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Researcher
Ann De Smedt
- Research Expertise:
My topics of interest are:
- Neurology
- Vascular Neurology
- Neuromuscular diseases
- Neurorehabilitation
- Keywords:Medicine
- Disciplines:Neurosciences not elsewhere classified, Neurological and neuromuscular diseases
- Users of research expertise:
My topics of interest are:
- Neurology
- Vascular Neurology
- Neuromuscular diseases
- Neurorehabilitation
Affiliations
- STIMULUS research group (Research group)
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From1 Oct 2020 → Today - UZB Other (Department)
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From1 Jun 2018 → Today - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Department)
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From1 Jul 2016 → Today - Clinical sciences (Department)
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From1 Oct 2025 → Today - Supporting clinical sciences (Department)
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From1 Oct 2022 → Today - Supporting clinical sciences (Department)
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From1 Oct 2020 → Today - Supporting clinical sciences (Department)
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From1 Oct 2020 → 20 Oct 2022 - Clinical sciences (Department)
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From1 Jan 2014 → 20 Oct 2022 - Clinical sciences (Department)
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From1 Oct 2012 → 30 Sep 2025 - Medicine and Pharmacy academic/administration (Office)
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From1 Oct 2012 → 30 Sep 2014 - FORMER_Neuroprotection & Neuromodulation (Research group)
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From1 Oct 2011 → 31 Dec 2022 - Internal Medicine Specializations (Department)
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From1 Oct 2011 → 31 Dec 2013 - Neurology (Department)
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From1 Sep 2011 → 31 Dec 2017 - Internal medicine (Department)
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From1 Jan 2008 → 31 Aug 2011
Projects
1 - 3 of 3
- Aha BOOST. Arm-hand BOOST therapy to enhance recovery after stroke: clinical, health economic and process evaluationFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Applied Biomedical Research (TBM)
- IOF GEAR: Artificial Intelligence from bench to bedside in neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatryFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology concept exploration, IOF - mandates
- TBM OPERA : Objectifying performance assessments and personalized rehabilitation trajectories to improve return to work in failed back surgery patients.From1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2025Funding: FWO Applied Biomedical Research (TBM)
Publications
1 - 10 of 80
- Additional arm- hand boost therapy (AHA- BOOST) in an inpatient rehabilitation setting during the subacute phase after stroke: protocol for a randomised controlled trial including a clinical, process and health economic evaluation(2025)Published in: ERJ Open ResearchISSN: 2044-6055Issue: 10Volume: 15
- Arm-hand BOOST (AHA-BOOST) therapy to improve recovery of the upper limb after stroke: rationale and description by means of the TIDieR checklist(2025)Published in: Front NeurolISSN: 1664-2295Volume: 16
- Does rehabilitation improve work participation in patients with chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery: a systematic review(2025)Published in: J Rehabil MedISSN: 1650-1977Volume: 57
- Biopsychosocial rehabilitation in the working population with chronic low back pain(2024)Published in: J Rehabil MedISSN: 1650-1977Volume: 56
- Heart rate variability is not suitable as a surrogate marker for pain intensity in patients with chronic pain(2023)Published in: Journal of Pain ResearchISSN: 0304-3959Issue: 8Volume: 164Pages: 1741-1749
- Association between Experimental Pain Measurements and the Central Sensitization Inventory in Patients at Least 3 Months after COVID-19 Infection(2023)Published in: Journal of clinical medicineISSN: 2077-0383Issue: 2Volume: 12
- The Association Between Bodily Functions and Cognitive/Emotional Factors in Patients With Chronic Pain Treated With Neuromodulation(2023)Published in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society.ISSN: 1094-7159Issue: 1Volume: 26Pages: 3-24
- Cross-Country Differences in Pain Medication Before and After Spinal Cord Stimulation(2023)Published in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society.ISSN: 1094-7159Issue: 1Volume: 26Pages: 215-223
- Personalised rehabilitation to improve return to work in patients with persistent spinal pain syndrome type II after spinal cord stimulation implantation(2022)Published in: TrialsISSN: 1745-6215Issue: 1Volume: 23Pages: 1-17
- Health-related quality of life in persons post-COVID-19 infection in comparison to normative controls and chronic pain patients(2022)Published in: Front Public HealthISSN: 2296-2565Volume: 10Pages: 1-12