Researcher
Heleen Demeyer
- Keywords (Ghent University):Rehabilitation, physical activity, activity coaching, accelerometry
- Disciplines (Ghent University):Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Cardiac and vascular medicine, Laboratory medicine, Orthopaedics, Respiratory medicine, Human movement and sports sciences, Rehabilitation sciences
- See also: Heleen Demeyer (Ghent University)
Affiliations
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Department)
Member
From16 Sep 2019 → Today - Research Group for Rehabilitation in Internal Disorders (Division)
Member
From2 Sep 2011 → Today
Projects
1 - 7 of 7
- Early detection of COPD exacerbations based on non-obtrusive data coming from patient-friendly wearable biosensorsFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Increasing muscle strength after exacerbations in patients with COPD to minimalise the effect on physical activityFrom12 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Physical activity and coaching in patients with chronic respiratory diseasesFrom1 Jan 2020 → 27 Mar 2024Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Enhancing muscle function after exacerbations of COPD to limit their impact on physical activity decline.From1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Enhancing physical activity in patients with orphan chronic respiratory disease: effectiveness and feasibility of a semi-automated telecoaching programFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Combined strategies to improve physical activity in COPDFrom15 Oct 2017 → 16 Nov 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Telecoaching to enhance physical activity in chronic respiratory diseaseFrom1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 84
- Physical activity and coaching in patients with chronic respiratory diseases(2024)
Authors: Sofie Breuls, Thierry Troosters, Wim Janssens, Heleen Demeyer
- Real-world walking cadence in people with COPD.(2024)
Authors: Heleen Demeyer, Thierry Troosters
Pages: 673 - 2023 - Mobilise-D insights to estimate real-world walking speed in multiple conditions with a wearable device(2024)
Authors: Heleen Demeyer, Femke Hulzinga, Alice Nieuwboer, Thierry Troosters, Marieke Wuyts
- Physical activity coaching in patients with interstitial lung diseases: A randomized controlled trial.(2024)
Authors: Sofie Breuls, Astrid Blondeel, Marieke Wuyts, Wim Janssens, Wim Wuyts, Thierry Troosters, Heleen Demeyer
Pages: 1479973124 - Investigating the prognostic value of digital mobility outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis(2023)
Authors: Sofie Breuls, Heleen Demeyer, Thierry Troosters
- Preview of the Lung Science Conference 2024(2023)
Authors: Heleen Demeyer
- The association of weather conditions with day-to-day variability in physical activity in patients with COPD(2023)
Authors: Astrid Blondeel, Sofie Breuls, Marieke Wuyts, Ben Van Calster, Wim Janssens, Thierry Troosters, Heleen Demeyer
- Sustaining training effects through physical activity coaching (STEP): a randomized controlled trial(2023)
Authors: Astrid Blondeel, Stephanie Everaerts, Wim Janssens, Heleen Demeyer, Thierry Troosters
- Development and feasibility of an exercise training program in primary care for patients with COPD experiencing an acute exacerbation(2023)
Authors: Marieke Wuyts, Sofie Breuls, Stephanie Everaerts, Wim Janssens, Heleen Demeyer, Thierry Troosters
Pages: 81 - 90 - Accuracy of consumer-based activity trackers as measuring tool and coaching device in breast and colorectal cancer survivors(2023)
Authors: An De Groef, Astrid Blondeel, Pieter Ginis, Alice Nieuwboer, Tessa De Vrieze, Thierry Troosters, Heleen Demeyer, Inge Geraerts