Francesco Casolo

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Francesco Casolo is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Casolo has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 20 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Francesco Casolo's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (22 papers), Sports Performance and Training (18 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (12 papers). Francesco Casolo is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (22 papers), Sports Performance and Training (18 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (12 papers). Francesco Casolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Francesco Casolo's co-authors include Alessandro Del Vecchio, Dario Farina, Francesco Felici, Francesco Negro, Aleš Holobar, Jonathan P. Folland, Ilenia Bazzucchi, Roger M. Enoka, Matteo Scorcelletti and Stefano Nuccio and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Casolo

42 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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 Negro et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Jason M. DeFreitas United States

Christopher A. Knight United States

Eduardo Martinez‐Valdes United Kingdom

Gregory E. P. Pearcey Canada

G Melchiorri Italy

Arnaud Guével France

Anna Jaskólska Poland

Gabriel S. Trajano Australia

Artur Jaskólski Poland

Eloisa Limonta Italy

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Vecchio, Alessandro Del, et al.. (2025). Neural determinants of the increase in muscle strength and force steadiness of the untrained limb following a 4 week unilateral training. The Journal of Physiology. 603(12). 3605–3630. 5 indexed citations

Vecchio, Alessandro Del, Francesco Casolo, Roger M. Enoka, & Dario Farina. (2025). Changes in neural drive after strength training are better estimated from absolute than normalized EMG amplitude. Journal of Applied Physiology. 140(1). 177–187.

Nuccio, Stefano, Francesco Casolo, Luciana Labanca, et al.. (2024). Neuroplastic alterations in common synaptic inputs and synergistic motor unit clusters controlling the vastii muscles of individuals with ACL reconstruction. Journal of Applied Physiology. 137(4). 835–847. 8 indexed citations

Valli, Giacomo, Rui Wu, Giuseppe Sirago, et al.. (2024). Can non-invasive motor unit analysis reveal distinct neural strategies of force production in young with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes?. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 125(1). 247–259. 1 indexed citations

Marcolin, Giuseppe, Federico Gennaro, Alessandro Del Vecchio, et al.. (2024). Alterations in magnitude and spatial distribution of erector spinae muscle activity in cyclists with a recent history of low back pain. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 125(4). 967–976. 2 indexed citations

Galvani, Christel, Mariangela Valentina Puci, Matteo Vandoni, et al.. (2024). Health-Related Field-Based Fitness Tests: Normative Values for Italian Primary School Children. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 9(4). 190–190.

Casolo, Francesco, Sumiaki Maeo, Thomas G. Balshaw, et al.. (2023). Non‐invasive estimation of muscle fibre size from high‐density electromyography. The Journal of Physiology. 601(10). 1831–1850. 14 indexed citations

Valli, Giacomo, et al.. (2023). Tutorial: Analysis of central and peripheral motor unit properties from decomposed High-Density surface EMG signals with openhdemg. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 74. 102850–102850. 13 indexed citations

Campa, Francesco, Antonio Paoli, Francesco Casolo, et al.. (2022). Effect of resistance training on bioelectrical phase angle in older adults: a systematic review with Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. 24(3). 439–449. 28 indexed citations

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Ibáñez, Jaime, Katlyn E. Brown, Lorenzo Rocchi, et al.. (2022). Standard intensities of transcranial alternating current stimulation over the motor cortex do not entrain corticospinal inputs to motor neurons. The Journal of Physiology. 601(15). 3187–3199. 6 indexed citations

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Casolo, Francesco, Thomas G. Balshaw, Sumiaki Maeo, et al.. (2022). Neural decoding from surface high-density EMG signals: influence of anatomy and synchronization on the number of identified motor units. Journal of Neural Engineering. 19(4). 46029–46029. 30 indexed citations

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Hug, François, Simon Avrillon, Alessandro Del Vecchio, et al.. (2021). Analysis of motor unit spike trains estimated from high-density surface electromyography is highly reliable across operators. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 58. 102548–102548. 58 indexed citations

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Casolo, Francesco, Stefano Nuccio, Ilenia Bazzucchi, Francesco Felici, & Alessandro Del Vecchio. (2020). Reproducibility of muscle fibre conduction velocity during linearly increasing force contractions. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 53. 102439–102439. 10 indexed citations

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Sagelv, Edvard H., Sigurd Pedersen, Francesco Casolo, et al.. (2020). Flywheel squats versus free weight high load squats for improving high velocity movements in football. A randomized controlled trial. BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation. 12(1). 61–61. 29 indexed citations

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Casolo, Francesco & Daniele Lo Coco. (2019). Educazione motoria nella scuola primaria: Quali competenze per il docente?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(3). 37–46.

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Casolo, Francesco, Dario Farina, Deborah Falla, et al.. (2019). Strength Training Increases Conduction Velocity of High-Threshold Motor Units. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 52(4). 955–967. 35 indexed citations

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Casolo, Francesco. (2018). Scuola Primaria: spazi ambientali e temporali per l'educazione motoria. 17(1). 493–507.

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Vandoni, Matteo, Luca Correale, Mariangela Valentina Puci, et al.. (2018). Six minute walk distance and reference values in healthy Italian children: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205792–e0205792. 29 indexed citations

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Vago, Paola, Francesco Casolo, Nicola Lovecchio, Lucia Colombo, & Monica Gatti. (2013). ANXIETY AND INJURIES IN SOCCER PLAYERS. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 47(10). e3.85–e3. 6 indexed citations

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Casolo, Francesco, et al.. (1978). [The incomplete atrio-ventricular canal. Operative and long term results in 100 cases (author's transl)].. PubMed. 8(4). 411–6.

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