Researcher
Firas Massaad
- Disciplines:Human movement and sports sciences
Affiliations
- Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2008 → 31 Mar 2016
Projects
1 - 3 of 3
- Validation of a new technique for the rehabilitation of walking in CVA patients.From1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2015Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Validation of a new technique for rehabilitation of gait in stroke patients.From1 Oct 2011 → 30 Sep 2014Funding: FWO fellowships
- Interlimb coordination in normal walking and in patients with cerebral palsy.From1 Dec 2009 → 30 Nov 2012Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
1 - 10 of 12
- Rehabilitation of gait and balance after CNS damage(2015)
Authors: Jaak Duysens, Geert Verheyden, Firas Massaad, Pieter Meyns, Ilse Jonkers
Pages: 211 - 223 - Muscle activation patterns are bilaterally linked during split-belt treadmill walking in humans(2014)
Authors: Firas Massaad, Sjoerd Bruijn, Jaak Duysens
Pages: 1541 - 52 - Arm sway holds sway: Locomotor-like modulation of leg reflexes when arms swing in alternation(2014)
Authors: Firas Massaad, Oron Levin, Pieter Meyns, David Drijkoningen, Stephan Swinnen, Jaak Duysens
Pages: 34 - 46 - Are effects of the symmetric and asymmetric tonic neck reflexes still visible in healthy adults?(2013)
Authors: Sjoerd Bruijn, Firas Massaad, Leen Van Gestel, Jaak Duysens
Pages: 89 - 92 - Three-Dimensional Gait Analysis Can Shed New Light on Walking in Patients with Haemophilia(2013)
Authors: Firas Massaad
- Altered arm posture in children with cerebral palsy is related to instability during walking(2012)
Authors: Pieter Meyns, Kaat Desloovere, Leen Van Gestel, Firas Massaad, Bouwien Engelsman, Jaak Duysens
Pages: 528 - 535 - Selective bilateral activation of leg muscles after cutaneous nerve stimulation during backward walking(2012)
Authors: Wouter Hoogkamer, Firas Massaad, Karen Jansen, Sjoerd Bruijn, Jaak Duysens
Pages: 1933 - 1941 - Impact of ankle osteoarthritis on the energetics and mechanics of gait: The case of hemophilic arthropathy(2012)
Authors: Firas Massaad
Pages: 625 - 631 - Similar muscles contribute to horizontal and vertical acceleration of center of mass in forward and backward walking: implications for neural control(2012)
Authors: Karen Jansen, Friedl De Groote, Firas Massaad, Pieter Meyns, Jaak Duysens, Ilse Jonkers
Pages: 3385 - 3396 - Arm swing during walking at different speeds in children with Cerebral Palsy and typically developing children(2011)
Authors: Pieter Meyns, Leen Van Gestel, Firas Massaad, Kaat Desloovere, Guy Molenaers, Jaak Duysens
Pages: 1957 - 1964