Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

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Mc Kittrick, A. et al. Patient experience in adjunct controller-free hand tracking virtual reality tasks for upper-limb occupational therapy rehabilitation. Journal of Patient Experience 10, (2023).
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Cardoso, L. R. L., Bochkezanian, V., Forner-Cordero, A., Melendez-Calderon, A. & Bo, A. P. L. Soft robotics and functional electrical stimulation advances for restoring hand function in people with SCI: A narrative review, clinical guidelines and future directions. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 19, (2022).
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Baptista, R. S. et al. User-centered design and spatially-distributed sequential electrical stimulation in cycling for individuals with paraplegia. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 19, (2022).
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Alarcon-Aldana, A. C., Callejas-Cuervo, M., Bastos-Filho, T. & Bo, A. P. L. A kinematic information acquisition model that uses digital signals from an inertial and magnetic motion capture system. Sensors 22, 4898 (2022).
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Goncalves, C. W. P., Richa, R. A. & Bo, A. P. L. Tracking and classification of head movement for augmentative and alternative communication systems. Sensors 22, 435 (2022).
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Bo, A. P. L., Casas, L., Cucho-Padin, G., Hayashibe, M. & Elias, D. Control strategies for gait tele-rehabilitation system based on parallel robotics. Applied Sciences 11, 11095 (2021).
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Sousa, A. C. C., Sousa, F. S. C., Baptista, R. S. & Bo, A. P. L. Passive knee orthoses assistance in functional electrical stimulation cycling in an individual with spinal cord injury. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 29, 690–698 (2021).
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Sousa, A. C. C. & Bo, A. P. L. Simulation studies on hybrid neuroprosthesis control strategies for gait at low speeds. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 70, 102970 (2021).
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Ochoa-Diaz, C. & Bo, A. P. L. Symmetry analysis of amputee gait based on body center of mass trajectory and discrete fourier transform. Sensors 20, 2392 (2020).
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Alarcon-Aldana, A. C., Callejas-Cuervo, M. & Bo, A. P. L. Upper limb physical rehabilitation using serious videogames and motion capture systems: A systematic review. Sensors 20, 5989 (2020).
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Fonseca, L. O. et al. Assisted grasping in individuals with tetraplegia: Improving control through residual muscle contraction and movement. Sensors 19, 4532 (2019).
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Leal-Junior, A. G. et al. Polymer optical fiber sensors in wearable devices: Toward novel instrumentation approaches for gait assistance devices. IEEE Sensors Journal 18, 7085–7092 (2018).
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Bo, A. P. L. et al. Cycling with spinal cord injury: A novel system for cycling using electrical stimulation for individuals with paraplegia, and preparation for cybathlon 2016. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine 24, 58–65 (2017).
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Baptista, R. S., Bo, A. P. L. & Hayashibe, M. Automatic human movement assessment with switching linear dynamic system: Motion segmentation and motor performance. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 25, 628–640 (2017).
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Fonseca, L. O. da, Bo, A. P. L., Guimaraes, J. A., Paredes, M. E. G. & Fachin‐Martins, E. Cadence tracking and disturbance rejection in functional electrical stimulation cycling for paraplegic subjects: A case study. Artificial Organs 41, (2017).
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Medeiros, F. V. et al. Kilohertz and low-frequency electrical stimulation with the same pulse duration have similar efficiency for inducing isometric knee extension torque and discomfort. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 96, 388–394 (2017).
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Guimaraes, J. A. et al. FES bike race preparation to cybathlon 2016 by EMA team: A short case report. European Journal of Translational Myology 27, (2017).
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Bo, A. P. L., Fonseca, L. O. da & Sousa, A. C. C. FES-induced co-activation of antagonist muscles for upper limb control and disturbance rejection. Medical Engineering and Physics 38, 1176–1184 (2016).
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Marinho, M. M., Bernardes, M. C. & Bo, A. P. L. Using general-purpose serial-link manipulators for laparoscopic surgery with moving remote center of motion. Journal of Medical Robotics Research 01, 1650007 (2016).
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Guimaraes, J. A. et al. Towards parameters and protocols to recommend FES-cycling in cases of paraplegia: A preliminary report. European Journal of Translational Myology 26, (2016).
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Lopes, A. C. G. et al. Electrical stimulation to reduce the overload in upper limbs during sitting pivot transfer in paraplegic: A preliminary study. European Journal of Translational Myology 26, (2016).
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Adorno, B. V., Bo, A. P. L. & Fraisse, P. Kinematic modeling and control for human-robot cooperation considering different interaction roles. Robotica 33, 314–331 (2014).
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Bo, A. P. L., Azevedo‐Coste, C., Geny, C., Poignet, P. & Fattal, C. On the use of fixed‐intensity functional electrical stimulation for attenuating essential tremor. Artificial Organs 38, 984–991 (2014).
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Richa, R., Bo, A. P. L. & Poignet, P. Towards robust 3D visual tracking for motion compensation in beating heart surgery. Medical Image Analysis 15, 302–315 (2011).
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Bo, A. P. L., Poignet, P. & Geny, C. Pathological tremor and voluntary motion modeling and online estimation for active compensation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 19, 177–185 (2011).
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Zhang, D., Poignet, P., Bo, A. P. L. & Ang, W. T. Exploring peripheral mechanism of tremor on neuromusculoskeletal model: A general simulation study. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 56, 2359–2369 (2009).

Indexed peer-reviewed conference proceedings

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Cardoso, L. R. L., Melendez-Calderon, A., Bochkezanian, V., Forner-Cordero, A. & Bo, A. P. L. Towards visual-tactile integration of shoulder and hand using immersive virtual reality. in 2023 45th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 15 1–4 (IEEE, 2023).
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Mosconi, D., Bo, A. P. L. & Siqueira, A. A. G. Predictive simulations with OpenSim moco to investigate the interaction between human and assistive exoskeleton. in 2023 45th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 1 1–4 (IEEE, 2023).
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McNamara, K. et al. Markerless motion capture system to detect upper limb movement during rehabilitation using video games. in 2022 IEEE 10th international conference on serious games and applications for health(SeGAH) vol. 1 (IEEE, 2022).
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Zhang, B. et al. Handy juice bar: A hand rehabilitation game using immersive VR and finger tracking. in 2022 IEEE 10th international conference on serious games and applications for health(SeGAH) vol. 1 (IEEE, 2022).
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Broche-Vazquez, L., Ochoa-Diaz, C., Sagaro-Zamora, R. & Bo, A. P. L. An integrated method to analyze degenerative bone conditions on transfemoral amputees. in XXVII brazilian congress on biomedical engineering vol. 1 267–275 (Springer International Publishing, 2022).
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Li, B., Williamson, J., Kelp, N., Dick, T. & Bo, A. P. L. Towards balance assessment using openpose. in 2021 43rd annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 11 7605–7608 (IEEE, 2021).
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Pinheiro, L. M., Sousa, A. C. C. & Bo, A. P. L. Comparing spatially distributed and single electrode stimulation on individuals with spinal cord injury. in 2020 42nd annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 36 3293–3296 (IEEE, 2020).
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Ricarte, G., Pinheiro, L. M. & Bo, A. P. L. Intuitive and modular software architecture for functional electrical stimulation rehabilitation. in 2020 latin american robotics symposium (LARS), 2020 brazilian symposium on robotics (SBR) and 2020 workshop on robotics in education (WRE) vol. 26 1–6 (IEEE, 2020).
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Sousa, A. C. C., Freire, J. P. C. D. & Bo, A. P. L. Integrating hip exosuit and FES for lower limb rehabilitation in a simulation environment. IFAC-PapersOnLine 51, 302–307 (2019).
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Sousa, A. C. C., Sousa, F. S. C. & Bo, A. P. L. Simulation of the assistance of passive knee orthoses in FES cycling. in 2019 41st annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 1 3811–3814 (IEEE, 2019).
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Fonseca, L. O. et al. Towards indoor rowing assisted by electrical stimulation for persons with paraplegia. in XXVI brazilian congress on biomedical engineering vol. 1 391–395 (Springer Singapore, 2019).
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Moreira, M. & Bo, A. P. L. Muscle fatigue and the importance of electrical stimulation parameters on functional electrical stimulation. in XXVI brazilian congress on biomedical engineering vol. 1 307–313 (Springer Singapore, 2019).
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Robbi, D. B., Freire, J. P. C. D., Bo, A. P. L. & Diniz, A. C. G. C. Dynamical analysis of human gait at low speeds. in XXVI brazilian congress on biomedical engineering vol. 1 193–199 (Springer Singapore, 2019).
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Sousa, A. C. C., Valtin, M., Bo, A. P. L. & Schauer, T. Automatic detection of stimulation artifacts to isolate volitional from evoked EMG activity. IFAC-PapersOnLine 51, 282–287 (2018).
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Fonseca, L. F. et al. Investigating upper limb movement classification on users with tetraplegia as a possible neuroprosthesis interface. in 2018 40th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 24 5053–5056 (IEEE, 2018).
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Aguiar, L. F. & Bo, A. P. L. Hand gestures recognition using electromyography for bilateral upper limb rehabilitation. in 2017 IEEE life sciences conference (LSC) vol. 23 63–66 (IEEE, 2017).
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Fonseca, L. O. et al. Towards transfers in paraplegia assisted by electrical stimulation and inertial system. in 2017 IEEE life sciences conference (LSC) vol. 1 292–295 (IEEE, 2017).
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Zhang, Y. et al. Individual hand movement detection and classification using peripheral nerve signals. in 2017 8th international IEEE/EMBS conference on neural engineering (NER) vol. 1 (IEEE, 2017).
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Sousa, A. C. C., Ramos, F. M., Narvaez-Dorado, M. C., Fonseca, L. O. & Bo, A. P. L. A comparative study on control strategies for FES cycling using a detailed musculoskeletal model. IFAC-PapersOnLine 49, 204–209 (2016).
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Baptista, R. S., Bo, A. P. L. & Hayashibe, M. Methodology for automatic movement cycle extraction using switching linear dynamic system. in 2015 7th international IEEE/EMBS conference on neural engineering (NER) vol. 12 743–746 (IEEE, 2015).
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Bo, A. P. L. & Moura, H. C. Elbow control using functional electrical stimulation: An experimental comparison of different control strategies. IFAC-PapersOnLine 48, 343–347 (2015).
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Ramos, F. M. & Bo, A. P. L. Exploring the use of coupled oscillators for humanoid gait control. in 2014 joint conference on robotics: SBR-LARS robotics symposium and robocontrol vol. 1 253–258 (IEEE, 2014).
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Ochoa-Diaz, C. et al. An above-knee prosthesis with magnetorheological variable-damping. in 5th IEEE RAS/EMBS international conference on biomedical robotics and biomechatronics vol. 17 108–113 (IEEE, 2014).
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Marinho, M. M., Bernardes, M. C. & Bo, A. P. L. A programmable remote center-of-motion controller for minimally invasive surgery using the dual quaternion framework. in 5th IEEE RAS/EMBS international conference on biomedical robotics and biomechatronics vol. 7 339–344 (IEEE, 2014).
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Geraldes, A. A., Marinho, M. M., Bernardes, M. C., Bo, A. P. L. & Borges, G. A. On the use of discrete steps in robot-aided flexible needle insertion. in 2013 35th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 4 4867–4870 (IEEE, 2013).
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Zhao, J., Berns, K., Souza Baptista, R. de & Bo, A. P. L. Design of variable-damping control for prosthetic knee based on a simulated biped. in 2013 IEEE 13th international conference on rehabilitation robotics (ICORR) vol. 21 1–6 (IEEE, 2013).
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Ochoa-Diaz, C., Menegaz, H. M., Bo, A. P. L. & Borges, G. A. An EKF-based approach for estimating leg stiffness during walking. in 2013 35th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (EMBC) vol. 7 7226–7228 (IEEE, 2013).
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Marinho, M. M., Geraldes, A. A., Bo, A. P. L. & Borges, G. A. Manipulator control based on the dual quaternion framework for intuitive teleoperation using kinect. in 2012 brazilian robotics symposium and latin american robotics symposium vol. 18 319–324 (IEEE, 2012).
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Bo, A. P. L., Hayashibe, M. & Poignet, P. Joint angle estimation in rehabilitation with inertial sensors and its integration with kinect. in 2011 annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society vol. 3 3479–3483 (IEEE, 2011).
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Poignet, P., Richa, R., Bo, A. P. L. & Liu, C. Robust 3D tracking for robotic-assisted beating heart surgery. in 2011 annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society vol. 29 6686–6686 (IEEE, 2011).
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Adorno, B. V., Bo, A. P. L., Fraisse, P. & Poignet, P. Towards a cooperative framework for interactive manipulation involving a human and a humanoid. in 2011 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation vol. 1 3777–3783 (IEEE, 2011).
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Bo, A. P. L. & Poignet, P. Tremor attenuation using FES-based joint stiffness control. in 2010 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation vol. 1 2928–2933 (IEEE, 2010).
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Richa, R., Bo, A. P. L. & Poignet, P. Robust 3D visual tracking for robotic-assisted cardiac interventions. in Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention – MICCAI 2010 267–274 (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010). doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15705-9_33.
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Bo, A. P. L., Poignet, P., Zhang, D. & Ang, W. T. FES-controlled co-contraction strategies for pathological tremor compensation. in 2009 IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems vol. 1 1633–1638 (IEEE, 2009).
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Bo, A. P. L., Poignet, P. & Geny, C. Filtering voluntary motion for pathological tremor compensation. in 2009 IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems vol. 1 55–60 (IEEE, 2009).
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Richa, R., Bo, A. P. L. & Poignet, P. Motion prediction for tracking the beating heart. in 2008 30th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society vol. 1 3261–3264 (IEEE, 2008).
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Bo, A. P. L., Poignet, P., Widjaja, F. & Ang, W. T. Online pathological tremor characterization using extended kalman filtering. in 2008 30th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society vol. 1 1753–1756 (IEEE, 2008).
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Martins, A. S., Bo, A. P. L., Borges, G. A. & Ishihara, J. Y. Design and experimental evaluation of rotor speed regulators for model helicopters in a test bench. in 2007 IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems vol. 1 1600–1605 (IEEE, 2007).

Other selected publications

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Andersen, T., Bo, A. P. L., Watkins, G., Mohammad, S. & McEwan, A. Neural stimulation technologies. in Principles and technologies for electromagnetic energy based therapies 235–254 (Elsevier, 2022). doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820594-5.00011-3.
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Rabelo, M. et al. Overview of FES-assisted cycling approaches and their benefits on functional rehabilitation and muscle atrophy. in Muscle atrophy 561–583 (Springer Singapore, 2018). doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1435-3_26.
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Bo, A. P. L. Compensation active de tremblements pathologiques des membres superieurs via la stimulation electrique fonctionnelle. (Universite de Montpellier II, 2011).
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Richa, R., Bo, A. P. & Poignet, P. Motion tracking for beating heart surgery. in Surgical robotics: Systems applications and visions 497–524 (Springer US Boston, MA, 2010).
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Bo, A. P. L. & Borges, G. A. Low cost 3D localization system for applications on aerial robots. in Symposium series in mechatronics, PE miyagi, o. Horikawa, and JM motta, eds. Associaçao brasileira de engenharia e ciências mecânicas vol. 3 355–362 (2008).
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Bo, A. P. L. Desenvolvimento de um sistema de localizacao 3D para aplicacao em robos aereos. (Universidade de Brasilia, 2007).