Mounir Zok (mounirzok) |
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| Technical Director | |
| Sensorize | |
| Rome, Italy | |
http://www.sensorize.it |
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I am the Technical Director at Sensorize (www.sensorize.it). Sensorize specializes in the development and production of sports technology for the performance analysis and strength assessment in sports for both athletes and coaches.
All products are compact, wireless and designed to be worn without interfering with performance. They combine 3D motion sensing technology, on board intelligence (central processing units and data storage cards), and user-friendly software (comprehensive database, advanced mathematical algorithms).
FreeJump is the first product of Sensorize which has been specifically designed to evaluate and optimize athlete's performance! FreeJump's listing on iStadia's MarketPlace: http://www.istadiashop.com/product-1448-FreeJump.aspx
We offer highly specialized products for on the field performance analysis in sports. FreeJump is small, wearable, wireless and is specifically designed for sports professionals and practitioners for the assessment and monitoring of strength and motor performance of athletes directly on the field. FreeJump provides particularly valuable information regarding jumping techniques; thanks to its computing powers, information such as jump height, muscular power, and flight times are available immediately after each jumping exercise on the FreeJump graphical display. It is the only wearable and totally wireless product on the market that directly measures movement-related quantities and takes into account trunk inclination during movement, hence providing highly accurate and reliable information. Thanks to its user-friendly software, you can build comprehensive databases of teams and athletes in order to easily compare performance and track athlete history.
We offer custom made solutions for all your strength performance assessment needs
I specialize in devising methods and wearable devices for the analysis of human movement and performance in sports for both athletes and coaches. I hold a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (focus on Biomechanics) obtained from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2003. After some years of scientific research, I co-founded Sensorize (in late 2008) where cutting edge sports products are design and developed
EDUCATION
BSc in Physics, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 1998, winner of a full scholarship.
MSc in Biomedical Engineering, University of Surrey, UK, in 1999.
PhD in Bioengineering, University of Bologna, Italy, winner of a full scholarship. Research activity conducted at University of Sassari, Italy and at the University Institute for Movement Science in Rome, Italy. Thesis title: “Quantitative assessment of step ascent capacity using minimum measured input biomechanical models”. Supervisors: Prof. Aurelio Cappozzo and Prof. Ugo Della Croce.
RELEVANT WORKING EXPERIENCE
09/2005 – present
University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Rome
Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences
Post-Doc
High resolution 3D reconstruction of human movement.
05/2005 – 09/2005
University Institute for Movement Science, Rome
Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences
Post-Doc
Software development for the acquisition of 2D images using high definition cameras and data acquisition and analysis for the fine tuning of the measurement area calibration algorithm.
01/2005 – 05/2005
University Institute for Movement Science, Rome
Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences
Post-Doc
Identification of anatomical landmarks and anatomical calibration; software development to identify joint centre of rotation and to share data via network.
09/2003 – 09/2004
IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome
Department of Neuromotor Physiology
Post-Doc
Development of 3D musculo schelectric models for the biomechanical analysis of gait.
12/2002 – 08/2003
University of Virginia, USA
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Research Assistant
Biomechanical analysis of sports activities.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2008
one of the cofounders of Sensorize srl, a small and medium enterprise that specializes in the development and production of wearable sensors for the analysis of movement.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Devising methods and wearable devices for the biomechanical analysis of human movement in three dimensions (Picerno et al. 2008).
Devising methods to quantitatively assess the motor ability of an individual within a clinical environment. This consists in using simple and non expensive instrumentation along with biomechanical models to assess the motor capacity of subjects performing standardized motor tasks. For that purpose, mathematical models of the musculoskeletal system (starting from the minimum number of measured inputs, describe the motor strategy adopted by a subject), experimental protocols, and data analysis algorithms have been developed (PhD thesis, Zok et al. 2004, Mazzà et al. 2005).
Devising methods to evaluate level walking aperiodicity through the harmonic content analysis of the upper part of the body (Pecoraro et al. 2007).
Devising experimental protocols for the assessment of motor ability in patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy that involve the combination of various standardized motor tasks (Iosa et al. 2007).
Devising methods for the standardization of experimental protocols during static posturography (Zok et al. 2007).
EDITORIAL PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Medical Engineering & Physics: referee since 2005
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
ZOK M., MAZZA' C, CAPPOZZO A (2008). Should the instructions issued to the subject in traditional static posturography be standardised?. MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS, vol. 30; p. 1074-1082, ISSN: 1350-4533
PICERNO P, TESSITORE A, ZOK M. (2008). Biomechanical in-field performance evaluation using wearable inertial sensor. In: World Congress on Performance Analysis of Sport. Germania, Settembre 2008, vol. 2008
IOSA M, MAZZA' C, FRUSCIANTE R, ZOK M., APRILE I, RICCI E, CAPPOZZO A (2007). Mobility assessment of patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS, vol. 22; p. 1074-1082, ISSN: 0268-0033
PECORARO F, MAZZA' C, ZOK M., CAPPOZZO A (2006). Assessment of level-walking aperiodicity. JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION, vol. 3, ISSN: 1743-0003
