Alberto E. Minetti

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

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Alberto E. Minetti is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto E. Minetti has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 60 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 23 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alberto E. Minetti's work include Sports Performance and Training (53 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (30 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (22 papers). Alberto E. Minetti is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (53 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (30 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (22 papers). Alberto E. Minetti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Alberto E. Minetti's co-authors include F. Saibene, Luca Paolo Ardigò, Marco Narici, Giulio Sergio Roi, Luca Landoni, Paola Zamparo, Omar S. Mian, Guido Ferretti, P. Cerretelli and Gaspare Pavei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alberto E. Minetti

123 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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Changes in force, cross-sectional area and neural activation during strength training and detraining of the human quadriceps

1989 567 citations Marco Narici, Luca Landoni et al. European Journal of Applied Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberto E. Minetti Italy	40	3.0k	2.8k	924	810	677	124	5.9k
Philip E. Martin United States	39	2.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	878 1.0×	770 1.0×	319 0.5×	106	4.6k
Paul DeVita United States	47	4.6k 1.5×	3.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	322 0.4×	590 0.9×	127	8.0k
Motoki Kouzaki Japan	36	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	764 0.9×	560 0.8×	108	4.5k
Erik B. Simonsen Denmark	46	4.9k 1.6×	6.0k 2.2×	578 0.6×	545 0.7×	399 0.6×	152	9.6k
Kenneth Meijer Netherlands	40	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 1.6×	418 0.5×	1.4k 2.1×	202	6.3k
Vasilios Baltzopoulos United Kingdom	50	3.8k 1.3×	3.9k 1.4×	945 1.0×	304 0.4×	412 0.6×	150	6.8k
Keitaro Kubo Japan	47	2.9k 1.0×	4.9k 1.8×	214 0.2×	496 0.6×	666 1.0×	143	6.9k
Huub M. Toussaint Netherlands	48	1.8k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	587 0.6×	744 0.9×	254 0.4×	138	5.4k
G Cavagna Italy	39	5.4k 1.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	500 0.6×	473 0.7×	123	8.4k
Jos J. de Koning Netherlands	52	2.3k 0.8×	4.9k 1.8×	314 0.3×	2.2k 2.7×	870 1.3×	272	8.1k

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Fraia, Domenico Di, et al.. (2025). Aging and diet alter the protein ubiquitylation landscape in the mouse brain. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5266–5266. 1 indexed citations

Minetti, Alberto E., Francesco Luciano, Valentina Natalucci, & Gaspare Pavei. (2024). Horizontal running inside circular walls of Moon settlements: a comprehensive countermeasure for low-gravity deconditioning?. Royal Society Open Science. 11(5). 4 indexed citations

Luciano, Francesco, Luca Ruggiero, Alberto E. Minetti, & Gaspare Pavei. (2024). Move less, spend more: the metabolic demands of short walking bouts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2033). 20241220–20241220. 2 indexed citations

Luciano, Francesco, Alberto E. Minetti, & Gaspare Pavei. (2023). Metabolic cost and mechanical work of walking in a virtual reality emulator. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 124(3). 783–792. 4 indexed citations

Ruggiero, Luca, et al.. (2022). Rocker-profile design shoes improve pendular energy recovery in walking with no effects on total mechanical work. Journal of Biomechanics. 144. 111345–111345. 1 indexed citations

Zamparo, Paola, Gaspare Pavei, Andrea Monte, et al.. (2019). Mechanical work in shuttle running as a function of speed and distance: Implications for power and efficiency. Human Movement Science. 66. 487–496. 15 indexed citations

Biancardi, Carlo M. & Alberto E. Minetti. (2017). Gradient limits and safety factor of Alpine ibex ( Capra ibex ) locomotion. Hystrix. 28(1). 56–60. 2 indexed citations

Biancardi, Carlo M., et al.. (2011). Biomechanics of octopedal locomotion: kinematic and kinetic analysis of the spiderGrammostola mollicoma. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214(20). 3433–3442. 36 indexed citations

Minetti, Alberto E., et al.. (2011). The mathematical description of the body centre of mass 3D path in human and animal locomotion. Journal of Biomechanics. 44(8). 1471–1477. 42 indexed citations

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Minetti, Alberto E., et al.. (2009). Skyscraper running: physiological and biomechanical profile of a novel sport activity. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 21(2). 293–301. 20 indexed citations

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Mian, Omar S., Vasilios Baltzopoulos, Alberto E. Minetti, & Marco Narici. (2007). The Impact of Physical Training on Locomotor Function in Older People. Sports Medicine. 37(8). 683–701. 63 indexed citations

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Minetti, Alberto E., et al.. (2005). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rectum During Distension. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 48(6). 1220–1227. 11 indexed citations

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Zamparo, Paola, et al.. (2005). An energy balance of front crawl. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 94(1-2). 134–144. 108 indexed citations

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Minetti, Alberto E.. (2003). Efficiency of equine express postal systems. Nature. 426(6968). 785–786. 17 indexed citations

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Minetti, Alberto E., et al.. (2003). A feedback-controlled treadmill (treadmill-on-demand) and the spontaneous speed of walking and running in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. 95(2). 838–843. 98 indexed citations

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Ardigò, Luca Paolo, Claudio L. Lafortuna, Alberto E. Minetti, P. Mognoni, & F. Saibene. (1995). Metabolic and mechanical aspects of foot landing type, forefoot and rearfoot strike, in human running. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 155(1). 17–22. 72 indexed citations

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Minetti, Alberto E., et al.. (1994). A model for the estimation of visceral mass displacement in periodic movements. Journal of Biomechanics. 27(1). 97–101. 25 indexed citations

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Minetti, Alberto E., et al.. (1994). Pygmy locomotion. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 68(4). 285–290. 39 indexed citations

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Saibene, F. & Alberto E. Minetti. (1992). ASPECTS OF THE ENERGETICS AND THE MECHANICS OF HUMAN LOCOMOTION. ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive. 1(1). 1 indexed citations

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Narici, Marco, Luca Landoni, & Alberto E. Minetti. (1992). Assessment of human knee extensor muscles stress from in vivo physiological cross-sectional area and strength measurements. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 65(5). 438–444. 228 indexed citations

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