Dissertation topics suggested by the teacher.
Project code 2024.1
Tentative title
Design of a closed-loop wearable assistive device to prevent loss of balance
Main objective
Develop and validate an innovative, low-cost, neurally-driven, wearable assistive device (WAD) to prevent loss of balance (LoB), a prodromal sign of an incipient fall, in ecological environments.
Possible reference project
Keywords
Fall prevention; Wearable assistive device; Perturbation platform
Location
Hybrid: Bologna Campus and remote
*****
Project code 2024.2
Tentative title
Estimation of biomechanical variables relevant to static and dynamic balance through wearables
Main objective
Develop a pipeline to process wearable sensors data and estimate biomechanical variables relevant to balance (e.g., COM displacement, COP, base of support) and validate it through gold-standard measurements.
Possible reference projects
- ReBalance (PRIN 2022)
- LookingGlass-MIAR
Keywords
Balance control; Sensor fusion; Human movement analysis; Fall prevention
Location
Hybrid: Cesena Campus and remote
Co-tutor(s)
Paola Di Florio (paola.diflorio@unibo.it [mailto:%20paola.diflorio@unibo.it] )
*****
Project code 2024.3
Tentative title
Probing the dynamical coupling between heart rate and locomotor activity through a multi-sensor wearable system
Main objective
Explore the dynamical interactions between movement in different body parts, heart rate, and heart rate variability during periods of sleep and wake.
Possible reference projects
- DARE FallsPredict
- DARE FallsPredict-GP
Keywords
Cardiac autonomic control; Physical activity; Sleep; Network physiology; Multi-sensor systems
Location
Hybrid: Bologna or Cesena Campus and remote
Co-tutor(s)
Marcello Sicbaldi (marcello.sicbaldi2@unibo.it [https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/lorenzo.chiari/mailto] )
