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Diagnostics and recovery of motor function in children with traumatic brain injury: neural structure-function relationships regarding motor coordination. KU Leuven

Stephan Swinnen
Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group
The ability to discern body/limb positions and movements (i.e. proprioception) is critical for many aspects of movement control. Impaired proprioception has been linked with balance problems in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), leading to difficulties in performing daily activities. This proposal consists of 4 stages. First, we will describe proprioceptive deficits via a dynamic position test and investigate whether these deficits have ...

The obese brain: the relationship between brain structure, neurocognitive functioning and motor coordination in obese children  Ghent University

Karen Caeyenberghs
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapie

Pediatric obesity (OB) has reached an alarming level and is associated with negative health concerns. Although several studies were limited to the relationship between OB and OB-related behaviors (e.g. decreased physical activity (PA), poor motor coordination), recent insights suggests the implementation of a third factor, i.e. neurocognitive functioning (NF; attention, inhibition, processing speed), to understand OB and their related ...

Cause-effect relationships between brain networks and inter-limb coordination in older adults and the effect of oscillating transcranial brain stimulation on training-induced neuroplastic changes and motor performance. Hasselt University

Raf MEESEN
Rehabilitation Research Center, Catholic University of Leuven, TU Dortmund University
Healthy aging is a societal challenge with a huge economic impact. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to gain knowledge on agerelated neurodegenerative changes that limit active participation in society. Age-related structural and functional declines in the brain have an important impact on motor coordination between limbs ("inter-limb coordination"). Since most of our daily activities are characterized by inter-limb movements, such as tying ...

Ageing and brain plasticity. Training-induced alterations in spectral power of the brain and motor coordination KU Leuven

Andreas Daffertshofer, Stephan Swinnen
Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group

Declines in sensorimotor and cognitive function are well-known consequences of ageing. Improving our understanding of what ageing entails at cellular up to systemic levels is hence timely and urgent. And, finding strategies to decelerate or even reverse the pervasive effects of aging can have a major societal impact. The aim of this thesis was to investigate changes in spectral dynamics of the brain associated with bimanual task difficulty, ...

Functional connectivity in the brain during motor coordination with high-density electroencephalography KU Leuven

Dante Mantini
Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group

Perception, action, and cognition are achieved through concerted neural activity in large-scale brain networks. As such, understanding the basic mechanisms of long-range neuronal communication may permit to elucidate how the brain orchestrates when we perform a complex task. Motor coordination is a prototypical example of complex behaviour, and its study is very well suited for broader investigations about the architecture and functioning of ...

The neural signature of Developmental Coordination Disorder: Towards a better understanding of motor learning impairments using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ghent University

Frederik Deconinck
Department of Movement and Sports Sciences

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impairs the acquisition of motor skills and motor coordination and affects 1.8-5.5% individuals worldwide. Since a sufficient level of motor control is needed to participate in daily life activities, it is important to understand the nature of these motor learning deficits in order to develop specific motor training for this target audience. Although several ...

Sensorimotor synchronization ability of walking and running to metronome sounds and music within motor learning perspective in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Hasselt University

Peter FEYS
Rehabilitation Research Center
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in different aspects of motor performance and motor control, including motor planning, predictive movement control, anticipation and automatization of movement skills. An increased variability in gait parameters is frequently observed. Currently, the internal modelling deficits hypotheses is proposed to explain the impairments in motor ...

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. University of Antwerp

Ann Hallemans
Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Worldwide, developmental coordination disorder (DCD) accounts for 5-6% of the school-aged children showing a motor delay with an onset early in childhood that often persists in adolescence. Poor balance control is the most significant motor problem occurring in 73-87% of the cases of children with DCD. These balance deficits severely affect everyday functioning but underlying control mechanisms are still poorly understood. Therefore, the main ...

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. University of Antwerp

Ann Hallemans
Hasselt University, Movement Antwerp (MOVANT)
Worldwide, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) accounts for 5-6% of the school-aged children showing a motor delay early in childhood. Poor balance control is the most significant motor problem occurring in 73-87% of the children with DCD. These balance deficits severely affect everyday functioning, but underlying control mechanisms are still poorly understood. Therefore, the main aim of this project is understanding the heterogeneity of ...

Fundamental insights into the interplay between balance and motor performance in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder Hasselt University

Katrijn KLINGELS
Rehabilitation Research Center
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) accounts for 5% of the school-aged children showing a motor delay early on that persists in adolescence. Poor balance is the most significant motor problem, seen in 3/4 of the DCD children. Balance deficits severely affect daily functioning but underlying control mechanisms are still poorly understood. Thus, the aim of this project is understanding the processes attributing to balance and motor problems ...