Elena Bergamini

Wearable sensors for movement analysis are showing a great potential for monitoring the athletes’ techniques and performance directly in the field. Pros and cons of their use have been presented within the current session, with reference to the importance of an informed interpretation of the many information that can be extracted from the acquired data. The present seminar will tackle this specific aspect, presenting a real-time data processing of magneto-inertial measurement unit (MIMU) data acquired during a sports motor task. 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 has to be taken into account throughout MIMU data processing.

Elena Bergamini holds a joint Ph.D. in Biongineering and Biomécanique et Ingénierie pour la Santé at the University of Bologna and Arts et Métiers ParisTech. Currently she is Assistant Professor at the University of Rome “Foro Italico”. Her research concerns the development and application of methodologies based on the use of wearable technologies and allowing for the quantification of persons’ motor function in ecological contexts. Academic editor for PlosOne, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology – Biomechanics, and Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. Secretary of the Directory Board of Italian Society of Movement Analysis in Clinics (SIAMOC) and Chair of the Sensors for Biomechanics Technical Committee within the Italy Chapter of the IEEE Sensors Council.