Researcher
Raf Meesen
- Keywords:Physical education and physiotherapy
- Disciplines:Orthopaedics, Human movement and sports sciences, Rehabilitation sciences
Affiliations
- Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences (Faculty)
Member
From1 Oct 2016 → Today
Projects
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- Unravelling the associations between insulin sensitivity and brain metabolites in prediabetic individuals, and exploring the therapeutic impact of exercise as an early interventionFrom21 Dec 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The association between motor skill learning and dynamics of GABA, synaptic density and connectivity in motor-related brain regionsFrom4 Aug 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Acquisition and consolidation of writing skills in Parkinson’s disease: effects and working action of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)From10 Sep 2015 → 8 Jun 2022Funding: FWO fellowships
- Aging and brain plasticity: alterations in brain structure, function and connectivity during motor coordination.From1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2015Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- What is the optimal alternative training protocol for boosting neuroplasticity of the nervous system? The influence of tDCS and an optimized supplemental intervention on functional recovery of chronic stroke patientsFrom1 Oct 2010 → 30 Sep 2014Funding: FWO fellowships
- Aging and executive control mechanisms: neural structure-function relationships for inhibitory control of bimanual actions.From1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2013Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
Publications
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- Does transcranial direct current stimulation during writing alleviate upper limb freezing in people with Parkinson's disease? A pilot study(2019)
Authors: Sanne Broeder, Elke Heremans, Evelien Nackaerts, Raf Meesen, Geert Verheyden, Alice Nieuwboer
Pages: 142 - 153 - Force decline after low and high intensity contractions in persons with multiple sclerosis(2019)
Authors: Koen Cuypers, Raf Meesen
Pages: 359 - 367 - Preserved imitation in contrast to limited free application of comfortable hand actions in intellectually able young adults with an autism spectrum disorder(2018)
Authors: Caroline Beelen, Koen Cuypers, Raf Meesen, Marleen Vanvuchelen
Pages: 645 - 653 - GABA levels and measures of intracortical and interhemispheric excitability in healthy young and older adults: a MRS-TMS study(2018)
Authors: Lize Hermans, Oron Levin, Celine Maes, Kirstin Heise, Ronald Peeters, Brad King, Raf Meesen, Inge Leunissen, Stephan Swinnen, Koen Cuypers
Pages: 168 - 177 - Cerebellar gray matter explains bimanual coordination performance in children and older adults(2018)
Authors: Matthieu Boisgontier, Koen Cuypers, Inge Leunissen, Stefan Sunaert, Raf Meesen, Hamed Zivariadab, Stephan Swinnen
Pages: 109 - 120 - Observing back pain provoking lifting actions modulates corticomotor excitability of the observer's primary motor cortex(2017)
Authors: Raf Meesen, Nici Wenderoth
Pages: 1 - 9 - Cortical grey matter content is associated with both age and bimanual performance, but is not observed to mediate age-related behavioural decline(2017)
Authors: P van Ruitenbeek, L Serbruyns, E Solesio-Jofre, Raf Meesen, Koen Cuypers, SP Swinnen
Pages: 437 - 448 - Cortical grey matter content is associated with both age and bimanual performance, but is not observed to mediate age-related behavioural decline(2017)
Authors: Raf Meesen, Koen Cuypers
Pages: 437 - 448 - tDCS over left M1 or DLPFC does not improve learning of a bimanual coordination task(2016)
Authors: Kathleen Vancleef, Raf Meesen, Stephan Swinnen
Pages: 35739 - Alterations in Brain White Matter Contributing to Age-Related Slowing of Task Switching Performance: The Role of Radial Diffusivity and Magnetization Transfer Ratio(2016)
Authors: Inge Leunissen, Lisa Pauwels, Koen Cuypers, Raf Meesen, Stefan Sunaert, Stephan Swinnen
Pages: 4084 - 4098