Valentina Camomilla

Valentina Camomilla

The importance of movement monitoring in sport

MIMUs have a huge capability to measure movement and potential to influence the sport domain. A full awareness of sensors potential and limitations is at the foundation of bridging the disconnect between this capability and actionable insights to sport practitioners.
This seminar will provide an overview on: i. the use of MIMUs for sport performance (technique analysis, activity classification, motor capacity and physical demands assessment); ii. their role in preventing, assessing and informing the recovery from sport-related injury and iii. their support to athletes with disability for their classification and for equipment customization. Key factors for best practice and details on which sport assessments are more prone to negative effects of sensors limits and error sources will also be highlighted.

Valentina Camomilla - Biosketch

She has earned the M.S. degree in electronical engineering cum laude (2000) and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 2004. She is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Rome Foro Italico (Italy). Her research focuses on 1. increasing the resolution of human movement analysis, performed using stereophotogrammetry, addressing soft tissue artifacts and anatomical calibration approaches, 2. qualitative and quantitative technique and performance analysis in sports. Prof. Camomilla serves as board of directors of the 3-D Analysis of Human Movement Technical Group of the ISB (2018- ); she is Associate Editor for Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2019- ) and Sports Biomechanics (2019-). She co-authored 46 peer-reviewed publications and co-supervised 4 post-docs, 9 PhD candidates, and 40 M.Sc. student theses.

Assistant Professor

University of Rome “Foro Italico”

Piazza Lauro De Bosis 6, 00135 Rome, Italy