed in virtual reality while running on a treadmill. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0195781 (2018). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195781

Lafortuna CL, Tovar AR, Rastelli F, Tabozzi SA, Caramenti M, Orozco-Ruiz X, Aguilar-Lopez M, Guevara-Cruz M, Avila-Nava A, Torres N, Bertoli GR. Clinical, functional, behavioural and epigenomic biomarkers linked to obesity and related metabolic abnormalities. Frontiers In Bioscience, Landmark, 22, 1655-1681 (2017). doi: 10.2741/4564

Caramenti M, Bartenbach V, Gasperotti L, Oliveira da Fonseca L, Berger T, Pons J L. Challenges in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Engineering. Chapter 1 in Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation II, Springer Verlag (2016). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-24901-8_1

Rastelli F, Capodaglio P, Orgiu S, Santovito C, Caramenti M, Cadioli M, Falini A, Rizzo G, Lafortuna CL. Effects of muscle composition and architecture on specific strength in obese older women. Exp Physiol, 100; 1159-1167 (2015). doi: 10.1113/EP085273