The course will be held by prof.sse M.C. Bisi, S. Fantozzi and R. Stagni and is part of the training provided for IBES PhD Students (a.y.2025/2026) within the Bioengineering (BIO) curriculum.
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ABSTRACT
The main parts of course will address: “Non-linear Analysis of dynamic systems”, "Wearable sensors in Water Sports: potentials and challenges", and “The role of movement analysis for the assessment and monitoring of neuro-motor development: state of the art and future perspectives”. An introduction to the fundamental methods of non-linear analysis of dynamic systems for the investigation of the inherent variability of biological systems will be provided. Recent literature from several disciplines and medical areas, has shown that many apparently “noisy” phenomena are the result of nonlinear interactions and have deterministic origins. As such, the measured signal, including its "noisy component", can provide important information regarding the system that produced it. The course will analyze the state of the art about the use of wearables in swimming research, specifically highlighting potentials and technical challenges in sports performance assessment of water sports technique. Furthermore, real-time data processing of inertial sensors data acquired during water sport motor tasks will be performed. A typical signal processing flow, from data plotting, pre-processing to key performance indicators extraction will be presented within the Matlab® environment, with the aim of highlighting the crucial aspects that must be considered throughout inertial sensors data processing. An overview of the state of the art and future prospects for the instrument-based quantitative assessment and monitoring of neuro motor development from birth to adolescence will be provided, starting from methods for the assessment of milestone motor skills and their maturation, with focus on the several challenges required by the specific field of application. Specific examples for both typical and atypical development will be illustrated, as well as a vision of how such methods can be integrated for a widespread screening in the future.
This course is part of the IBES training activities for the a.y. 2025/2026.
Further information about the schedule, the minimum attendance rate and the exam format is outlined HERE and detailed by the instructor during the course.
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