Filipe Oliveira Barroso
University of Minho, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Cajal
Papers
8
Total Citations
222
H-Index
7
About
Filipe Oliveira Barroso is a leading researcher at the intersection of biomechanics, rehabilitation robotics, and motor control. His work focuses on developing intelligent robotic exoskeletons that can restore coordinated walking in individuals with neurological impairments, such as spinal cord injury and stroke. Barroso's major contributions include pioneering the use of electromyography (EMG) onset detection for real-time exoskeleton control, as demonstrated in his highly cited 2023 review (65 citations), and showing how robotic guidance alters the coordination of locomotion (80 citations). He has also developed innovative haptic adaptive feedback systems that integrate video games to promote motor learning in ankle exoskeletons (31 citations), and has benchmarked different control strategies—trajectory, admittance, and EMG-triggered—to optimize human-exoskeleton interaction. His work on comparing intramuscular and surface EMG for wearable robot control (11 citations) has direct implications for incomplete spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Barroso’s research is notable for bridging fundamental motor control science with practical, patient-centered rehabilitation technology, making him a key figure in advancing neurorecovery and assistive robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Effects of robotic guidance on the coordination of locomotion80 citations · 2013
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- 7Noninvasive Modalities Used in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation9 citations · 2019
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