ALESSANDRO CRISTIANO

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Physical Training Sciences and Methodology (MEDF-01/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
PHYSICAL TRAINING AND SPORTS SCIENCES (06/MEDF-01)
Reception hours

By appointment

Publications

  • Nardon, M., Zanoni, M., Bartesaghi, M., Zaza, A., Perin, C., Alessandro, C. (2025). Fatigue-induced alterations in lower limb biomechanics and muscle activity during single-leg jumps. Intervento presentato a: 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 6 – 9 July 2025, Zurich, Switzerland. Detail

  • Ranzini, A., Alessandro, C., Nitri, M., Pellegrini, A., Esposito, F., Della Villa, F., et al. (2025). 3D kinematics of noncontact and indirect contact ACL injuries in elite male football players. KNEE SURGERY, SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY, ARTHROSCOPY, 30(11), 3753-3761 [10.1002/ksa.12612]. Detail

  • Turati, M., Tosoni, D., Benedettini, E., Albanese, F., Alessandro, C., Rossi, E., et al. (2025). Hamstring–quadriceps strength ratio at different movement velocities in healthy young adults. SPORT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH, 21(4), 2795-2804 [10.1007/s11332-025-01483-x]. Detail

  • Turati, M., Benedettini, E., Sugimoto, D., Crippa, M., Alessandro, C., Bacchin, V., et al. (2025). Quadriceps and hamstring muscles strength differences in adolescent and adult recreational athletes 6 months after autograft bone–patellar-tendon–bone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A retrospective study. THE KNEE, 54(June 2025), 9-18 [10.1016/j.knee.2025.02.008]. Detail

  • Tosatto, D., Bonacina, D., Perin, C., Curti, E., Amati, L., Alessandro, C., et al. (2025). Push-Off Efficacy in Parkinson's Disease compared to healthy controls and its relationship with step length. JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS, 191(October 2025) [10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112912]. Detail

Research projects

PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | The neuromechanics of the ACL injury: implications of the loss of ligament sensory afferents on motor control and movement biomechanics in patients who underwent surgical reconstruction
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)

Awards

Awards

  • Marie Sklodowska Curie, Seal of Excellence, European Commission, 2020
  • Marie Sklodowska Curie, Seal of Excellence, European Commission, 2018
  • 68 th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Physiology or Medicine, Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, 2018
  • Advanced Postdoc Mobility, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2015
  • ETHZ Scientific Equipment Grant, ETH Zurich, 2015
  • NCM Scholarship, Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM)., 2015
  • Best poster award, Computational Motor Control Workshop, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel., 2013

Scientific fellowships

  • - European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), 2024
  • - Società Italiana delle Scienze Motorie e Sportive (SISMeS), 2022
  • - European College of Sport Science (ECSS), 2022
  • - Society of Electromyography and Kineseology (ISEK), 2020
  • - International Society of Biomechanics (ISB), 2020
  • - Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM), 2014

Editorial boards

  • Membro del Comitato Editoriale - BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, 2023
  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - FRONTIERS IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE LIVING, 2023
  • Membro del Comitato Editoriale - FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, 2022

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2024 - 2025
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2022 - 2024
  • Visiting Researcher - Tematiche: modellazione e simulazioni numeriche di sistemi muscolo-scheletrici; controllo del movimento. - Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT, 2012
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, 2014 - 2016
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Northwestern University, 2016 - 2019
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - University of Zurich, 2009 - 2013
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Università degli Studi di PAVIA, 2020 - 2021
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2021 - 2022