Book chapters:
1. Mesin
L, Holobar A, Merletti R, Blind source separation: application to
biomedical signals. in Cerutti S, Marchesi C (editors), Advanced
methods of biomedical signal processing, IEEE Press series in
biomedical engineering, A John Wiley & Sons, 2011, pp. 379-409.
Journal contributions:
1. Farina D, Holobar A, Merletti
R,
Enoka RM. Decoding the neural drive to muscles from the surface
electromyogram.
Clin Neurophysiol 121(10): 1616-1623, 2010.
2. Holobar A, Minetto MA, Botter
A,
Negro F, Farina D. Experimental analysis of accuracy in the
identification of
motor unit spike trains from high-density surface EMG. IEEE
Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 18(3):221-9, 2010.
3. Negro F, Holobar A, Farina D.
Fluctuations in isometric muscle force can be described by one linear
projection of low-frequency components of motor unit discharge rates. J Physiol. 15;587(Pt
24):5925-38, 2009.
4. Minetto MA, Holobar A, Botter
A,
Farina D. Discharge properties of motor units of the abductor hallucis
muscle
during cramp contractions. J Neurophysiol. 102(3):1890-901, 2009.
5. Piitulainen H., Holobar A.,
Avela J. Changes
in motor unit characteristics after eccentric elbow flexor exercise, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science
in Sports, 2010, doi: 10.1111/j.160060838.2010.01228.x.
6. Merletti R., Aventaggiato M., Botter A., Holobar A., Marateb H., Vieira T.M.M. Advances in surface EMG Recent progress in detection and processing techniques, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering 38(4):305-45, 2010.
7. Farina D, Holobar A, Merletti R, Enoka R M. Decoding the neural drive to muscles from the surface electromyogram. Clin. neurophysiol. 121(10):1616-1623 2010.
8. Minetto M A, Holobar A, Botter A, Ravenni R, Farina D. Mechanisms of cramp contractions: peripheral or central generation? J Physiol. 589(23):5759-73, 2011.
9. Marateb H, McGill KC, Holobar A, Lateva Z C, Mansourian M, Merletti R. Accuracy assessment of CKC high-density surface EMG decomposition in biceps femoris muscle, Journal of neural engineering 8(6): 1-5, 2011.
10. Holobar A, Glaser V, Gallego J A ,Dideriksen J L, Farina D. Non-Invasive Characterization of Motor Unit Behaviour in Pathological Tremor, submitted.
11. Glaser V, Holobar A, Zazula D. Real-time motor unit identification from high-density surface EMG, submitted.
12. Holobar A, Marco A M, Botter A, Farina D. Precise Non-Invasive Identification of Motor Unit Discharges at High Contraction Forces, submitted.
Conference contributions:
1. Holobar A,
Minetto MA, Botter A, Negro F, Farina D. Decoding the activity of
populations
of motor neurons from multichannel surface and intramuscular EMG.
International
Workshop and Conference on Human Reflexes “Wiring and Firing of
Motoneurons”,
May 11-15, 2009, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
2. Minetto
MA, Holobar A, Botter A, Farina D. Discharge properties of motor units
in the
abductor hallucis muscle during electrically-elicited cramps.
International
Workshop and Conference on Human Reflexes “Wiring and Firing of
Motoneurons”,
May 11-15, 2009, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
3. Piitulainen
H., Holobar A., Avela J. Changes in motor unit characteristics after
eccentric
elbow flexor exercise, European College of Sport Science (ECSS) 14th
Congress,
Oslo, Norway, 24-27 June 2009.
4. Holobar A,
Minetto MA, Botter A, Negro F, Farina D. Primerjava posrednih in
neposrednih
meril tocnosti izdvajanja prozenj motoricnih enot iz elektromiogramov
(Comparison of Direct and Indirect Measures of Accuracy in the
Identification
of Motor Unit Firing Patterns from EMG). In: Baldomir Zajc, Andrej
Trost (Eds.)
Proceedings of the “Eighteen International Electrotechnical and
Computer
Science Conference ERK 2009”, Volume B (ISSN 1581-4572), pp. 333-336,
2009,
Portoroz, Slovenia.
5. Vieira
TMM, Holobar A, Merletti R. Identification of motor unit discharge
patterns in
the gastrocnemii muscles during quiet standing. “XIX Conference of the
International Society of Posture and Gait Research”. Bologna, Italy,
June
21-25, 2009.
6. Holobar A, Zazula D. Gradient-Based Decompositon of Surface Electromyograms, ISEK 2010, Aalborg, Denmark, June 16-19, 2010.
7. Marateb
HR, McGill KC, Lateva ZC, Holobar A, Merletti R. Validation of CKC
surface emg decomposition in a pennate muscle ISEK
2010,
Aalborg, Denmark, June 16-19, 2010.
8. Minetto M.A., Holobar A., Botter A., Ravenni R., Farina D. Motor Unit Discharge Properties during Muscle Cramps Electrically-Elicited after Peripheral Nerve Block, Motoneuron Meeting 2010 – Paris, France, July 9-13, 2010.
9. Merletti R, Holobar A, Farina D. Advances in Surface EMG: Applications for Better and Safer Living, ISSNIP Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference 2010, Vitoria, Brazil,4-6 January 2010.
10. Glaser V., Holobar A., Zazula D. CKC Validation on Shorter Surface EMG, Proceedings of the “Nineteen International Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ERK 2010, Portorož, Slovenia.
11. Holobar A, Marco A M, Botter A, Farina D. Identification of motor unit discharge patterns from high-density surface EMG during high contraction levels", V: IFMBE proceedings, (IFMBE proceedings, vol. 37), 5th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 14-18 September 2011, Budapest, Hungary, Ákos Jobbágy, ed., Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Springer, cop. 2011, pp. 1165-1168.
12. Holobar A, Glaser V, Gallego J A ,Dideriksen J L, Farina D. Noninvasive analysis of motor unit behavior in pathological tremor", V: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society, August 30 - September 3, 2011, Boston, MA USA : EMBC 2011, (Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., 33), August 30 - September 3, 2011, Boston, [New York, IEEE, 2011], pp. 7512-7515.
13. Radeke J., van Dijk J.P., Holobar A., Lapatki B.G. Topographical motor unit characteristics of the upper lip musculature in healthy and cleft lip subjects, ISEK 2012, submitted.
14. Holobar A, Minetto M A, Botter A, Farina D. Motor unit identification from high-density surface emg at high isometric muscle forces, ISEK 2012, submitted.
15. Watanabe K, Gazzoni M, Holobar A, Miyamoto T, Fukuda K, Merletti R, Moritani T. Motor unit firing pattern in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients during sustained low force contraction, ISEK 2012, submitted.
Workshops:
1. Holobar A. Analysis of motor units with high-density surface EMG: possibilities and limitations. Xth Quantitative EMG Conference, Venice, Italy, May 8-10, 2009.
2. Minetto MA, Holobar A, Botter
A,
Farina D. Muscle cramps. Xth Quantitative EMG Conference, Venice, Italy, May 8-10,
2009.
3. Holobar A.
High-density surface EMG: noninvasive
insight into electrical activity of motor units, Department of Biology
of
Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, June 16, 2009.
4. Piitulainen
H., Holobar A., Avela J. Changes in motor unit characteristics after
eccentric
elbow flexor exercise, The
64th annual
congress of the Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports
Medicine
(JSPFSM) in Niigata, Japan, 18-20 September 2009.
5. Holobar A.
Extraction of clinically relevant information from high-density EMG of
skeletal
muscles: reliability and repeatability. The Second Slovenian-Italian
Workshop
on Quantitative Needle and High Resolution Surface EMG, Ljubljana,
Slovenia,
November 27, 2009.
6. Zazula D. Estimation of the number of
active motor units and the
duration of their action potentials using high-density surface EMG. The
Second Slovenian-Italian Workshop on Quantitative Needle and High
Resolution Surface
EMG, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 27, 2009.
7. Glaser V., Holobar A., Zazula D. Sequential decomposition of multichannel surface elctromyograms: validation study, Troyes, France, Decmber 14, 2009.
8. Holobar A., Zazula D., Quantification of information in surface EMG, The investigation of the neuromuscular system through intramuscular and surface electromyography, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, January 2010.
9. Holobar A.
Recent applications of high-density EMG decomposition, LISiN, Politecnico di Torino, Turin,
Italy,
July 29, 2009.
10. Holobar A.
Decomposition of Surface EMG: Data Models, Algorithms and Limitations, Introduction to EMG Decomposition, ISEK 2010,
Aalborg,
Denmark, June 16, 2010.
11. Holobar A. Decomposition of HDEMG into the Constituent Action Potential Trains, High Density Surface EMG, ISEK 2010, Aalborg, Denmark, June 16, 2010.
12. Holobar A. New frontiers in surface EMG decomposition and EEG-EMG coupling, ISEK 2012.
Media:
1. Nova neinvazivna raziskava živčno-mišičnega sistema, Medicina danes, July 8, 2009, No. 12, pp. 14-15.
2. Space, sport, ergonomics and sphincters, Science and technology research news, Projects,January 3, 2010, pp. 29-31.