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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
1 - 6 of 6
- 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
1 - 10 of 44
- The influence of a single transcranial direct current stimulation session on physical fitness in healthy subjects: a systematic review(2023)
Authors: Raf Meesen
Pages: 31 - 47 - Cerebellar Activation During Simple and Complex Bimanual Coordination: an Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) Meta-analysis(2022)
Authors: Stefanie Verstraelen, Raf Meesen
Pages: 987 - 1013 - Addressing transcranial electrical stimulation variability through prospective individualized dosing of electric field strength in 300 participants across two samples: the 2-SPED approach(2022)
Authors: Raf Meesen
- Accurate tissue segmentation from including both T1-weighted and T2-weighted MRI scans significantly affect electric field simulations of prefrontal but not motor TMS(2022)
Authors: Raf Meesen
Pages: 942 - 945 - Modulating writing skill learning in Parkinson’s disease: novel insights into the effects of dopaminergic medication and transcranial direct current stimulation(2022)
Authors: Sanne Broeder, Alice Nieuwboer, Geert Verheyden, Raf Meesen
- On the importance of using both T1-weighted and T2-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging scans to model electric fields induced by non-invasive brain stimulation in SimNIBS(2022)
Authors: Raf Meesen
Pages: 641 - 644 - Age-dependent non-linear neuroplastic effects of cathodal tDCS in the elderly population: a titration study(2022)
Authors: Raf Meesen
Pages: 296 - 305 - Age-related differences of motor cortex plasticity in adults: A transcranial direct current stimulation study(2020)
Authors: Raf Meesen
Pages: 1588 - 1599 - tDCS-Enhanced Consolidation of Writing Skills and Its Associations With Cortical Excitability in Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study(2019)
Authors: Sanne Broeder, Evelien Nackaerts, Koen Cuypers, Raf Meesen, Geert Verheyden, Alice Nieuwboer
Pages: 1050 - 1060 - The Impact of Different Types of Exercise Training on Peripheral Blood Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Concentrations in Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis(2019)
Authors: Nastasia Marinus, Dominique Hansen, Peter Feys, Raf Meesen, Annick Timmermans, Joke Spildooren
Pages: 1529 - 1546