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ZIMI SAWACHA

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Position

Professoressa Associata

Address

VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6/A - PADOVA

Telephone

0498277633

Notices

Publications

1. Romanato M, Guiotto A, Volpe D, Sawacha Z. Center of mass-based posturography for free living environment applications. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2023 Apr 3;104:105950. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2023.105950. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37030256.
2. David John Saxby, Danilo S. Catelli, David Gavin Lloyd and Zimi Sawacha. Editorial: The Role of Biomechanics in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Prevention. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation. DOI 10.3389/fspor.2023.1134969
3. Spolaor, F., Guiotto, A., Ciniglio, A., Sawacha, Z. The Effect of Custom Insoles on Muscle Activity in Diabetic Individuals with Neuropathy. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2023, 13(4), 2326
4. Romanato, M., Fichera, F., Spolaor, F., Volpe, D., Sawacha, Z. Could an Exoskeleton-Driven Rehabilitation Treatment Improve Muscle Forces Generation in PD? - a Pilot Study. Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 2023, 38, pp. 36–49
5. Romanato, M., Spolaor, F., Beretta, C., ...Volpe, D., Sawacha, Z.
Quantitative assessment of training effects using EksoGT® exoskeleton in Parkinson's disease patients: A randomized single blind clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2022, 28, 100926
6. Guiotto, A., Spolaor, F., Albani, G., Sawacha, Z. Could Proprioceptive Stimuli Change Saddle Pressure on Male Cyclists during Different Hand Positions? An Exploratory Study of the Effect of the Equistasi® Device
Sports, 2022, 10(6), 88
7. Romanato M, Piatkowska W, Spolaor F, Duc-Khanh To, Volpe D, Sawacha Z (2022). Different perspectives in understanding muscle functions in Parkinson's disease through surface electromyography: Exploring multiple activation patterns. JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY, vol. 64, ISSN: 1050-6411, doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2022.102658
8. Elena Pegolo, Daniele Volpe, Alberto Cucca, Lucia Ricciardi, Zimi Sawacha (2022). Quantitative Evaluation of Hypomimia in Parkinson's Disease: A Face Tracking Approach. SENSORS, vol.22, ISSN: 1424-8220, doi: 10.3390/s22041358
9. Piatkowska W. J., Spolaor F., Romanato M., Polli R., Huang A., Murgia A., Sawacha Z (2022). A Supervised Classification of Children with Fragile X Syndrome and Controls Based on Kinematic and sEMG Parameters. APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 12, p. 1612-1623, ISSN: 2076-3417, doi: 10.3390/app12031612
10. Guiotto A., Ciniglio A., Spolaor F., Pavan D., Cibin F., Scaldaferro A., Sawacha Z. (2022). Reliability and repeatability of acl quick check®: A methodology for on field lower limb joint kinematics and kinetics assessment in sport applications. SENSORS, vol. 22, 259, ISSN: 1424-8220, doi: 10.3390/s22010259
11. Piatkowska, W., Spolaor, F., Guiotto, A. Guarneri G., Avogaro A. et al(2022). EMG analysis across different tasks improves prevention screenings in diabetes: a cluster analysis approach. Med Biol Eng Comput 60, 1659–1673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-022-02559-3
12. Sawacha Z., Ciniglio A., Scaldaferro A., Spolaor F. (2021). Motion analysis for ACL injuries prevention in sport: A systematic review. MINERVA ORTHOPEDICS, vol. 72, p. 465-473, ISSN: 2784-8469, doi: 10.23736/S2784-8469.21.04131-6
13. Romanato, Marco, Volpe, Daniele, Guiotto, Annamaria, Spolaor, Fabiola, Sartori, Massimo, Sawacha, Zimi (2021). Electromyography-informed modeling for estimating muscle activation and force alterations in Parkinson’s disease. COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, p. 1-13, ISSN: 1025-5842, doi:10.1080/10255842.

Research Area

Gait Analysis
Musculoskeletal Modelling (Opensim)
Diabetic Foot Biomechanics (gait analysis, musculokeletal modelling, FEM)
Development of Motion Analysis Protocols
Motion Analysis in the Wild/on the field
Sport Biomechanics (injury prevention)
Parkinson Motion Analysis
Fragile X Syndrome Motion Analysis
AI driven markerless motion capture
Surface Electromyography
Plantar Pressure Data Analysis
3D printing applied to Plantar Insole


Thesis proposals

Motion Analysis applied to Fragile X Syndrome

Markerless motion capture

Gait Analysis in Parkinson's Disease in collaboration with FRESCO PARKINSON FOUNDATION Villa Margherita Vicenza
Surface EMG as a biomarker of motor control in Parkinson's Disease, in collaboration with FRESCO PARKINSON FOUNDATION Villa Margherita Vicenza
Neuromusculoskeletal Modelling as a measure of efficacy of Exoskeleton Rehabilitation in Parkinson's Disease, in collaboration with FRESCO PARKINSON FOUNDATION Villa Margherita Vicenza

Surface EMG: comparison of different signal processing techniques in gait analysis

Gait pattern classification: supervised vs unsupervised techniques

Musculoskeletal Modelling applied to Diabetic Foot Prevention and ACL injury, in collaboration with KU Leuven

Sport Biomechanics: ACL injury prevention in volleyball, rugby, soccer, ice skating, athetics,...

Face tracking in collaboration with St George Hospital, London, UK, or Centro Nemo, Milano, Italy

Markerless motion capture in collaboratoion with BBSoF S.r.l.

Biomechanics driven foot orthosis (in collaboration with Orthomedica s.r.l and Podartis)
Foot biomechanics (Multisegment foot kinematics, kinetics, finite element modelling and opensim driven musculoskeletal modelling)