Dario Santos

Prof. Dario Santos

Unidad Académica Fisioterapia - Hosp. de Clínicas, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Clinical Biomechan...

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Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 February 2022 in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
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BFBetzalel Fialkoff
Betzalel Fialkoff
HHHarel Hadad
Harel Hadad
Dario SantosDario Santos
Dario Santos
Franco SiminiFranco Simini
Franco Simini
MDMarcelo David
Marcelo David

28 October 2018 in Anales de la Facultad de Medicina
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ASAldo Sgaravatti
Aldo Sgaravatti
Dario SantosDario Santos
Dario Santos
GBGustavo Bermúdez
Gustavo Bermúdez
ABAna Barboza
Ana Barboza
Velocidad de marcha del adulto mayor funcionalmente saludable

23 June 2021
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VPValentina Pasker
Valentina Pasker
CHCarlos Huerta
Carlos Huerta
SSSamuel Sainz
Samuel Sainz
Dario SantosDario Santos
Dario Santos
FSFranco Simini
Franco Simini
Rehabilitation counteracts motor deficiencies in gait disorder of Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients. PARKIBIP is a wearable feedback device that aims to offer a continuous and personalized rehabilitation tool for such people. A survey and external study of PARKIBIP suggest design enhancements. Exploration of its industrial potential shows direct competitors, a first step to conclude that PARKIBIP is suitable for Technological Transfer to a company for commercial dissemination. PARKIBIP is both a home treatment helping device and a clinical data & feedback capture terminal for the electronic medical record. Being wearable technology, PARKIBIP stands out in the present global context as an affordable robotic element with feedback capability connected to the patient's mobile phone.

7 October 2024 in Sports
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Dario SantosDario Santos
Dario Santos
ABAlfredo Bravo-Sánchez
Alfredo Bravo-Sánchez
Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-TartarugaLeonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga
Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga
Franco SiminiFranco Simini
Franco Simini
Rodrigo ZaccaRodrigo Zacca
Rodrigo Zacca
Strength assessment is one of the main fields in sports performance, physical rehabilitation, physical activity, and health. We aimed to compare maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVICs) and paired voluntary isometric contractions (VICs) of knee extensors between an isokinetic dynamometer (BIODEX) and a portable and lightweight device (DINABANG). From 19 volunteers (age: 28.7 ± 7 years; body mass: 72 ± 10 kg; and height: 173 ± 7 cm) we obtained 114 paired MVIC measures and, from the force–time curves of these repetitions, 22,507 paired VIC measures of knee extensors. We observed “excellent” repeatability for MVICs (ICC:1.00; p < 0.001) between BIODEX (247 ± 79.5 Nm) and DINABANG (247 ± 74.8 Nm), with “trivial” effect (mean difference: 0.12 Nm (0.02%); 95%CI: −0.13 to 0.23 Nm; p = 0.606; d = 0.048). Bland–Altman plots revealed high accuracy for MVIC (bias: 0.12 Nm) and consistent distribution (precision) inside the limits of agreement (−4.81 to 5.06 Nm) and respective 95%CI. “Excellent” repeatability was also observed for VICs (ICC:1.00; p < 0.001) between BIODEX (219 ± 84.1 Nm) and DINABANG (218 ± 84.0 Nm), with “trivial” effect (0.24 Nm (0.11%); 0.08 to 0.11 Nm; p < 0.001; d = 0.100). Bland–Altman plots revealed high accuracy for VICs (bias: 0.24 Nm) and consistent distribution (precision) inside the limits of agreement (−4.5 to 4.9 Nm) and respective 95%CI. DINABANG is accurate, precise, and reliable in torque measurement.

1 May 2014
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Franco SiminiFranco Simini
Franco Simini
Dario SantosDario Santos
Dario Santos
The estimation of the Centre of Rotation (COR) of the knee is important for Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction evaluation and therefore helps to put in place rehabilitation strategies, as well as to give feedback to the surgeon. The Tibial-Femoral Contact Point technique is implemented towards the design of an original clinical equipment (CINARTRO) which captures sequences of fluoroscopic Rx knee images during extension/flexion, allows interactive image processing and creates reports for the Electronic Clinical Record in CDA format. For the first time in our region, quantitative assessment of COR migration on the tibial plateau is possible.

9 November 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Dario SantosDario Santos
Dario Santos
FMFernando Massa
Fernando Massa
JDJorge Dominguez
Jorge Dominguez
IMIsabel Morales
Isabel Morales
Juan Miguel Del CastilloJuan Miguel Del Castillo
Juan Miguel Del Castillo
Franco SiminiFranco Simini
Franco Simini
The quantitative dynamic monitoring of the performance of hamstring muscles during rehabilitation and training cannot currently be undertaken using elastic resistance bands. Hip extension with a fully extended knee involves hamstring agonists, while knee flexion involves only the hamstring. The purpose of this study is to provide normative values of torque, velocity and power involving hamstring muscles opposing elastic bands. Twenty amateur athletes aged 25.7 ± 4.9, were studied during two motor tasks—hip extension and knee flexion, both isometric & dynamic—with an elastic resistance band and DINABANG portable instrument. We compared the peak isometric torque in hip extension with agonists (2.93 Nm/kg) and without them (1.21 Nm/kg): the difference is significant. The peak angular limb velocity—starting at 50% of the maximum torque—is smaller in hip extension with agonists (215.96°/s) than in a knee flexion without them (452.56°/s). The combination of peak torque and peak velocity estimates power and there is no difference (p = 0.051) with and without agonists: 452.56°Nm/s.kg without agonists and 542.13°Nm/s.kg with them. This study opens the possibility of monitoring torque–velocity–power profiles for hamstring exercise in open chain.