What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Neuroscience
- Artificial intelligence
- Geometry
Andrea d'Avella spends much of her time researching Neuroscience, Muscle synergy, Motor system, Motor control and Set.
Her study in Spinal cord, Microstimulation, Degrees of freedom problem and Macaque is carried out as part of her Neuroscience studies.
Andrea d'Avella has researched Degrees of freedom problem in several fields, including Motor behavior and Muscle activity.
Her Muscle synergy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Motor primitives and Communication.
Her studies in Motor system integrate themes in fields like Degrees of freedom and Motor coordination.
She works mostly in the field of Electromyography, limiting it down to topics relating to Anatomy and, in certain cases, Neural control, as a part of the same area of interest.
Her most cited work include:
- Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior (866 citations)
- Matrix factorization algorithms for the identification of muscle synergies: evaluation on simulated and experimental data sets. (485 citations)
- Shared and specific muscle synergies in natural motor behaviors (465 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Andrea d'Avella mainly focuses on Neuroscience, Motor control, Artificial intelligence, Physical medicine and rehabilitation and Set.
Her work on Microstimulation, Spinal cord, Muscle synergy and Motor system as part of general Neuroscience study is frequently linked to Central pattern generator, bridging the gap between disciplines.
Her Muscle synergy research integrates issues from Motor primitives and Sensory system.
Her Motor control research includes elements of Control theory, Motor skill, Muscle activity and Motor coordination.
Her research in Artificial intelligence intersects with topics in Cognitive science, Computer vision and Pattern recognition.
Her Set study also includes
- Electromyography and related Communication, Muscle contraction and Isometric exercise,
- Simulation, which have a strong connection to Robot.
She most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (34.65%)
- Motor control (26.73%)
- Artificial intelligence (26.73%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Motor control (26.73%)
- Artificial intelligence (26.73%)
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation (17.82%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Andrea d'Avella focuses on Motor control, Artificial intelligence, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Neuroscience and Control theory.
The various areas that Andrea d'Avella examines in her Motor control study include Sensitivity, Intermittent control, Motor skill and Motor learning.
Her work carried out in the field of Artificial intelligence brings together such families of science as Cognitive science, Set, Computer vision and Pattern recognition.
Her work on Muscle activity as part of general Physical medicine and rehabilitation research is frequently linked to Movement and Context, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.
Andrea d'Avella conducted interdisciplinary study in her works that combined Neuroscience and Central pattern generator.
As a member of one scientific family, Andrea d'Avella mostly works in the field of Motor coordination, focusing on Biofeedback and, on occasion, Electromyography.
Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Robustness and Reliability of Synergy-Based Myocontrol of a Multiple Degree of Freedom Robotic Arm (28 citations)
- Muscle Synergies in Clinical Practice: Theoretical and Practical Implications (21 citations)
- Human-Human interaction forces and interlimb coordination during side-by-side walking with hand contact (17 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Artificial intelligence
- Neuroscience
- Nervous system
Her primary areas of investigation include Neuroscience, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Motor control, Muscle synergy and Sensory system.
Her research ties Anatomy and Neuroscience together.
Her study in the field of Exoskeleton is also linked to topics like Work.
Andrea d'Avella studies Motor control, namely Motor primitives.
Her studies deal with areas such as Biological neural network, Independent walking and Set as well as Muscle synergy.
She has included themes like Gait, Proximal Muscle and 3D interaction in her Sensory system study.
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