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
31 - 40 of 44
- Anodal tDCS increases corticospinal output and projection strength in multiple sclerosis(2013)
Authors: Koen Cuypers, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Herbert Thijs, Oron Levin, Stephan Swinnen, Raf Meesen
Pages: 151 - 155 - Long-term TENS treatment decreases cortical motor representation in multiple sclerosis(2013)
Authors: Koen Cuypers, Oron Levin, Herbert Thijs, Stephan Swinnen, Raf Meesen
Pages: 1 - 7 - Age-related differences in corticospinal excitability during a choice reaction time task(2013)
Authors: Koen Cuypers, Herbert Thijs, Stephan Swinnen, Oron Levin, Raf Meesen
Pages: 1705 - 19 - Is Motor Learning Mediated by tDCS Intensity?(2013)
Authors: Koen Cuypers, Herbert Thijs, Nici Wenderoth, Raf Meesen
- Task-specific effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on motor learning(2013)
Authors: Cinthia Maria Saucedo Marquez, Xue Zhang, Stephan Swinnen, Raf Meesen, Nici Wenderoth
Pages: 333 - Active versus Passive Training of a Complex Bimanual Task: Is Prescriptive Proprioceptive Information Sufficient for Inducing Motor Learning?(2012)
Authors: Iseult Beets, Raf Meesen, Koen Cuypers, Oron Levin, Stephan Swinnen
- The effect of long-term TENS on persistent neuroplastic changes in the human cerebral cortex(2011)
Authors: Raf Meesen, Koen Cuypers, Oron Levin
Pages: 872 - 882 - The effect of long-term TENS on persistent neuroplastic changes in the human cerebral cortex(2011)
Authors: Raf Meesen, Koen Cuypers, Stephan Swinnen, Oron Levin
Pages: 872 - 882 - Age-related differences in human corticospinal excitability during simple reaction time(2011)
Authors: Oron Levin, Koen Cuypers, Herbert Thijs, Bart Nuttin, Werner Helsen, Raf Meesen
Pages: 53 - 57 - Neuromuscular electrical stimulation as a possible mean to prevent muscle tissue wasting in artificially ventilated and sedated patients at the intensive care unit: a pilot study(2010)
Authors: Raf Meesen, Koen Cuypers, Oron Levin
Pages: 315 - 321