Federica Aprigliano
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, ON Semiconductor (United States)
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172
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About
Federica Aprigliano is a leading researcher in biomechanics and human-robot interaction, specializing in fall prevention and balance recovery. Her work focuses on developing innovative strategies to enhance stability in vulnerable populations, particularly older adults and individuals with lower-limb amputations. Aprigliano’s most impactful contribution is her 2017 study demonstrating that an ecologically-controlled exoskeleton can improve balance recovery after slippage, which has garnered 126 citations and established a foundation for wearable assistive technologies. She has also pioneered robot-mediated interventions using an Active Pelvis Orthosis to counteract multidirectional slippages, as well as pre-impact detection algorithms that use wearable sensors to identify tripping events in real time. Her research extends into the cognitive domain, where she has shown that perturbation-based balance training can acutely enhance cognitive performance in healthy older adults. With a growing body of work that bridges engineering, neuroscience, and clinical rehabilitation, Aprigliano is advancing next-generation prostheses and assistive devices that not only detect falls but actively prevent them. Her interdisciplinary approach continues to shape safer mobility solutions for aging and impaired populations.
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