Research in basic and clinical neuroscience of music conducted over the past decades has
begun to uncover music's high potential as a tool for rehabilitation. Advances in our …

Balance impairment is a major mechanism behind falling along with environmental hazards.
Under physiological conditions, ageing leads to a progressive decline in balance control per …

Neurological disorders represent one of the leading causes of disability and mortality in the
world. Parkinson's Disease (PD), for example, affecting millions of people worldwide is often …

Ergonomics evaluation through measurements of biomechanical parameters in real time
has a great potential in reducing non-fatal occupational injuries, such as work-related …

(1) Background: Even though music therapy is acknowledged to have positive benefits in
neurology, there is still a lack of knowledge in the literature about the applicability of music …

The use of motorized treadmills as convenient tools for the study of locomotion has been in
vogue for many decades. However, despite the widespread presence of these devices in …

Aim: The goal of this study was to analyze the effects of external rhythmic auditory
stimulation (RAS) on gait variability in older adults and people with Parkinson's disease …

Humans naturally perceive and move to a musical beat, entraining body movements to
auditory rhythms through clapping, tapping, and dancing. Yet the accuracy of this seemingly …

Over the last two decades, experimental studies in humans and other vertebrates have
increasingly used muscle synergy analysis as a computational tool to examine the …

The estimation of the body's center of mass (CoM) trajectory is typically obtained using force
platforms, or optoelectronic systems (OS), bounding the assessment inside a laboratory …