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3D characterisation of the dynamics of foot joints of adults during walking. Gait pattern identification
Sanchis Sales, Enrique; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Roda-Sales, Alba; Pascual-Huerta, Javier Taylor & Francis (2017-05-17)A detailed description of the kinematics and kinetics of the ankle, midtarsal and metatarsophalangeal joints of the feet of a healthy adult male population during barefoot walking is provided. Plots of the angles and moments ... -
A calibrated database of kinematics and EMG of the forearm and hand during activities of daily living
Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Roda-Sales, Alba Nature Research (2019)Linking hand kinematics and forearm muscle activity is a challenging and crucial problem for several domains, such as prosthetics, 3D modelling or rehabilitation. To advance in this relationship between hand kinematics and ... -
A modified elastic foundation contact model for application in 3D models of the prosthetic knee
Pérez-González, Antonio; Fenollosa Esteve, Carlos; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Sanchez-Marin, Francisco; Vergara, Margarita; Rodríguez Cervantes, Pablo Jesús Elsevier (2008)Different models have been used in the literature for the simulation of surface contact in biomechanical knee models. However, there is a lack of systematic comparisons of these models applied to the simulation of a common ... -
A Systematic Review of EMG Applications for the Characterization of Forearm and Hand Muscle Activity during Activities of Daily Living: Results, Challenges, and Open Issues
Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita MDPI (2021-04-26)The role of the hand is crucial for the performance of activities of daily living, thereby ensuring a full and autonomous life. Its motion is controlled by a complex musculoskeletal system of approximately 38 muscles. ... -
Across-subject calibration of an instrumented glove to measure hand movement for clinical purposes
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Vergara, Margarita; Buffi, James H.; Murray, Wendy M.; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Taylor & Francis (2016)Motion capture of all degrees of freedom of the hand collected during performance of daily living activities remains challenging. Instrumented gloves are an attractive option because of their higher ease of use. However, ... -
An e-assessment approach for evaluation in engineering overcroweded groups
Iserte-Vilar, Jose L.; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Mora, Marta Covadonga; Sanchez-Marin, Francisco Elsevier (2012-09)The construction of the European Higher Education Area has been an adaptation challenge for Spanish universities. New methodologies require a more active role on the students' part and come into conflict with the previous ... -
An introductory study of common grasps used by adults during performance of activities of daily living
Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Pérez-González, Antonio (2015-07-06)This paper presents the results of a descriptive survey on human grasps. Sixty-four videos were selected to represent tasks performed in the main areas of activities of daily living (ADL) (personal care, meal preparation, ... -
Análisis cinético y cinemático de las articulaciones del mediopié durante la marcha en sujetos sanos: consideraciones clínicas
Sanchis Sales, Enrique; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Roda-Sales, Alba; Pascual-Huerta, Javier Elsevier (2016)Introducción: No existe todavía suficiente evidencia en estudios clínicos respecto al comportamiento del mediopié en situaciones dinámicas como la marcha o la carrera. El presente estudio pretende analizar el comportamiento ... -
Biomechanical function requirements of the wrist. Circumduction versus flexion/abduction range of motion
Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita; Roda-Sales, Alba; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Bayarri-Porcar, Vicente Elsevier (2020-07-30)The biomechanical function of the wrist is widely assessed by measuring the range of motion (RoM) in two separate orthogonal planes: flexion–extension (FE) and radioulnar deviation (RUD). However, the two motions are ... -
Characterisation of Grasp Quality Metrics
Rubert, Carlos; León Pinzón, Beatriz Elena; Morales, Antonio; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Springer Verlag (2017-05)Robot grasp quality metrics are used to evaluate, compare and select robotic grasp configurations. Many of them have been proposed based on a diversity of underlying principles and to assess different aspects of the grasp ... -
Does Exerting Grasps Involve a Finite Set of Muscle Patterns? A Study of Intra- and Intersubject Variability of Forearm sEMG Signals in Seven Grasp Types
Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (2024-03-29)Surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals are widely used as input to control robotic devices, prosthetic limbs, exoskeletons, among other devices, and provide information about someone’s intention to perform a particular ... -
Effect of assistive devices on hand and arm posture during activities of daily living
Roda-Sales, Alba; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J Elsevier (2019-04)Assistive devices (ADs) are products designed to overcome the grip strength and mobility difficulties produced by ageing and different pathologies. Nevertheless, little is known about the postural effect of such devices. ... -
Effect of static foot posture on the dynamic stiffness of foot joints during walking
Sanchis Sales, Enrique; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Rosa Sales, Alba; Pascual-Huerta, Javier Elsevier (2018-05)Background The static foot posture has been related to the development of lower limb injuries. Research question This study aimed to investigate the dynamic stiffness of foot joints during gait in the sagittal plane ... -
Effect on hand kinematics when using assistive devices during activities of daily living
Roda-Sales, Alba; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J PeerJ (2019)Assistive devices (ADs) are products intended to overcome the difficulties produced by the reduction in mobility and grip strength entailed by ageing and different pathologies. Nevertheless, there is little information ... -
Effect on manual skills of wearing instrumented gloves during manipulation
Roda-Sales, Alba; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J Elsevier (2019-11-14)Instrumented gloves are motion capture systems that are widely used due to the simplicity of the setup required and the absence of occlusion problems when manipulating objects. Nevertheless, the effect of their use on ... -
Electromyography and kinematics data of the hand in activities of daily living with special interest for ergonomics
Roda-Sales, Alba; Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Bayarri-Porcar, Vicente; Gracia-Ibáñez, Verónica; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita Nature Research (2023)This work presents a dataset of human hand kinematics and forearm muscle activation collected during the performance of a wide variety of activities of daily living (ADLs), with tagged characteristics of products and tasks. ... -
Estimation of the Abduction/Adduction Movement of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint of the Thumb
Jarque-Bou, Néstor J; Vergara, Margarita; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L. MDPI (2021-04-01)Thumb opposition is essential for grasping, and involves the flexion and abduction of the carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints of the thumb. The high number of degrees of freedom of the thumb in a fairly small ... -
Evaluating a Kinematic Data Glove with Pressure Sensors to Automatically Differentiate Free Motion from Product Manipulation
Roda-Sales, Alba; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Vergara, Margarita MDPI (2023-08-01)When studying hand kinematics, it is key to differentiate between free motion and manipulation. This differentiation can be achieved using pressure sensors or through visual analysis in the absence of sensors. Certain data ... -
Experimental strength of restorations with fibre posts at different stages, with and without using a simulated ligament
Pérez-González, Antonio; González-Lluch, Carmen; Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Rodríguez Cervantes, Pablo Jesús; Barjau Escribano, Amaya; Forner Navarro, Leopoldo Wiley (2012)The aim of this study was to analyse the strength and failure mode of teeth restored with fibre posts under retention and flexural-compressive loads at different stages of the restoration and to analyse whether including ... -
Foot Sole Contact Forces vs. Ground Contact Forces to Obtain Foot Joint Moments for In-Shoe Gait—A Preliminary Study
Sancho-Bru, Joaquin L.; Sanchis Sales, Enrique; Rodríguez Cervantes, Pablo Jesús; Vergés-Salas, Carles MDPI (2023)In-shoe models are required to extend the clinical application of current multisegment kinetic models of the bare foot to study the effect of foot orthoses. Work to date has only addressed marker placement for reliable ...