Dario Farina

51.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
779 papers, 35.4k citations indexed

About

Dario Farina is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Dario Farina has authored 779 papers receiving a total of 35.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 623 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 474 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 342 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Dario Farina's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (604 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (329 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (319 papers). Dario Farina is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (604 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (329 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (319 papers). Dario Farina collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Denmark. Dario Farina's co-authors include Roberto Merletti, Francesco Negro, Roger M. Enoka, Ning Jiang, Deborah Falla, Aleš Holobar, Strahinja Došen, Silvia Muceli, Lars Arendt‐Nielsen and Massimo Sartori and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Dario Farina

755 papers receiving 34.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The extraction of neural strategies from the surface EMG

2004 1.2k citations Dario Farina, Roberto Merletti et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
The Extraction of Neural Information from the Surface EMG for the Control of Upper-Limb Prostheses: Emerging Avenues and Challenges

2014 706 citations Dario Farina, Oskar C. Aszmann et al. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering profile →
Multi-channel intramuscular and surface EMG decomposition by convolutive blind source separation

2016 384 citations Silvia Muceli, Dario Farina et al. profile →
You are as fast as your motor neurons: speed of recruitment and maximal discharge of motor neurons determine the maximal rate of force development in humans

2019 235 citations Alessandro Del Vecchio, Francesco Casolo et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Neural determinants of the increase in muscle strength and force steadiness of the untrained limb following a 4 week unilateral training 2025 ·The Journal of Physiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Alessandro Del Vecchio, Francesco Casolo, Francesco Felici, Dario Farina, Ilenia Bazzucchi	5
2	Changes in neural drive after strength training are better estimated from absolute than normalized EMG amplitude 2025 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Alessandro Del Vecchio, Francesco Casolo, Roger M. Enoka, Dario Farina	0
3	Artificial Empathy in Therapy and Healthcare: Advancements in Interpersonal Interaction Technologies 2025 ·Cyborg and Bionic Systems ·(unknown), (unknown), Xingchen Yang, Linhong Ji, Dario Farina, Chong Li	0
4	Hill-Type Models of Skeletal Muscle and Neuromuscular Actuators: A Systematic Review 2025 ·IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), Andrew Phillips, Christopher P. Carty, Dario Farina, Luca Modenese	0
5	NeuroMechanics: Electrophysiological and computational methods to accurately estimate the neural drive to muscles in humans in vivo 2024 ·Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology ·(unknown), Andrew Phillips, Luca Modenese, Dario Farina	4
6	Assessing the impact of degree of fusion and muscle fibre twitch shape variation on the accuracy of motor unit discharge time identification from ultrasound images 2024 ·Biomedical Signal Processing and Control ·(unknown), (unknown), Dario Farina	1
7	A direct spinal cord–computer interface enables the control of the paralysed hand in spinal cord injury 2024 ·Brain ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), S. K. Chatterjee, Douglas J. Weber, Bjoern M. Eskofier, Claudio Castellini, Dario Farina, Thomas M. Kinfe, Alessandro Del Vecchio	18
8	A myoelectric digital twin for fast and realistic modelling in deep learning 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Samuel Deslauriers‐Gauthier, Dario Farina	30
9	Two motor neuron synergies, invariant across ankle joint angles, activate the triceps surae during plantarflexion 2023 ·The Journal of Physiology ·(unknown), Simon Avrillon, Dario Farina, François Hug, José L. Pons	16
10	High Performance Wearable Ultrasound as a Human-Machine Interface for Wrist and Hand Kinematic Tracking 2023 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Deren Y. Barsakcioglu, Jaime Ibáñez, (unknown), Marc Fournelle, Meng‐Xing Tang, Dario Farina	18
11	Non-Linearity in Motor Unit Velocity Twitch Dynamics: Implications for Ultrafast Ultrasound Source Separation 2023 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jaime Ibáñez, Deren Y. Barsakcioglu, Meng‐Xing Tang, Dario Farina	6
12	Biomechanical Analysis of Body Movements of Myoelectric Prosthesis Users During Standardized Clinical Tests 2022 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Ivan Vujaklija, Moonki Jung, Timothy Hasenoehrl, Aidan D. Roche, Agnes Sturma, Silvia Muceli, Richard Crevenna, Oskar C. Aszmann, Dario Farina	3
13	Common synaptic input, synergies and size principle: Control of spinal motor neurons for movement generation 2022 ·The Journal of Physiology ·François Hug, Simon Avrillon, Jaime Ibáñez, Dario Farina	66
14	Sensing and decoding the neural drive to paralyzed muscles during attempted movements of a person with tetraplegia using a sleeve array 2021 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·Jordyn E. Ting, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Devapratim Sarma, Nikhil Verma, Samuel C. Colachis, Nicholas V. Annetta, Jennifer L. Collinger, Dario Farina, Douglas J. Weber	40
15	Simulation of Motor Unit Action Potential Recordings From Intramuscular Multichannel Scanning Electrodes 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Éric Le Carpentier, Yannick Aoustin, Dario Farina	14
16	A Classification Method for Myoelectric Control of Hand Prostheses Inspired by Muscle Coordination 2018 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering ·(unknown), Claudio Castellini, Janne M. Hahne, Dario Farina, Strahinja Došen	27
17	Longitudinal and transverse propagation of surface mechanomyographic waves generated by single motor unit activity.Med Biol Eng Comput. 2008 Sep;46(9):871-7. Epub 2008 Jun 10 2008 ·PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino) ·Corrado Cescon, Pascal Madeleine, Dario Farina	4
18	Real-time Reduction of Power Line Interference in Multi-channel Surface EMG 2008 ·PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino) ·Luca Mesin, (unknown), Amedeo Troiano, Roberto Merletti, Dario Farina	1
19	Assessment of Muscle Fiber Conduction Velocity from Surface EMG Signals in Dynamic Contractions 2004 ·PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino) ·Dario Farina, Marco Pozzo, E. Merlo, A. Bottin, Roberto Merletti	2
20	Surface Electromyography: a window on the muscle, a glimpse on the central nervous system 2001 ·PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino) ·Roberto Merletti, Dario Farina, Marco Gazzoni, Andrea Merlo, Alberto Rainoldi, (unknown)	15

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