List of published International Peer-reviewed publications
2021
- Meyns P. Comment: Difference between assessment of upper limb movement and upper limb associated reactions during walking. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2021 Mar 10;18(1):47. (10.1186/s12984-021-00844-0) [PubMed]
- Theunissen K, Plasqui G, Boonen A, Brauwers B, Timmermans A, Meyns P, Meijer K, Feys P. The relationship between walking speed and the energetic cost of walking in persons with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls–a systematic review. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. [accepted on 22/2/2021] [PubMed]
2020
- Verbecque E, Johnson C, Rameckers E, Thijs A, van der Veer I, Meyns P, Smits-Engelsman B, Klingels K. Balance control in individuals with developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gait Posture. 2020 Oct 17;83:268-279. (10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.10.009) [PubMed]
- van den Bogaart M, Bruijn SM, van Dieën JH, Meyns P. Corrigendum to "The effect of anteroposterior perturbations on the control of the center of mass during treadmill walking" [J. Biomech. 103 (2020) 109660]. J Biomech. 2020 Nov 9;112:110036. (10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110036) [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Van de Walle P, Desloovere K, Janssens S, Van Sever S, Hallemans A. Age-related differences in interlimb coordination during typical gait: An observational study. Gait Posture. 2020 Sep;81:109-115. (10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.07.013) [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Kerkum YL, Brehm MA, Becher JG, Buizer AI, Harlaar J. Ankle foot orthoses in cerebral palsy: effects of ankle stiffness on trunk kinematics, gait stability and energy cost of walking. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2020 May;26:68-74. (10.1016/j.ejpn.2020.02.009) [PubMed]
- van den Bogaart M, Bruijn SM, van Dieën JH, Meyns P. The effect of anteroposterior perturbations on the control of the center of mass during treadmill walking. J Biomech. 2020 Apr 16;103:109660. (10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109660) [PubMed]
2019
- Meyns P, van den Bogaart M, Theunissen K, van der Krogt M, Ortibus E, Desloovere K. Editorial: Motor Control of Gait and the Underlying Neural Network in Pediatric Neurology. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 13:226. (10.3389/fnhum.2019.00226). [PubMed]
2018
- Meyns P, van der Spank J, Capiau H, De Cock L, Van Steirteghem E, Van der Looven R, Van Waelvelde H. Do a humanoid robot and music increase the motivation to perform physical activity? A quasi-experimental cohort in typical developing children and preliminary findings in hospitalized children in neutropenia. Int J Hum Comput Stud. 2018 pii: S1071-5819(18)30440-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.07.010. [website]
- Meyns P, Van de Walle P, Desloovere K, De Rijck J, Kenis J, Verbecque E, Van Criekinge T, Hallemans A. Age-related changes in arm motion during typical gait. Gait Posture. 2018 Jul 25. pii: S0966-6362(18)31300-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.07.176. [PubMed]
- van den Bogaart M, Bruijn SM, van Dieën JH, Meyns P. P 053-The use of the ankle strategy to restore balance during perturbed walking. Gait Posture. 2018 Jul 14. pii: S0966-6362(18)30992-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.06.206. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Bras C, Harlaar J, van de Pol L, Barkhof F, Buizer A. O 051 – Does video game-based balance-training improve gait stability in children with cerebral palsy? Gait Posture. 2018 Jun 21. pii: S0966-6362(18)30805-1. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.06.078. [website]
- Booth ATC, Buizer AI, Meyns P, Oude Lansink ILB, Steenbrink F, van der Krogt MM. The efficacy of functional gait training in children and young adults with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2018 Mar 7. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13708. [PubMed]
2017
- Meyns P, Pans L, Plasmans K, Heyrman L, Desloovere K, Molenaers G. The Effect of Additional Virtual Reality Training on Balance in Children with Cerebral Palsy after Lower Limb Surgery: A Feasibility Study. Games Health J. 2017 Feb;6(1):39-48. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2016.0069. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Molenaers G, Duysens J, Jonkers I. The Differential Effect of Arm Movements during Gait on the Forward Acceleration of the Centre of Mass in Children with Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing Children. Front Hum Neurosci. 2017 Mar 1;11:96. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00096. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Roman de Mettelinge T, van der Spank J, Coussens M, Van Waelvelde H. Motivation in pediatric motor rehabilitation: A systematic search of the literature using the self-determination theory as a conceptual framework. Dev Neurorehabil. 2017 Mar 9:1-20. doi: 10.1080/17518423.2017.1295286. [PubMed]
2016
- Meyns P, Van Gestel L, Bar-On L, Goudriaan M, Wambacq H, Aertbeliën E, Bruyninckx H, Molenaers G, De Cock P, Ortibus E, Desloovere K. Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy Experience Difficulties Adjusting Their Gait Pattern to Weight Added to the Waist, While Typically Developing Children Do Not. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10:657. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00657. [PubMed]
- Delabastita T, Desloovere K, Meyns P. Restricted arm swing affects gait stability and increased walking speed alters trunk movements in children with cerebral palsy. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Jul 15. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00354. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Duysens J, Desloovere K. The arm posture in children with unilateral Cerebral Palsy is mainly related to antero-posterior gait instability. Gait Posture. 2016 Sep;49:132–135. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.06.033. [PubMed]
2015
- Verbecque E, Lobo da Costa PH, Meyns P, Desloovere K, Vereeck L, Hallemans A. Age-related changes in postural sway in preschoolers. Gait Posture. 2016 Feb;44:116-22. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.11.016. [PubMed]
- Meyns P (Joint First), Van Gestel L (Joint First), Leunissen I, De Cock P, Sunaert S, Feys H, Duysens J, Desloovere K, Ortibus E. Macro- and microstructural brain lesions relate to gait pathology in children with cerebral palsy. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2016 Jan 20. pii: 1545968315624782. [PubMed]
2014
- Meyns P, Van de Crommert HW, Rijken H, van Kuppevelt DH, Duysens J. Locomotor training with body weight support in SCI: EMG improvement is more optimally expressed at a low testing speed. Spinal Cord. 2014 Dec;52(12):887-93. doi: 10.1038/sc.2014.172. [PubMed]
- Hoogkamer W and Meyns P. Is Action-Perception Coupling Improved with Delay in Patients with Focal Cerebellar Lesions? J Neurosci. 2014 Aug;34(34):11175-11176. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2218-14.2014. [PubMed]
- Thielemans V, Meyns P, Bruijn SM. Is angular momentum in the horizontal plane during gait a controlled variable? Hum Mov Sci. 2014; Accepted. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2014.03.003. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Van de Walle P, Hoogkamer W, Kiekens C, Desloovere K, Duysens J. Coordinating arms and legs on a hybrid rehabilitation tricycle: the metabolic benefit of asymmetrical compared to symmetrical arm movements. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2014 Apr;114(4):743-50. doi: 10.1007/s00421-013-2814-5. [PubMed]
- Hoogkamer W (joint first), Meyns P (joint first), Duysens J. Steps forward in understanding backward gait: from basic circuits to rehabilitation. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2014 doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000000. [PubMed]
2013
- Massaad F, Levin O, Meyns P, Drijkoningen D, Swinnen SP, Duysens J. Arm sway holds sway: Locomotor-like modulation of leg reflexes when arms swing in alternation. Neuroscience 2013 Jan 31;258:34-46. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.10.007. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Molenaers G, Desloovere K, Duysens J. Interlimb coordination during forward walking is largely preserved in backward walking in children with cerebral palsy. Clin Neurophysiol 2013 Mar;125(3):552-61. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.08.022. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Desloovere K, Molenaers G, Swinnen SP, Duysens J. Interlimb coordination during forward and backward walking in primary school-aged children. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 23; 8(4):e62747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062747. [PubMed]
- Heyrman L, Feys H, Molenaers G, Jaspers E, Monari D, Meyns P, Desloovere K. Three-dimensional head and trunk movement characteristics during gait in children with spastic diplegia. Gait Posture. 2013 Sep;38(4):770-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.03.019. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Bruijn SM, Duysens J. The How and Why of Arm Swing during Human Walking. Gait Posture. 2013 Sep;38(4):555-62. doi:pii: S0966-6362(13)00118-5. 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.02.006. [PubMed]
- Bruijn SM, Millard M, van Gestel L, Meyns P, Jonkers I, Desloovere K. Gait stability in children with Cerebral Palsy. Res Dev Disabil. 2013 Mar 11;34(5):1689-1699. [PubMed]
2012
- Meyns P, Van Gestel L, Bruijn SM, Desloovere K, Swinnen SP, Duysens J. Is interlimb coordination during walking preserved in children with cerebral palsy? Res Dev Disabil. 2012 Sep-Oct;33(5):1418-28. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Desloovere K, Van Gestel L, Massaad F, Smits-Engelsman B, Duysens J. Altered arm posture in children with cerebral palsy is related to instability during walking. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2012 Sep;16(5):528-35. [PubMed]
- Jansen K, De Groote F, Massaad F, Meyns P, Duysens J, Jonkers I. Similar muscles contribute to horizontal and vertical acceleration of center of mass in forward and backward walking: implications for neural control. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Jun;107(12):3385-96. [PubMed]
- Van Gestel L, Wambacq H, Aertbeliën E, Meyns P, Bruyninckx H, Bar-On L, Molenaers G, De Cock P, Desloovere K. To what extent is mean EMG frequency during gait a reflection of functional muscle strength in children with cerebral palsy? Res Dev Disabil. 2012 May-Jun;33(3):916-23. [PubMed]
- Spildooren J, Vercruysse S, Meyns P, Vandenbossche J, Heremans E, Desloovere K, Vandenberghe W, Nieuwboer A. Turning and unilateral cueing in Parkinson's disease patients with and without freezing of gait. Neuroscience. 2012 Apr 5;207:298-306. [PubMed]
2011
- Alaerts K, Nackaerts E, Meyns P, Swinnen SP, Wenderoth N. Action and emotion recognition from point light displays: an investigation of gender differences. PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e20989. [PubMed]
- Bruijn SM, Meyns P, Jonkers I, Kaat D, Duysens J. Control of angular momentum during walking in children with cerebral palsy. Res Dev Disabil. 2011 Nov-Dec;32(6):2860-6. [PubMed]
- Meyns P, Van Gestel L, Massaad F, Desloovere K, Molenaers G, Duysens J. Arm swing during walking at different speeds in children with Cerebral Palsy and typically developing children. Res Dev Disabil. 2011 Sep-Oct;32(5):1957-64. [PubMed]
- Heremans E, Helsen WF, De Poel HJ, Alaerts K, Meyns P, Feys P. Facilitation of motor imagery through movement-related cueing. Brain Res. 2009 Jun 30;1278:50-8. [PubMed]
Doctoral Thesis
Meyns P. Neural Basis of Interlimb Coordination during Walking in Children. PhD thesis. September 2012. (http://www.kuleuven.be/doctoraatsverdediging/cm/3M08/3M080336.htm)
Article in non Peer-reviewed paper
Meyns P. (2012). [We (also) walk with our arms] “Wandelen doen we (ook) met onze armen” (Dutch). Campuskrant, magazine of KU Leuven. 26 sept 2012, nr. 1 jaargang 24, pg. 2. (http://nieuws.kuleuven.be/node/11289).
List of accepted Abstracts submitted for International Peer-reviewed Congresses
- Meyns P, Van Gestel L, Massaad F, Desloovere K, Molenaers G, Duysens J. (2010). Arm and leg coordination during gait in children with Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing children. Joint Esmac GCMAS-meeting. Miami, Florida, 12-15 May 2010.
- Meyns P, Desloovere K, Van Gestel L, Massaad F, Engelsman-Smits B, Duysens J. (2011) Arm posture at different walking speeds in children with Cerebral Palsy. XXIIIrd Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Brussels, Belgium, 3-7 July 2011.
- Meyns P, Desloovere K, Molenaers G, Janssens N, Hawinkel L, Duysens J. (2011) Backward walking in children is organized as the reverse of forward walking both for leg and for arm movements. ISPGR XX Conference, Akita, Japan, 18-22 June 2011 (Accepted, but congress cancelled).
- Meyns P, Van Gestel L, Bruijn S.M, Desloovere K, Swinnen S.P, Duysens J. (2011) Is interlimb coordination during walking preserved in children with cerebral palsy? 20th annual meeting of European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC), Vienna, Austria, 15-17 September 2011.
- Meyns P, Desloovere K, Molenaers G, Janssens N, Hawinkel L, Duysens J. (2012) Backward walking in children is organized as the reverse of forward walking both for leg and for arm movements. Joint World Congress of ISPGR (XX) and Gait & Mental Function. Trondheim, Norway, 24-28 June 2012.
- Meyns P, Molenaers G, Desloovere K, Van Gestel L, Duysens J. (2012). Neural control mechanism of forward and backward walking is preserved in children with cerebral palsy. European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC). Stockholm, Sweden, 10-15 September 2012.
- Meyns P, Bruijn SM, Duysens J, Desloovere K (2013). Relation between arm posture and gait instability in typically developing children and children with hemiplegia. 2nd Joint World Congress of ISPGR and Gait & Mental Function. Akita, Japan, 22-26 June 2013.
- Meyns P, Massaad F, Bruijn SM, Hoogkamer W, MacLellan MJ, Ivanenko YP, Desloovere K, Duysens J. (2013). Arm swing adaptation during split-belt treadmill walking. European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC). Glasgow, Scotland, 2-7 September 2013.
- Meyns P, Hoogkamer W, Bruijn SM, Desloovere K, Duysens J. (2014). The effect of restricting arm movements on walking speed in children with Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing children. International Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR) World Congress. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 29 June - 3 July 2014.
- Meyns P, Van Gestel L, De Cock P, Sunaert S, Feys H, Duysens J, Desloovere K, Ortibus E. Gait pathology is related to brain lesions in children with unilateral and bilateral cerebral palsy. 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Hamburg, Germany, 8-12 June 2014
- Meyns P, Duysens J, Desloovere K, Bruijn SM, Pijnappels M, Van Dieën JH. Medio-lateral gait stability in children with hemiplegic & diplegic Cerebral Palsy. 1st Clinical Movement Analysis World Conference (23rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC)), Rome, Italy, 29 September - 4 October 2014
- Meyns P, Bruijn SM, Desloovere K, Van Waelvelde H. The effect of restricting arm movements on gait stability in children with Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing children. International Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR) World Congress 2015. Seville, Spain, 28 June - 2 July 2015
- Meyns P, Pans L, Plasmans K, Van Waelvelde H, Desloovere K, Molenaers G. The effect of additional Virtual Reality training on balance control in children with Cerebral Palsy after lower limb surgery: a pilot-study. 24th annual meeting of the European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC). Heidelberg, Germany, 7-9 September 2015.
- Meyns P, Kerkum YL, Buizer AI, Becher JG, Brehm MA, Harlaar J. The effect of ankle foot orthosis stiffness on trunk movement and walking energy cost in Cerebral Palsy. 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC). Seville, Spain, 26 September - 1 October 2016.
- Bruijn S.M, Meyns P, Jonkers I, Duysens J. (2011) Gait coordination in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy: Control of angular momentum XXIIIrd Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Belgium, 3-7 July 2011.
- Van Gestel L, Meyns P, De Cock P, Molenaers G, Severijns D, Desloovere K. (2009). Influence of increased weight on gait characteristics in children with cerebral palsy. European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC). London, U.K, 17-19 September 2009.
- Van Gestel L, Meyns P, De Cock P, Bruyninckx H, Wambacq H, Molenaers G, Desloovere K. (2010). Balance and its role in the CP gait pattern. Joint Esmac GCMAS-meeting. Miami, Florida, 12-15 May 2010.
- Van Gestel L, Meyns P, De Cock P, Bruyninckx H, Wambacq H, Molenaers G, Severijns D, Desloovere K. (2010). Simulating muscle weakness to unravel the complex relationship between primary deficits and gait in children with cerebral palsy. Joint Esmac GCMAS-meeting. Miami, Florida, 12-15 May 2010.
- Van Gestel L, Ortibus E, Meyns P, De Cock P, Sunaert S, Guzzetta A, Bruyninckx H, Duysens J, Desloovere K. (2012). Relation between brain lesions on MRI and gait pathology in children with cerebral palsy. European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC). Stockholm, Sweden, 10-15 September 2012.
- Jansen K, Massaad F, Meyns P, Duysens J, Jonkers I. (2010) Identical muscles contribute to progression in forward and backward walking. IUTAM. Leuven, Belgium, 13-15 September 2010.
- Massaad F, Levin O, Meyns P, Demont S, Duysens J. (2009) Is there premotoneuronal modulation of soleus H-reflex by rhythmic arm swing? 19th Conference of the ISPGR 2009, Bologna, Italy, 21-25 June 2009.
- Massaad F, Jansen K, Meyns P, Drijkoningen D, Levin O, Jonkers I, Duysens J. H-reflex modulation during Forward and Backward Walking on a Split-belt Treadmill. 40th annual meeting Society for Neuroscience 2010, San Diego, CA, 13-17 November 2010.
- Massaad F, Jansen K, Meyns P, Drijkoningen D, Levin O, Jonkers I, Duysens J. (2011) Does reciprocal inhibition explain H-reflex modulation during walking on a split-belt treadmill? XXIIIrd Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Brussels, Belgium, 3-7 July 2011.
- Alaerts K, Nackaerts E, Van Gemert T, Durnez M, Mestdagh A, Meyns P, Swinnen S.P, Wenderoth N. Biological Motion and Emotion Recognition from Point Light Displays: Quantification of Normal Gender differences and Autism-related differences. 40th annual meeting Society for Neuroscience 2010, San Diego, CA, 13-17 November 2010.