Filipe Barroso
Postdoc
filipe.barroso(at)cajal.csic.es

Biosketch

I was born in Guimarães, Portugal, in 1988. I received my MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering in September 2011 (University of Minho, Portugal), and the aim of my research was to analyze the effect of Lokomat robotic guidance force on the motor control of human gait in healthy subjects. In March 2016, I received my PhD in Biomedical Engineering (University of Minho, Portugal). The main goal of my PhD research was to generate meaningful and robust quantitative metrics to assess gait disorders in the clinical setting, with particular interest in stroke and spinal cord injury. From 2016 to Februray 2018, I was a Postdoctoral Research at Feinberg School of Medicine - Northwestern University (Chicago, IL), where I enriched my knowledge on motor control, biomechanics, BMIs and neuroplasticity after SCI. Since March 2018, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Neural Rehabilitation Group (NRG) - Cajal Institute, CSIC, Spain.

Goals

I am interested in the study of neurological and musculoskeletal systems involved in locomotion and tremor generation/suppression, aiming to advance technology-based neurorehabilitation and clinical assessment.

Research

My research interests include: movement disorders, motor control, electromyography (EMG), functional electrical stimulation (FES), tremor suppression, biomechanics, gait and cycling analysis, neural rehabilitation and rehabilitation robotics.

Papers in journals Books and book chapters International Conferences Local Conferences Doctoral Thesis Master's Thesis
Papers in journals:

Pascual-Valdunciel, A; Lopo-Martínez, V.; Sendra-Arranz, R.; González-Sánchez, M.; Pérez-Sánchez, J. R.; Grandas, F.; Torriceli, D.; Moreno, J. C.; Oliveira Barroso, F., Pons, J. L.; Gutiérrez, A.. Prediction of Pathological Tremor Signals Using Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3209316. 2022.

Becerra Fajardo, L; Krob, M. O.; Minguillon, J.; Rodrigues, C.; Welsch, C.; Tudela-Pi, M.; Comerma, A.; Oliveira Barroso, F.; Schneider, A.; Ivorra, A.. Floating EMG sensors and stimulators wirelessly powered and operated by volume conduction for networked neuroprosthetics. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 10.1186/s12984-022-01033-3. 19. 2022.

Pascual Valdunciel, A.; Hoo, G. W.; Avrillon, S.; Oliveira Barroso, F.; Goldman, J. G.; Hernandez Pavon, J. C.; Pons, J. L.. Peripheral electrical stimulation to reduce pathological tremor: a review. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 10.1186/s12984-021-00811-9. 18. 2021.

Pascual Valdunciel, A.; Gonzalez, M.; Muceli, S., Adan, B.; Escobar, V.; Perez, J.; Jung, M., Schneider, A.; Hoffmann, K.; Moreno, J. C.; Grandas, F.; Farina, D.; Pons, J. L.; Oliveira Barroso, F.. Intramuscular stimulation of muscle afferents attains prolonged tremor reduction in essential tremor patients. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 10.1109/TBME.2020.3015572. 68. 6. 1768-1776. 2021.

Jung, M. K.; Muceli, S.; Rodrigues, C.; Megia-Garcia, A.; Pascual-Valdunciel, A.; Del-Ama, A. J.; Gil-Agudo, A.; Moreno, J. C.; Oliveira Barroso, F.; Pons, J. L.; Farina, D.. Intramuscular EMG-Driven Musculoskeletal Modelling: Towards Implanted Muscle Interfacing in Spinal Cord Injury Patients. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 10.1109/TBME.2021.3087137. 69. 1. 63-74. 2021.

Botzheim, L.; Laczko, J.; Torricelli, D.; Mravcsik, M.; Pons, J. L.; Oliveira Barroso, F.. Effects of gravity and kinematic constraints on muscle synergies in arm cycling. Journal of Neurophysiology. 10.1152/jn.00415.2020. 125. 4. 1367 - 1381. 2021.

Torricelli, D.; De Marchis, C.; d’Avella, A.; Nemati Tobaruela, D.; Oliveira Barroso, F.; Pons, J. L.. Reorganization of Muscle Coordination Underlying Motor Learning in Cycling Tasks. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00800. 8. 2020.

Alessandro, Cristiano; Barroso, Filipe O.; Prashara, Adarsh; Tentler, David P.; Yeh, Hsin-Yun; Tresch, Matthew C.. Coordination amongst quadriceps muscles suggests neural regulation of internal joint stresses, not simplification of task performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. 117. 14. 8135-8142. 2020.

Asín-Prieto, Guillermo; Martínez-Expósito, Aitor; Barroso, Filipe O.; Urendes, Eloy J.; Gonzalez-Vargas, Jose; Alnajjar, Fady S.; González-Alted, Carlos; Shimoda, Shingo; Pons, Jose L.; Moreno, Juan C. Haptic adaptive feedback to promote motor learning with a robotic ankle exoskeleton integrated with a video game. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8. 113. 2020.

Ferreira, C. L., Barroso, F. O., Torricelli, D., Pons, J. L., Politti, F., & Lucareli, P. R. G.. Women with patellofemoral pain show altered motor coordination during lateral step down. Journal of Biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109981. 110. 109981. 2020.

Muceli, S., Poppendieck, W., Hoffmann, K. P., Dosen, S., León, J. B., Barroso, F. O., Pons, J. L., Farina, D.. A thin-film multichannel electrode for muscle recording and stimulation in neuroprosthetics applications. J Neural Eng. 10.1088/1741-2552/ab047a. 2019.

Barroso, F. O., Yoder, B., Tentler, D., Wallner, J., Kinkhabwala, A., Jantz, M. K., Flint, R. D., Tostado, P., Pei, E., Satish, A., Brodnick, S., Suminski, A., Williams, J., Miller, L.E., Tresch, M. C. Decoding neural activity to predict rat locomotion using intracortical and epidural arrays. J Neural Eng. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab0698. 2019.

Barroso, F.O.; Alessandro, C.; Tresch, M.C.. Adaptation of muscle activation after patellar loading demonstrates neural control of joint variables. Scientific Reports. 9. 1. 1-12. 2019.

Alessandro, C., Rellinger, B. A., Barroso, F. O., Tresch, M. C.. Adaptation after vastus lateralis denervation in rats demonstrates neural regulation of joint stresses and strains. eLife. 10.7554/elife.38215. 2018.

Barroso, F.O., Torricelli, D., Molina-Rueda, F., Alguacil-Diego, IM, Cano-de-la-Cuerda, R, Santos, C, Moreno, J.C., Miangolarra-Page JC, Pons JL. Combining muscle synergies and biomechanical analysis to assess gait in stroke patients. Journal of Biomechanics. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.08.006. 63. 98-103. 2017.

E. Bravo-Esteban, J. Gomez-Soriano, F. Barroso, S. Piazza, D. Torricelli, D. Serrano-Muñoz, J. Taylor. Tibialis anterior muscle coherence during cycling as new functional measure for incomplete spinal cord injury in clinical evaluation. Physiotherapy. 2016.

Soraya Pérez-Nombela, Filipe Barroso, Diego Torricelli, Ana de los Reyes-Guzmán, Antonio del Ama-Espinosa, Julio Gomez-Soriano, Jose L. Pons, Angel Gil-Agudo. Modular control of gait after Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: differences between sides. Spinal Cord. doi: 10.1038/sc.2016.99. 1-8. 2016.

Alessandro, C., Barroso, F. O., Tresch, M.. Working hard to make a simple definition of synergies. Comment on: “Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands” by Marco . Physics of Life Reviews. 10.1016/j.plrev.2016.05.015. 17. 24-26. 2016.

Barroso, F.; Torricelli, D.; Bravo-Esteban, E.; Taylor, J.; Gómez-Soriano, J.; Santos, C.; Moreno, J.C. and Pons, J.L.. Muscle synergies in cycling after incomplete spinal cord injury: correlation with clinical measures of motor function and spasticity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00706. 9. 706. 2015.

F. Barroso, D. Torricelli, J. C. Moreno, J. Taylor, J. Gomez-Soriano, E. Bravo-Esteban, S. Piazza, C. Santos, J. L. Pons. Shared muscle synergies in human walking and cycling. Journal of Neurophysiology. 112. 8. 1984 - 1988. 2014.

J.C. Moreno, F. Barroso, D. Farina, L. Gizzi, C. Santos, M. Molinari, J.L. Pons. Effects of robotic guidance on the coordination of locomotion. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation. 10. 79. 2013.

Papers in journals Books and book chapters International Conferences Local Conferences Doctoral Thesis Master's Thesis
Books and book chapters:

Oliveira Barroso, F.; Moreno, J. C.; Torricelli, D.; Pons, J. L.. Hybrid Robotics and Neuroprosthetics for Associative Neurorehabilitation. Handbook of Neuroengineering. 10.1007/978-981-15-2848-4_54-1. 2022.

Serrano Moreno, J. I.; del Castillo Sobrino, M. D.; Oliveira Barroso, F. A.; Torricelli, D.; Torres Oviedo, G.. Nuevos métodos de evaluación de la marcha humana. La Marcha Humana - Biomecánica, evaluación y patología. 9788491104063. 2020.

Barroso, F. O., Pascual-Valdunciel, A., Torricelli, D., Moreno, J. C., Del Ama-Espinosa, A., Laczko, J., Pons, J. L.. Noninvasive Modalities Used in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. Spinal Cord Injury Therapy. 10.5772/intechopen.83654. 2019.

Barroso, F. O., Figueiredo, J.. Introducción a la Bioingeniería. Nuevas tecnologías en Neurorrehabilitación. 2018.

Barroso, F. O., Torricelli, D., Pons, J. L.. Control y Aprendizaje Motor. Evaluación de las sinergias musculares: aplicación al análisis de la organización modular de la marcha. 2016.

Barroso, F. O., Torricelli, D., Moreno, J. C.. Emerging Techniques for Assessment of Sensorimotor Impairments after Spinal Cord Injury. Recovery of Motor Function Following Spinal Cord Injury. 2016.

Diego Torricelli, Filipe Barroso, Martina Coscia, Cristiano Alessandro, Francesca Lunardini, Elisabeth Bravo Esteban, Andrea D'Avella. Muscle Synergies in Clinical Practice: Theoretical and Practical Implications. JL Pons, R Raya, JE Gonzalez (Eds), Emerging Therapies in Rehabilitation II, Biosystems & Biorobotics. 10. 251-272. 2015.

F. Barroso, D. Ruiz Bueno, J. A. Gallego, P. Jaramillo, A. Kilicarslan. Surface EMG in Neurorehabilitation and Ergonomics State of the Art and Future Perspectives. Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation. Springer Science & Business Media. 267-284. 2013.

F. Barroso, C. Santos, J. C. Moreno. Control of robot-aided walking - An electromyographic and kinematic analysis. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. 978-3659267031. 2012.

Papers in journals Books and book chapters International Conferences Local Conferences Doctoral Thesis Master's Thesis
International Conferences:

Rodrigues, C., Fernandéz, M., Megia, Á., Comino, N., Del-Ama, A., Gil-Agudo, Á., Jung, M. K., Muceli, S., Farina, D., Moreno, J., Pons, J. L., Barroso, F. O. . Comparison of Intramuscular and Surface Electromyography Recordings Towards the Control of Wearable Robots for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). 10.5772/intechopen.83654. 564-569. 2020.

Barroso, F. O., Pascual-Valdunciel, A., Pons, J. L.. Review on Tremor Suppression Using Afferent Electrical Stimulation. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III. ICNR 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics. 10.1007/978-3-030-01845-0_218. 21. 1092-1096. 2019.

Barroso, F. O., Yoder, B., Wallner, J., Jantz, M., Tostado, P., Pei, E., Tysseling, V., Miller, L. E., Tresch, M. C.. Cortically Controlled FES for Restoration and Rehabilitation of Function Following SCI in Rats. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III. ICNR 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics. 10.1007/978-3-030-01845-0_187. 21. 931-934. 2019.

Barroso, F. O., Yoder, B., Wallner, J., Tentler, D., Tostado, P., Miller, L. E., Tresch, M. C.. Development of cortically controlled FES following spinal cord injury in the rat. Society for Neuroscience 2018 (SfN2018). 2018.

Pascual-Valdunciel, A., Barroso, F. O., Pons, J. L. . Motor inhibition elicited by electrical stimulation of afferent pathways and its application in tremor suppression. School and Symposium on Advanced Neurorehabilitation (SSNR2018). 2018.

Barroso, F. O., Yoder, B., Wallner, J., Jantz, M., Tostado, P., Pei, E., Tysseling, V., Miller, L. E., Tresch, M. C.. Decoding intracortical activity to predict rat locomotion. School and Symposium on Advanced Neurorehabilitation (SSNR2018). 2018.

Pascual-Valdunciel, A., Barroso, F. O., Pons, J. L.. Inhibición motora evocada mediante la estimulación de vías aferentes y su aplicación en la supresión de temblor. 2018 Jornadas AITADIS. 2018.

Torricelli, D., Tobaruela, D. N., De Marchis, C., Barroso, F. O., Pons, J. L.. Is Modular Control of Cycling Affected by Learning? Preliminary Results Using Muscle Biofeedback. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics. 15. 919-923. 2017.

Jantz, M. K., Tostado, P., Kinkhabwala, A., Barroso, F. O., Pei, E., Prabhu, R., Satish, A., Wallner, J., Yoder, B., Tresch, M. C., Miller, L. E.. Decoding neural data to predict locomotion with intracortical and epidural arrays. Society for Neuroscience 2017 (SfN2017). 2017.

Tresch, M. C., Alessandro, C., Barroso, F. O.. Correlations between quadriceps muscles during locomotion in the rat. Society for Neuroscience 2017 (SfN2017). 2017.

Alessandro, C., Rellinger, B., Barroso, F. O., Sandercock, T., Tresch, M. C.. Adaptation to quadriceps paralysis as a window into neural control of internal joint variables. Society for Neuroscience 2017 (SfN2017). 2017.

Barroso, F. O., Alessandro, C., Sandercock, T., Tresch, M. C.. Adaptations of neural control to mediolateral perturbations of the patella. Society for Neuroscience 2017 (SfN2017). 2017.

Tresch, M. C., Alessandro, C., Barroso, F. O., Sandercock, T.. Does the CNS control internal joint state?. The Society for the Neural Control of Movement 2017 (NCM). 2017.

Alessandro, C., Barroso, F. O., Sandercock, T., Tresch, M. C.. Role of knee joint afferents in rat locomotion. Society for Neuroscience 2016 (SfN2016). 2016.

Torricelli, D., De Marchis, C., Tobaruela, D. N., Barroso, F. O., Pons, J. L.. Reorganization of neuromuscular coordination when learning new cycling tasks. International Society on Electrophysiology and Kinesiology 2016 (ISEK2016). 2016.

Loma-Ossorio, M., Torricelli, D., Moral Saiz, B., Parra Mussín, E., Martín Lorenzo, T., Barroso, F. O., Martínez Caballero, I., Lerma Lara, S.. Changes in Modular Control of Gait Following SEMLS in Children with Cerebral Palsy. Gait & Posture. 42. S56. 2015.

Gómez-Soriano, J., Bravo-Esteban, E., Barroso, F. O., Piazza, S., Torricelli, D., Serrano-Muñoz, D., Taylor, J.. Tibialis Anterior Muscle Coherence During Cycling. A New Measure for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury. International Neurorehabilitation Symposium (INRS 2015). 2015.

S. Pérez-Nombela, F. Barroso, D. Torricelli, J. Gómez Soriano, A. Reyes-Guzmán, A. J. del-Ama, J. L. Pons, A. Gil-Agudo . Modular Control of Gait in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: Preliminary Results. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2014). 978-3-319-08072-7. 7. 601 610. 2014.

F. Barroso, D. Torricelli, J. C. Moreno, J. Taylor, J. Gómez-Soriano, E. B. Esteban, C. Santos, J. L.Pons. Similarity of muscle synergies in human walking and cycling: preliminary results. EMBC’13 - 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2013.

D. Torricelli, M. Pajaro, S. Lerma, E. Marquez, I. Martinez, F. Barroso, J. L. Pons. Modular Control Of Crouch Gait In Spastic Cerebral Palsy. MEDICON 2013 - XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing. 2013.

S. Piazza, D. Torricelli, I.M. Alguacil Diego, R. Cano De La Cuerda, F. Molina Rueda, F. Barroso, J.L. Pons. Muscle synergies underlying voluntary anteroposterior sway movements. MEDICON 2013 - XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing. 2013.

G. Asín, F. Barroso, J.C. Moreno, J.L. Pons. Assessment of the Suitability of the Motorized Ankle-Foot Orthosis as a Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Tool for Gait. Neurotechnix 2013; Special Session: Sensory Fusion for Diagnostics and Neurorehabilitation - SensoryFusion 2013. 2013.

F. Barroso, C. Santos, J.C. Moreno. Influence of the robotic exoskeleton Lokomat on the control of human gait: An electromyographic and kinematic analysis. 2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG). 1-6. 2013.

F. Barroso, C. Santos, J.L. Pons, J.C. Moreno. Muscular activation and kinetic effects of robotic guidance force on human walking. International Conference on Neurorehabilitation. 2012.

F. Barroso, A. Frizera, C. Santos, R. Ceres. Revisão crítica das ortóteses activas para membros inferiores (Critical review of active orthoses for lower limbs). VI Congresso Iberoamericano de Tecnologías de Apoyo a la Discapacidad. 2011.

F. Barroso, J.C. Moreno, C. Santos, J.L. Pons. Preliminary evaluation of mechanical effects of robotic guidance during walkin. International Bionic Engineering Conference, Boston, USA, sept 2011. 2011.

Papers in journals Books and book chapters International Conferences Local Conferences Doctoral Thesis Master's Thesis
Local Conferences:

Miangolarra Page, J. C., Barroso, F. O., Cano de la Cuerda, R., Carratalá Tejada, M., Iglesias Giménez, J., Torricelli, D.. Evaluación de las sinergias musculares implicadas en la marcha en pacientes con ictus. 53 Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Española de Rehabilitación y Medicina Física - SERMEF 2015. 2015.

I. M. Alguacil Diego, R. Cano de la Cuerda, F. Molina Rueda, F. M. Rivas Montero, F. Barroso, D. Torricelli. Evaluacion de las sinergias musculares en el control postural mediolateral en sujetos con ictus vs sujetos sanos. 52 Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Espanola de Rehabilitacion y Medicina Fisica SERMEF 2014. 2014.

Papers in journals Books and book chapters International Conferences Local Conferences Doctoral Thesis Master's Thesis
Doctoral Thesis:
Doctoral Thesis:

Pascual Valdunciel, Alejandro (Director: Barroso, F.O.; Co-director: Pons, J.L). Reduction of pathological tremor in essential tremor patients via peripheral electrical stimulation of afferent pathways. Doctorado en Ingeniería Biomédica en la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 15/07/2022. 2022.

Doctoral Thesis:

Lopes Ferreira, Cintia (Director: Garcia Lucareli, Paulo Roberto. Co-director: Oliveira Barroso, Filipe). Analysis of three-dimensional kinematics and muscle synergies in women with patellofemoral pain (Análise da cinemática tridimensional e sinergia muscular de mulheres com dor femoropatelar). Nove de Julho University. São Paulo, Brazil. December, 11. 2019.

Filipe Barroso. Supervisors: Cristina M. Peixoto Santos, Juan C. Moreno, Diego Torricelli. Combining neuromuscular and biomechanical features to assess sensorimotor impairments after spinal cord injury or stroke. Universidad do Minho. Guimaraes, Portugal. 18/03/2016. 2016.

Papers in journals Books and book chapters International Conferences Local Conferences Doctoral Thesis Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis:

F. Barroso. Influence of the robotic exoskeleton Lokomat on the control of human gait: an electromyographic and kinematic analysis. University of Minho, Portugal. 2011.