Research

• Neuromuscular Physiology
• Neural Interfacing
• Musculoskeletal Model
• Neuromechatronics (Neuroprosthetics and -orthotics)

• Del Vecchio A., Jones RH., Schofield IS., Kinfe TM., Ibáñez J., Farina D., Baker SN.:
  Interfacing Motor Units in Nonhuman Primates Identifies a Principal Neural Component for Force Control Constrained by the Size Principle
  In: The Journal of Neuroscience 42 (2022), p. 7386-7399
  ISSN: 1529-2401
  DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0649-22.2022
• Del Vecchio A., Negro F., Holobar A., Casolo A., Folland JP., Fella F., Farina D.:
  You are as fast as your motor neurons: speed of recruitment and maximal discharge of motor neurons determine the maximal rate of force development in humans
  In: The Journal of Physiology 597 (2019), p. 2445-2456
  ISSN: 0022-3751
  DOI: 10.1113/JP277396
• Del Vecchio A., Casolo A., Negro F., Scorcelletti M., Bazzucchi I., Enoka R., Felici F., Farina D.:
  The increase in muscle force after 4 weeks of strength training is mediated by adaptations in motor unit recruitment and rate coding
  In: The Journal of Physiology 597 (2019), p. 1873-1887
  ISSN: 0022-3751
  DOI: 10.1113/JP277250
• Del Vecchio A., Sylos-Labini F., Mondi V., Paolillo P., Ivanenko Y., Lacquaniti F., Farina D.:
  Spinal motoneurons of the human newborn are highly synchronized during leg movements
  In: Science Advances 6 (2020), p. eabc3916
  ISSN: 2375-2548
  DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc3916
• Del Vecchio A., Farina D.:
  Interfacing the neural output of the spinal cord: Robust and reliable longitudinal identification of motor neurons in humans
  In: Journal of Neural Engineering 17 (2020), Article No.: 016003
  ISSN: 1741-2560
  DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab4d05
• Ting JE., Del Vecchio A., Sarma D., Verma N., Colachis SC., Annetta N., Collinger JL., Farina D., Weber DJ.:
  Sensing and decoding the neural drive to paralyzed muscles during attempted movements of a person with tetraplegia using a sleeve array
  In: Journal of Neurophysiology 126 (2021), p. 2104-2118
  ISSN: 0022-3077
  DOI: 10.1152/jn.00220.2021

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