Researcher
Ann Hallemans
- Research Expertise:My research focusses on neuromechanics and balance control in relation to childhood development and ageing.
- Keywords:BIOMECHANICS, ADULTS, CHILDREN, LOCOMOTION, REHABILITATION, MOVEMENT ANALYSIS, GAIT ANALYSIS, Biology
- Disciplines:Biomechanics
- Research techniques:3D motion capture, Electromyography, biomechanical experimental modelling, programming in Matlab
- Users of research expertise:Research groups with questions regarding movement related disorders Clinicians treating patients with movement related disorders (cerebral palsy, stroke, parkinson disease, genetic disorders, ...)
Affiliations
- Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → Today - Functional Morphology (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2006 → 30 Sep 2013
Projects
1 - 10 of 11
- Understanding balance control in children with cerebral palsy on central and peripheral level: a synergistic approach using neuromechanics, brain imaging and functional assessments.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Understanding balance control in children with cerebral palsy on central and peripheral level: a synergistic approach using neuromechanics, brain imaging and functional assessments.From1 Nov 2021 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Research in Balance and Locomotion regarding Assessment and Neurorehabilitation from Children to Elderly (BALANCE).From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - ZAP BOF mandates
- Understanding the heterogeneity of balance control in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder and its impact on motor performance: a synergistic approach using brain imaging, neuromechanics and functional assessments.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Understanding heterogeneity of balance control in children with developmental coordination disorder and its impact on motor performance: a synergistic approach using brain imaging, neuromechanics and functional assessments.From1 Sep 2020 → 31 Aug 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Balance control in young children: a synergistic approach combining functional assessment and neuromechanics to unravel balance control mechanisms.From1 Jul 2019 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: BOF - projects
- T-GaiD: Treatment of Gait disorders in Dravet syndrome.From1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO Applied Biomedical Research (TBM)
- Identification of gait adaptability strategies in healthy adults, patients with vestibular dysfunction and stroke patients.From1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Research in the field of the neurological and musculoskeletal movement analysis.From1 Feb 2016 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: BOF - tenure track, BOF - Research professorship, BOF - Other initiatives
- Objectivation of the pre-walking locomotor behaviour: a pilot study.From1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2011Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
31 - 40 of 96
- Trunk biomechanics during walking after sub-acute stroke and its relation to lower limb impairments(2020)
Authors: Tamaya Van Criekinge, Wim Saeys, Nolan Herssens, Patricia Van de Walle, Willem De Hertogh, Ann Hallemans
Pages: 1 - 8 - Losing the sense of balance(2020)
Authors: Nolan Herssens, Ann Hallemans, Wim Saeys, Vincent Van Rompaey, Luc Vereeck
Number of pages: 282 - Bilateral vestibulopathy and age(2020)
Authors: D. Starkov, M. Snelders, F. Lucieer, A.M.L. Janssen, M. Pleshkov, H. Kingma, Vincent Van Rompaey, Nolan Herssens, Ann Hallemans, Luc Vereeck, et al.
Pages: 265 - 272 - Reliability and concurrent validity of a modified timed up and go test for healthy preschoolers(2020)
Authors: Ann Hallemans, Katrijn Klingels, Tamaya Van Criekinge, Luc Vereeck, Evi Verbecque
Pages: 1 - 8 - An investigation of the spatio-temporal parameters of gait and margins of stability throughout adulthood(2020)
Authors: Nolan Herssens, Tamaya Van Criekinge, Wim Saeys, Steven Truijen, Luc Vereeck, Vincent Van Rompaey, Ann Hallemans
Pages: 1 - 11 - Age-related differences in interlimb coordination during typical gait: An observational study(2020)
Authors: Pieter Meyns, Patricia Van de Walle, Kaat Desloovere, Stefanie Janssens, Sofie Van Sever, Ann Hallemans
Pages: 109 - 115 - Physics-based simulations to predict the differential effects of motor control and musculoskeletal deficits on gait dysfunction in cerebral palsy(2020)
Authors: Antoine Falisse, Lorenzo Pitto, Hans Kainz, Hoa Hoang, Mariska Wesseling, Sam Van Rossom, Eirini Papageorgiou, Lynn Bar-On, Ann Hallemans, Kaat Desloovere, et al.
- Motor functions(2020)
Authors: Ann Hallemans, Evi Verbeque, Patricia Van de Walle
Pages: 157 - 170 - Aging and the relationship between balance performance, vestibular function and somatosensory thresholds(2020)
Authors: Ann Hallemans, Evi Verbecque, Charlotte De Vestel, Nolan Herssens, Luc Vereeck
Pages: 328 - 337 - Prospective cohort study on the predictors of fall risk in 119 patients with bilateral vestibulopathy(2020)
Authors: Bieke Dobbels, Florence Lucieer, Griet Mertens, Annick Gilles, Julie Moyaert, Paul Van de Heyning, Nils Guinand, Angelica Pérez Fornos, Nolan Herssens, Ann Hallemans, et al.