Germana Cappellini

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Germana Cappellini is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Germana Cappellini has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 20 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 18 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Germana Cappellini's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (21 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (20 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (18 papers). Germana Cappellini is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (21 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (20 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (18 papers). Germana Cappellini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Russia. Germana Cappellini's co-authors include Yuri P. Ivanenko, Francesco Lacquaniti, R. E. Poppele, Nadia Dominici, Francesca Sylos‐Labini, Andrea d’Avella, Ambrogio Di Paolo, Carlo Giannini, Adele Fabiano and Michael J. MacLellan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Germana Cappellini

42 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Motor Patterns in Human Walking and Running

2006 593 citations Germana Cappellini, Yuri P. Ivanenko et al. Journal of Neurophysiology profile →
Locomotor Primitives in Newborn Babies and Their Development

2011 482 citations Nadia Dominici, Yuri P. Ivanenko et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Germana Cappellini Italy	26	2.0k	1.2k	1.0k	825	297	46	3.0k
Nadia Dominici Netherlands	23	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	730 0.7×	718 0.9×	294 1.0×	44	2.9k
Max J. Kurz United States	30	876 0.4×	830 0.7×	665 0.6×	949 1.2×	284 1.0×	121	2.8k
Vincent C. K. Cheung Hong Kong	22	2.5k 1.3×	2.8k 2.3×	684 0.7×	490 0.6×	706 2.4×	58	4.1k
Jürgen Konczak United States	40	772 0.4×	2.0k 1.7×	732 0.7×	900 1.1×	532 1.8×	140	4.8k
Jaynie F. Yang Canada	43	2.9k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	789 2.7×	81	5.3k
W. Berger Germany	39	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.9×	696 2.3×	80	4.4k
Susanne M. Morton United States	23	747 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	860 0.8×	626 0.8×	449 1.5×	50	2.4k
Amy J. Bastian United States	22	760 0.4×	1.9k 1.5×	866 0.8×	605 0.7×	285 1.0×	26	3.6k
Evangelos A. Christou United States	34	2.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	922 0.9×	511 0.6×	400 1.3×	119	3.7k
R. Grasso Italy	28	992 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	902 0.9×	536 0.6×	262 0.9×	35	2.9k

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Sylos‐Labini, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Haptic communication and interpersonal dynamics in hand-by-hand guided locomotion in children and adults. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 13. 1622083–1622083.

Berger, Denise, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of EMG patterns in children during assisted walking in the exoskeleton. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1461323–1461323. 3 indexed citations

Cappellini, Germana, et al.. (2024). Spinal maps of motoneuron activity during human locomotion: neuromechanical considerations. Frontiers in Physiology. 15. 1389436–1389436. 4 indexed citations

Cappellini, Germana, et al.. (2023). Development of running is not related to time since onset of independent walking, a longitudinal case study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 17. 1101432–1101432.

Cappellini, Germana, Francesca Sylos‐Labini, Arthur H. Dewolf, et al.. (2023). Comparison of the forward and sideways locomotor patterns in children with Cerebral Palsy. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 7286–7286. 4 indexed citations

Sylos‐Labini, Francesca, Valentina La Scaleia, Germana Cappellini, et al.. (2022). Complexity of modular neuromuscular control increases and variability decreases during human locomotor development. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1256–1256. 18 indexed citations

Taylor, Simon, et al.. (2021). Adjustments in the Range of Angular Motion during Walking after Amputation of the Toes: A Case Report. Symmetry. 13(11). 2065–2065. 2 indexed citations

Cappellini, Germana, et al.. (2020). Clinical Relevance of State-of-the-Art Analysis of Surface Electromyography in Cerebral Palsy. Frontiers in Neurology. 11. 583296–583296. 13 indexed citations

Cappellini, Germana, Francesca Sylos‐Labini, Arthur H. Dewolf, et al.. (2020). Maturation of the Locomotor Circuitry in Children With Cerebral Palsy. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8. 998–998. 28 indexed citations

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Cappellini, Germana, Francesca Sylos‐Labini, Michael J. MacLellan, et al.. (2020). Locomotor patterns during obstacle avoidance in children with cerebral palsy. Journal of Neurophysiology. 124(2). 574–590. 13 indexed citations

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Sylos‐Labini, Francesca, Yuri P. Ivanenko, Michael J. MacLellan, et al.. (2014). Locomotor-Like Leg Movements Evoked by Rhythmic Arm Movements in Humans. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e90775–e90775. 45 indexed citations

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Ivanenko, Yuri P., Nadia Dominici, Germana Cappellini, et al.. (2013). Changes in the Spinal Segmental Motor Output for Stepping during Development from Infant to Adult. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(7). 3025–3036. 66 indexed citations

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Sylos‐Labini, Francesca, Yuri P. Ivanenko, Germana Cappellini, et al.. (2013). Changes of Gait Kinematics in Different Simulators of Reduced Gravity. Journal of Motor Behavior. 45(6). 495–505. 22 indexed citations

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Logan, David, Tim Kiemel, Nadia Dominici, et al.. (2010). The many roles of vision during walking. Experimental Brain Research. 206(3). 337–350. 74 indexed citations

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Ivanenko, Yuri P., Nadia Dominici, Elena Daprati, et al.. (2010). Locomotor body scheme. Human Movement Science. 30(2). 341–351. 49 indexed citations

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Ivanenko, Yuri P., Germana Cappellini, R. E. Poppele, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2008). Spatiotemporal organization of α‐motoneuron activity in the human spinal cord during different gaits and gait transitions. European Journal of Neuroscience. 27(12). 3351–3368. 96 indexed citations

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Ivanenko, Yuri P., Germana Cappellini, Nadia Dominici, R. E. Poppele, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2007). Modular Control of Limb Movements during Human Locomotion. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(41). 11149–11161. 189 indexed citations

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Ivanenko, Yuri P., Germana Cappellini, Nadia Dominici, R. E. Poppele, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2005). Coordination of Locomotion with Voluntary Movements in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(31). 7238–7253. 321 indexed citations

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Ivanenko, Yuri P., Nadia Dominici, Germana Cappellini, et al.. (2004). Development of pendulum mechanism and kinematic coordination from the first unsupported steps in toddlers. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207(21). 3797–3810. 93 indexed citations

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Biancolini, Marco Evangelos, et al.. (2000). Fatigue Life Prediction For A Cracked NotchedElement Under Symmetric Load Condition. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 26. 1 indexed citations

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