Elena Bergamini

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Elena Bergamini is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Bergamini has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Elena Bergamini's work include Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (28 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (12 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (10 papers). Elena Bergamini is often cited by papers focused on Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (28 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (12 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (10 papers). Elena Bergamini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Elena Bergamini's co-authors include Giuseppe Vannozzi, Valentina Camomilla, Silvia Fantozzi, Aurelio Cappozzo, A.M. Sabatini, Gabriele Ligorio, Valeria Belluscio, Marco Iosa, Hélène Pillet and Marco Tramontano and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Elena Bergamini

63 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Trends Supporting the In-Field Use of Wearable Inertial Sensors for Sport Performance Evaluation: A Systematic Review

2018 374 citations Valentina Camomilla, Elena Bergamini et al. Sensors profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Bergamini Italy	22	652	497	466	204	170	64	1.6k
Hossein Rouhani Canada	22	759 1.2×	342 0.7×	443 1.0×	132 0.6×	163 1.0×	103	1.6k
Pietro Picerno Italy	15	626 1.0×	364 0.7×	411 0.9×	129 0.6×	156 0.9×	45	1.3k
Ryan S. McGinnis United States	25	713 1.1×	442 0.9×	383 0.8×	179 0.9×	102 0.6×	93	1.7k
Giuseppe Vannozzi Italy	26	992 1.5×	617 1.2×	722 1.5×	435 2.1×	182 1.1×	98	2.7k
Stefano Rossi Italy	25	1.2k 1.8×	328 0.7×	608 1.3×	377 1.8×	85 0.5×	119	2.1k
Rachid Aïssaoui Canada	22	907 1.4×	311 0.6×	408 0.9×	273 1.3×	139 0.8×	108	1.8k
Valentina Camomilla Italy	25	1.1k 1.7×	824 1.7×	497 1.1×	131 0.6×	96 0.6×	80	2.0k
Sandro Fioretti Italy	26	1.2k 1.8×	243 0.5×	511 1.1×	277 1.4×	43 0.3×	175	2.1k
Laura Gastaldi Italy	17	571 0.9×	200 0.4×	333 0.7×	148 0.7×	47 0.3×	105	1.2k
Wiebe de Vries Netherlands	18	461 0.7×	227 0.5×	204 0.4×	80 0.4×	175 1.0×	52	1.5k

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Pavei, Gaspare, et al.. (2025). Smooth Moves: Comparing Log Dimensionless Jerk Metrics from Body Center of Mass Trajectory and Wearable Sensor Acceleration During Walking. Sensors. 25(4). 1233–1233. 2 indexed citations

Farra, Fulvio Dal, Stefano Filippo Castiglia, Maria Gabriella Buzzi, et al.. (2025). Test-Retest Reliability and Minimal Detectable Changes for Wearable Sensor-Derived Gait Stability, Symmetry, and Smoothness in Individuals with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Sensors. 25(6). 1764–1764. 2 indexed citations

Castiglia, Stefano Filippo, Fulvio Dal Farra, Andrea Turolla, et al.. (2025). Discriminative ability, responsiveness, and interpretability of smoothness index of gait in people with multiple sclerosis. PubMed. 15. 9–18. 2 indexed citations

Rum, Lorenzo, Victoria L. Goosey‐Tolfrey, Riemer J. K. Vegter, & Elena Bergamini. (2024). Evaluation of the Bilateral Symmetry Assumption in Manual Wheelchair Propulsion. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 104(1). 89–100. 1 indexed citations

Rum, Lorenzo, et al.. (2024). Expert Consensus on Classification and Performance in Paralympic Powerlifting. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 103(8). 753–760. 2 indexed citations

Tramontano, Marco, Giuseppe Attanasio, Elena Bergamini, et al.. (2024). Dynamic postural stability, symmetry, and smoothness of gait in patients with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness. Journal of Vestibular Research. 35(2). 82–90. 1 indexed citations

Bergamini, Elena, Andrea Cereatti, & Gaspare Pavei. (2024). Walking symmetry is speed and index dependent. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19548–19548. 5 indexed citations

Rum, Lorenzo, et al.. (2023). Variability analysis of muscle activation symmetry to identify indicators of individual motor strategy: a case series on elite Paralympic powerlifters. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 5. 1290964–1290964. 2 indexed citations

Belluscio, Valeria, et al.. (2022). Performance assessment in archery: a systematic review. Sports Biomechanics. 23(12). 2444–2466. 18 indexed citations

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Bergamini, Elena, et al.. (2022). Magnetic-Free Quaternion-Based Robust Unscented Kalman Filter for Upper Limb Kinematic Analysis. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23(3). 3212–3219. 9 indexed citations

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Preatoni, Ezio, et al.. (2022). The Use of Wearable Sensors for Preventing, Assessing, and Informing Recovery from Sport-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Systematic Scoping Review. Sensors. 22(9). 3225–3225. 39 indexed citations

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Rum, Lorenzo, Valeria Belluscio, Valentina Camomilla, et al.. (2021). Wearable Sensors in Sports for Persons with Disability: A Systematic Review. Sensors. 21(5). 1858–1858. 54 indexed citations

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Ligorio, Gabriele, Elena Bergamini, Michele Raggi, et al.. (2020). A Wearable Magnetometer-Free Motion Capture System: Innovative Solutions for Real-World Applications. IEEE Sensors Journal. 20(15). 8844–8857. 29 indexed citations

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Vannozzi, Giuseppe, et al.. (2019). Gait event detection using inertial measurement units in people with transfemoral amputation: a comparative study. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 58(3). 461–470. 13 indexed citations

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Camomilla, Valentina, Elena Bergamini, Silvia Fantozzi, & Giuseppe Vannozzi. (2018). Trends Supporting the In-Field Use of Wearable Inertial Sensors for Sport Performance Evaluation: A Systematic Review. Sensors. 18(3). 873–873. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tramontano, Marco, Elena Bergamini, Marco Iosa, et al.. (2018). Vestibular rehabilitation training in patients with subacute stroke: A preliminary randomized controlled trial. Neurorehabilitation. 43(2). 247–254. 42 indexed citations

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Rochcongar, Goulven, Hélène Pillet, Elena Bergamini, et al.. (2016). A new method for the evaluation of the end-to-end distance of the knee ligaments and popliteal complex during passive knee flexion. The Knee. 23(3). 420–425. 8 indexed citations

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Camomilla, Valentina, Elena Bergamini, Silvia Fantozzi, & Giuseppe Vannozzi. (2015). IN-FIELD USE OF WEARABLE MAGNETO-INERTIAL SENSORS FOR SPORTS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 33(1). 6 indexed citations

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Bergamini, Elena, Giuseppe Vannozzi, Lorenzo Polidori, et al.. (2015). Wheelchair Propulsion Biomechanics in Junior Basketball Players: A Method for the Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Specific Training Program. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–10. 37 indexed citations

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Bergamini, Elena, et al.. (2012). Estimation of temporal parameters during sprint running using a trunk-mounted inertial measurement unit. Journal of Biomechanics. 45(6). 1123–1126. 83 indexed citations

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