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Alessandra Ferri
Researcher at Victoria University, Australia
Publications - 26
Citations - 1044
Alessandra Ferri is an academic researcher from Victoria University, Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Strength training & Isometric exercise. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 25 publications receiving 961 citations. Previous affiliations of Alessandra Ferri include University of Burgundy & University of Milan.
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Strength and power changes of the human plantar flexors and knee extensors in response to resistance training in old age
TL;DR: Hypertrophy cannot alone justify the increase in torque, and other factors, such as an increase in individual fibre-specific tension (in the case of KE), a decrease in antagonist muscles' coactivation, an improved co-ordination and an increased neural drive of the other heads of quadriceps may have contributed to the increments in strength.
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Plantar flexor activation capacity and H reflex in older adults: adaptations to strength training
Gil Scaglioni,Alessandra Ferri,Alessandra Ferri,Alberto E. Minetti,Alain Martin,J. Van Hoecke,Paolo Capodaglio,Alessandro Sartorio,Marco V. Narici +8 more
TL;DR: Older men seem to preserve a high VA of plantar flexors, however, the impaired functionality of the reflex pathway with aging and the lack of modulation with exercise suggest that the decrease in the H(max)- to M(max) ratio and H index may be related to degenerative phenomena.
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Impaired oxygen extraction in metabolic myopathies: detection and quantification by near-infrared spectroscopy.
Bruno Grassi,Mauro Marzorati,Francesca Lanfranconi,Alessandra Ferri,Miriam Longaretti,Andrea Stucchi,Paola Vago,Claudio Marconi,Lucia Morandi +8 more
TL;DR: In patients with mitochondrial myopathies or myophosphorylase deficiency, NIRS is a tool to detect and quantify non‐invasively the metabolic impairment, which may be useful in the follow‐up of patients and in the assessment of therapies and interventions.
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Muscle function and functional ability improves more in community-dwelling older women with a mixed-strength training programme
Paolo Capodaglio,Edda Maria Capodaglio,Alessandra Ferri,Gil Scaglioni,Antonietta Marchi,F. Saibene +5 more
TL;DR: Long-term mixed-strength programmes can improve muscle function, functional ability and physical activity in elderly females, and FA in elderly males.
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Neuromuscular recovery after a strength training session in elderly people.
TL;DR: The elders of a group of elderly men aged >65 recovered completely their capacities of strength production, despite muscle damage being still evident 48 h after the strength training session.