Dr Claudia Mazzà

Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
UK

Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 6073
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 7890

Profile

Claudia received her PhD in Bioengineering in 2004 from the University of Bologna. She carried out her PhD and post-doc related research activities at the Department of Human Movement Sciences at the University of Rome "Foro Italico", where she was appointed as Assistant Professor from Jan 2006 to Jan 2013. She joined the University of Sheffield as a lecturer in Feb 2013.

Claudia's research has always been focused on human movement analysis and on the definition of quantative methods for the clinical assessment of an individual locomotor and postural ability. Her most recent work concerns the use of wearable inertial sensors and the mechanisms that rule upper body movements during walking.

Research Interests:

Biomechanics
Gait analysis
Gait and postural control
Technologies for human movement analysis
Musculoskeletal modelling

Journal articles

Castiglione F, Diaz V, Gaggioli A, Liò P, Mazzà C, Merelli E, Meskers CG, Pappalardo F & von Ammon R (2013) Physio-environmental sensing and live modeling.. Interact J Med Res, 2(1), e3.
Bonnet V, Mazzà C, McCamley J & Cappozzo A (2013) Use of weighted Fourier linear combiner filters to estimate lower trunk 3D orientation from gyroscope sensors data. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 10(1).
Grimpampi E, Bonnet V, Mazzà C & Taviani A (2013) Estimate of lower trunk angles in pathological gaits using gyroscope data. Gait and Posture.
Bonnet V, Mazzà C, Fraisse P & Cappozzo A (2013) Real-time estimate of body kinematics during a planar squat task using a single inertial measurement unit.. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 60(7), 1920-1926.
Grimpampi E, Bonnet V, Mazzà C & Taviani A (2013) Estimate of lower trunk angles in pathological gaits using gyroscope data. Gait and Posture, 38(3), 523-527.
Mazzà C, Donati M, McCamley J, Picerno P & Cappozzo A (2012) An optimized Kalman filter for the estimate of trunk orientation from inertial sensors data during treadmill walking.. Gait Posture, 35(1), 138-142.
Bonnet V, McCamley J, Mazza C & Cappozzo A (2012) Trunk orientation estimate during walking using gyroscope sensors. Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 367-372.
McCamley J, Donati M, Grimpampi E & Mazzà C (2012) An enhanced estimate of initial contact and final contact instants of time using lower trunk inertial sensor data.. Gait Posture, 36(2), 316-318.
Bonnet V, Mazzà C, Fraisse P & Cappozzo A (2012) A least-squares identification algorithm for estimating squat exercise mechanics using a single inertial measurement unit.. J Biomech, 45(8), 1472-1477.
Bonnet V, Mazzà C, Fraisse P & Cappozzo A (2011) An optimization algorithm for joint mechanics estimate using inertial measurement unit data during a squat task.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 2011, 3488-3491.
Bonnet V, Mazzà C, Fraisse P & Cappozzo A (2011) An optimization algorithm for joint mechanics estimate using inertial measurement unit data during a squat task.. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2011, 3488-3491.
Carlucci F, Mazzà C & Cappozzo A (2010) Does whole-body vibration training have acute residual effects on postural control ability of elderly women?. J Strength Cond Res, 24(12), 3363-3368.
Iosa M, Morelli D, Nanni MV, Veredice C, Marro T, Medici A, Paolucci S & Mazzà C (2010) Functional taping: a promising technique for children with cerebral palsy.. Dev Med Child Neurol, 52(6), 587-589.
Mazzà C, Zok M & Cappozzo A (2010) Head stabilization in children of both genders during level walking.. Gait Posture, 31(4), 429-432.
Iosa M, Mazzà C, Pecoraro F, Aprile I, Ricci E & Cappozzo A (2010) Control of the upper body movements during level walking in patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy.. Gait Posture, 31(1), 68-72.
Cappozzo A, Camomilla V, Mazzà C, Vannozzi G & Della Croce U (2009) Quantitative motor function evaluation: The VAMA project experience. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 196(1), 187-195.
Mazzà C, Iosa M, Picerno P & Cappozzo A (2009) Gender differences in the control of the upper body accelerations during level walking.. Gait Posture, 29(2), 300-303.
Mazzà C, Iosa M, Picerno P, Masala F & Cappozzo A (2008) Gender differences in the control of the upper body accelerations during level walking. IFMBE Proceedings, 22, 43-46.
Zok M, Mazzà C & Cappozzo A (2008) Should the instructions issued to the subject in traditional static posturography be standardised?. Med Eng Phys, 30(7), 913-916.
Mazzà C, Iosa M, Pecoraro F & Cappozzo A (2008) Control of the upper body accelerations in young and elderly women during level walking.. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 5, 30.
Iosa M, Mazzà C, Frusciante R, Zok M, Aprile I, Ricci E & Cappozzo A (2007) Mobility assessment of patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy.. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 22(10), 1074-1082.
Vannozzi G, Cereatti A, Mazzà C, Benvenuti F & Della Croce U (2007) Extraction of information on elder motor ability from clinical and biomechanical data through data mining.. Comput Methods Programs Biomed, 88(1), 85-94.
Pecoraro F, Mazzà C, Cappozzo A, Thomas EE & Macaluso A (2007) Reliability of the intrinsic and extrinsic patterns of level walking in older women.. Gait Posture, 26(3), 386-392.
Mazzà C, Stanhope SJ, Taviani A & Cappozzo A (2006) Biomechanic modeling of sit-to-stand to upright posture for mobility assessment of persons with chronic stroke.. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 87(5), 635-641.
Pecoraro F, Mazzà C, Zok M & Cappozzo A (2006) Assessment of level-walking aperiodicity.. J Neuroeng Rehabil, 3, 28.
Mazzà C, Zok M & Della Croce U (2005) Sequencing sit-to-stand and upright posture for mobility limitation assessment: determination of the timing of the task phases from force platform data.. Gait Posture, 21(4), 425-431.
Zok M, Mazzà C & Della Croce U (2004) Total body centre of mass displacement estimated using ground reactions during transitory motor tasks: application to step ascent.. Med Eng Phys, 26(9), 791-798.
Mazzà C, Benvenuti F, Bimbi C & Stanhope SJ (2004) Association between subject functional status, seat height, and movement strategy in sit-to-stand performance.. J Am Geriatr Soc, 52(10), 1750-1754.
Mazzà C & Cappozzo A (2004) An optimization algorithm for human joint angle time-history generation using external force data.. Ann Biomed Eng, 32(5), 764-772.
Sbriccoli P, Felici F, Rosponi A, Aliotta A, Castellano V, Mazzà C, Bernardi M & Marchetti M (2001) Exercise induced muscle damage and recovery assessed by means of linear and non-linear sEMG analysis and ultrasonography.. J Electromyogr Kinesiol, 11(2), 73-83.