Researcher
Ann Hallemans
- Research Expertise:My research focusses on neuromechanics and balance control in relation to childhood development and ageing.
- Keywords:BIOMECHANICS, ADULTS, CHILDREN, LOCOMOTION, REHABILITATION, MOVEMENT ANALYSIS, GAIT ANALYSIS, Biology
- Disciplines:Biomechanics
- Research techniques:3D motion capture, Electromyography, biomechanical experimental modelling, programming in Matlab
- Users of research expertise:Research groups with questions regarding movement related disorders Clinicians treating patients with movement related disorders (cerebral palsy, stroke, parkinson disease, genetic disorders, ...)
Affiliations
- Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → Today - Functional Morphology (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2006 → 30 Sep 2013
Projects
1 - 10 of 11
- Understanding balance control in children with cerebral palsy on central and peripheral level: a synergistic approach using neuromechanics, brain imaging and functional assessments.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Understanding balance control in children with cerebral palsy on central and peripheral level: a synergistic approach using neuromechanics, brain imaging and functional assessments.From1 Nov 2021 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Research in Balance and Locomotion regarding Assessment and Neurorehabilitation from Children to Elderly (BALANCE).From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - ZAP BOF mandates
- 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.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- 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.From1 Sep 2020 → 31 Aug 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Balance control in young children: a synergistic approach combining functional assessment and neuromechanics to unravel balance control mechanisms.From1 Jul 2019 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: BOF - projects
- T-GaiD: Treatment of Gait disorders in Dravet syndrome.From1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO Applied Biomedical Research (TBM)
- Identification of gait adaptability strategies in healthy adults, patients with vestibular dysfunction and stroke patients.From1 Oct 2016 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Research in the field of the neurological and musculoskeletal movement analysis.From1 Feb 2016 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: BOF - tenure track, BOF - Research professorship, BOF - Other initiatives
- Objectivation of the pre-walking locomotor behaviour: a pilot study.From1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2011Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
11 - 20 of 96
- Functional mobility in children and young adults with Dravet syndrome(2023)
Authors: Karen Verheyen, Lore Wyers, Eugénie Lambrecht, An-Sofie Schoonjans, Berten Ceulemans, Patricia Van de Walle, Ann Hallemans
Pages: 1 - 14 - The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the general health status of people with chronic health conditions in Belgium(2023)
Authors: An De Groef, Ann Hallemans, Nick Gebruers, Jill Meirte, Wim Saeys, Steven Truijen, Lotte Meert, Lies Peeters, Erik Fransen, Mira Meeus, et al.
Pages: 1189 - 1204 - Recovery of quiet standing balance and lower limb motor impairment early poststroke(2023)
Authors: Jonas Schröder, Wim Saeys, Elissa Embrechts, Ann Hallemans, Laetitia Yperzeele, Steven Truijen, Gert Kwakkel
Pages: 530 - 544 - The association between physical activity and chronic symptoms after a unilateral vestibular deafferentation(2023)
Authors: Lien Van Laer, Nolan Herssens, Ann Hallemans, Vincent Van Rompaey, Mustafa Karabulut, Raymond van de Berg, Luc Vereeck
Pages: 50 - 58 - Comparison of the movement behaviour of experienced and novice performers during the Cat exercise(2022)
Authors: Ann Hallemans, Emmanuel Jacobs, Jan Gielen, Annouk Van Moorsel, Fabien Buisseret, Frédéric Dierick, Nathalie Roussel
Pages: 1 - 13 - The evolution of motor development and gait in children and young adults with Dravet syndrome(2022)
Authors: Karen Verheyen, Ann Hallemans, Patricia Van de Walle, Berten Ceulemans
Number of pages: 172 - The effect of one dry needling session on pain, central pain processing, muscle co-contraction and gait characteristics in patients with knee osteoarthritis(2022)
Authors: Sophie Vervullens, Lotte Meert, Isabel Baert, Nicolas Delrue, Ann Hallemans, Tamaya Van Criekinge, Rob J.E.M. Smeets, Kayleigh De Meulemeester
Pages: 396 - 409 - Subjective perception of activity level(2022)
Authors: Lien Van Laer, Ann Hallemans, Vincent Van Rompaey, Claudia De Valck, Paul Van de Heyning, Luc Vereeck
Pages: 1 - 10 - Foot-floor contact pattern in children and adults with Dravet Syndrome(2021)
Authors: Lore Wyers, Roberto Di Marco, Stefano Zambelli, Stefano Masiero, Ann Hallemans, Patricia Van de Walle, Kaat Desloovere, Alessandra Del Felice
Pages: 315 - 320 - The mechanics behind gait problems in patients with Dravet Syndrome(2021)
Authors: Lore Wyers, Karen Verheyen, An-Sofie Schoonjans, Kaat Desloovere, Patricia Van de Walle, Ann Hallemans
Pages: 321 - 328