New technologies and recent findings in neuromotor control can provide useful tools to conceive new diagnosis procedures and to restore impaired motor functions. For this purpose the basic understanding of natural sensory-motor integration must be combined with the knowledge of neuromotor disorders and with the advanced technologies used in rehabilitation. This is an interdisciplinary problem that requires the contributions of different researchers working in complementary areas (neurophysiology, neurology, rehabilitation, bioengineering and advanced technology).

This approach is typical of the “International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK) which is a multidisciplinary organization composed of scientists from the already mentioned fields working in basic research as well as clinical application.

At the IX meeting held in Florence attended more than 400 people including the most outstanding scientists in this field, who provided the main recent results of their research. Therefore this book provides an interesting updating of research, developments and clinical applications going on the following topics: Neuromotor Control, Electromyography, Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), Motor Unit Control, Neuromuscular Diseases, Rehabilitation, Muscle Fatigue, Kinesiology, Motion Analysis and Ergonomics.

I would like to express my gratitude to the Congress Board and to the ISEK Council for their contribution to the designing and organization of the meeting and special thanks to CE.S.P.RI, Carla Finocchiaro and Matilde Cordella for their enthusiasm and irreplaceable help.

Prof. Antonio Pedotti

Congress Chairman