Massimo Cenciarini

@upc.edu

Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Mechanical Engineering, Rehabilitation, Multidisciplinary
1160

Scholar Citations

12

Scholar h-index

13

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • FABRICACIÓ (Examen parcial 1r quadrimestre)
    M Cenciarini, J Minguella Canela, A Rodríguez Fernández
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , 2025
    2025
  • Engineering Synthetic Soft Tissue for Accurate Human-Exoskeleton Interaction Testing
    M Cenciarini, G Mariuzzo, S Massardi, D Rodriguez-Cianca, D Torricelli
    2025 International Conference On Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 1755-1760 , 2025
    2025
  • Aprenentatge en col· laboració basat en la recerca en una aliança universitària internacional
    J Minguella Canela, M Cenciarini, M Santos López, J Romeu Garbí
    Revista del Congrés Internacional de Docència Universitària i Innovació … , 2025
    2025
  • Instrumentation and validation of a knee exoskeleton for the measurement of human-exoskeleton interaction forces
    M Iglesias Santos, S Massardi, M Cenciarini, D Rodriguez-Cianca, ...
    International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation, 223-227 , 2024
    2024
  • Systematic evaluation of a knee exoskeleton misalignment compensation mechanism using a robotic dummy leg
    S Massardi, D Rodriguez-Cianca, M Cenciarini, DC Costa, ...
    2023 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 1-6 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Modelling, simulation and optimization of a robotic assistive device for patients with spinal cord injury Bachelor’s Thesis
    P Salat, JMF Llagunes, M Cenciarini
    2022
  • Modelling, optimization, and simulation of a robotic assistive device for walking
    P Salat Colomé, M Jané Cardona, A Peiret Giménez, JM Font Llagunes, ...
    Libro de Resúmenes de la XI Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Identification of human joint impedance using a wearable powered knee exoskeleton
    G Cavallo, J Lataire, JM Font Llagunes, M Cenciarini
    Libro de Resúmenes de la X Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad … , 2021
    2021
  • Motion biomarkers showing maximum contrast between healthy subjects and parkinson's disease patients treated with deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. a pilot study
    A Kuhner, IK Wiesmeier, M Cenciarini, TL Maier, S Kammermeier, ...
    Frontiers in neuroscience 13, 1450 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 9
  • The reliance on vestibular information during standing balance control decreases with severity of vestibular dysfunction
    J Van Kordelaar, JH Pasma, M Cenciarini, AC Schouten, H Van der Kooij, ...
    Frontiers in neurology 9, 371 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 19
  • Correlations between Motor Symptoms across Different Motor Tasks, Quantified via Random Forest Feature Classification in Parkinson’s Disease
    A Kuhner, T Schubert, M Cenciarini, IK Wiesmeier, VA Coenen, ...
    Frontiers in neurology 8, 607 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 35
  • Neuroimaging of an attention demanding dual-task during dynamic postural control
    AL Rosso, M Cenciarini, PJ Sparto, PJ Loughlin, JM Furman, TJ Huppert
    Gait & posture 57, 193-198 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 94
  • The video head impulse test predicts the ability to reweight vestibular information during stance in patients with vestibular disorders
    J van Kordelaar, JH Pasma, M Cenciarini, C Maurer
    Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2016 , 2016
    2016
  • Are gaze stabilization deficits related to vestibular reweighting deficits during stance in patients with vestibular disorders?
    J van Kordelaar, J Pasma, M Cenciarini, AC Schouten, H van der Kooij, ...
    Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2016 , 2016
    2016
  • A probabilistic approach based on Random Forests to estimating similarity of human motion in the context of Parkinson's Disease
    A Kuhner, T Schubert, M Cenciarini, C Maurer, W Burgard
    2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems … , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 5
  • Mining balance disorders' data for the development of diagnostic decision support systems
    TP Exarchos, G Rigas, A Bibas, D Kikidis, C Nikitas, FL Wuyts, ...
    Computers in Biology and Medicine 77, 240-248 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 45
  • Multiparametric data analysis for diagnostic decision support in balance disorders
    TP Exarchos, G Rigas, A Bibas, D Kikidis, C Nikitas, FL Wuyts, ...
    2016 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics … , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 2
  • Diagnosis of balance disorders using decision support systems based on data mining techniques
    TP Exarchos, K Stefanou, G Rigas, A Bibas, D Kikidis, C Nikitas, FL Wuyts, ...
    2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering … , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 1
  • Effects of exoskeletal stiffness in parallel with the knee on the motion of the human body center of mass during walking
    K Shamaei, M Cenciarini, AA Adams, KN Gregorczyk, JM Schiffman, ...
    2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5557-5564 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 13
  • Biomechanical effects of stiffness in parallel with the knee joint during walking
    K Shamaei, M Cenciarini, AA Adams, KN Gregorczyk, JM Schiffman, ...
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 62 (10), 2389-2401 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 66

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Stimulus-dependent changes in the vestibular contribution to human postural control
    M Cenciarini, RJ Peterka
    Journal of neurophysiology 95 (5), 2733-2750 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 245
  • Biomechanical considerations in the design of lower limb exoskeletons
    M Cenciarini, AM Dollar
    2011 IEEE International conference on rehabilitation robotics, 1-6 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 220
  • Design and evaluation of a quasi-passive knee exoskeleton for investigation of motor adaptation in lower extremity joints
    K Shamaei, M Cenciarini, AA Adams, KN Gregorczyk, JM Schiffman, ...
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 61 (6), 1809-1821 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 159
  • Stiffness and damping in postural control increase with age
    M Cenciarini, PJ Loughlin, PJ Sparto, MS Redfern
    IEEE Transactions on biomedical engineering 57 (2), 267-275 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 153
  • Neuroimaging of an attention demanding dual-task during dynamic postural control
    AL Rosso, M Cenciarini, PJ Sparto, PJ Loughlin, JM Furman, TJ Huppert
    Gait & posture 57, 193-198 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 94
  • Biomechanical effects of stiffness in parallel with the knee joint during walking
    K Shamaei, M Cenciarini, AA Adams, KN Gregorczyk, JM Schiffman, ...
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 62 (10), 2389-2401 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 66
  • On the mechanics of the ankle in the stance phase of the gait
    K Shamaei, M Cenciarini, AM Dollar
    2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and … , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 51
  • Mining balance disorders' data for the development of diagnostic decision support systems
    TP Exarchos, G Rigas, A Bibas, D Kikidis, C Nikitas, FL Wuyts, ...
    Computers in Biology and Medicine 77, 240-248 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 45
  • Correlations between Motor Symptoms across Different Motor Tasks, Quantified via Random Forest Feature Classification in Parkinson’s Disease
    A Kuhner, T Schubert, M Cenciarini, IK Wiesmeier, VA Coenen, ...
    Frontiers in neurology 8, 607 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 35
  • The reliance on vestibular information during standing balance control decreases with severity of vestibular dysfunction
    J Van Kordelaar, JH Pasma, M Cenciarini, AC Schouten, H Van der Kooij, ...
    Frontiers in neurology 9, 371 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 19
  • Medial-lateral postural control in older adults exhibits increased stiffness and damping
    M Cenciarini, PJ Loughlin, PJ Sparto, MS Redfern
    2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and … , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 19
  • Effects of exoskeletal stiffness in parallel with the knee on the motion of the human body center of mass during walking
    K Shamaei, M Cenciarini, AA Adams, KN Gregorczyk, JM Schiffman, ...
    2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5557-5564 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 13
  • Preliminary investigation of effects of a quasi-passive knee exoskeleton on gait energetics
    K Shamaei, AA Adams, M Cenciarini, KN Gregorczyk, AM Dollar
    2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in … , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 11
  • Systematic evaluation of a knee exoskeleton misalignment compensation mechanism using a robotic dummy leg
    S Massardi, D Rodriguez-Cianca, M Cenciarini, DC Costa, ...
    2023 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 1-6 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Motion biomarkers showing maximum contrast between healthy subjects and parkinson's disease patients treated with deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. a pilot study
    A Kuhner, IK Wiesmeier, M Cenciarini, TL Maier, S Kammermeier, ...
    Frontiers in neuroscience 13, 1450 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 9
  • A probabilistic approach based on Random Forests to estimating similarity of human motion in the context of Parkinson's Disease
    A Kuhner, T Schubert, M Cenciarini, C Maurer, W Burgard
    2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems … , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 5
  • Multiparametric data analysis for diagnostic decision support in balance disorders
    TP Exarchos, G Rigas, A Bibas, D Kikidis, C Nikitas, FL Wuyts, ...
    2016 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics … , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 2
  • Model-Based Investigation of Ankle Stiffness Control Versus Active Feedback Control During Quiet Standing
    PL A. Mahboobin, M. Cenciarini, M. Redfern
    ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 2
  • Modelling, optimization, and simulation of a robotic assistive device for walking
    P Salat Colomé, M Jané Cardona, A Peiret Giménez, JM Font Llagunes, ...
    Libro de Resúmenes de la XI Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Diagnosis of balance disorders using decision support systems based on data mining techniques
    TP Exarchos, K Stefanou, G Rigas, A Bibas, D Kikidis, C Nikitas, FL Wuyts, ...
    2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering … , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 1