A5000917267- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
- Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
KU Leuven
2022-2025
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
2025
The human brain functional lateralization has been widely studied over the past decades, and neuroimaging studies have shown how activation of motor areas during hand movement execution (ME) is different according to dominance. Nevertheless, there no research directly investigating effects participant's handedness in a imagery (MI) ME task both right left-handed individuals at cortical subcortical level. Twenty-six right-handed 25 participants were using magnetic resonance imaging...
Abstract Aim To investigate visual (perceptual) function and functional vision in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP) neurotypical development (NTD). Method Fifty CP (mean age 11 years months, SD 2 10 range 7–15 years; 27 males; 26 left‐sided CP; Manual Ability Classification System [MACS] levels: I, 27; II, 16; III, 7) 50 age‐ sex‐matched NTD participated a cross‐sectional study. Visual acuity, stereoacuity, visual–perceptual functions were measured standardized clinical tests....
Assessing brain damage in children with spastic unilateral cerebral palsy (uCP) is challenging, particularly clinical settings. In this study, we developed and validated a deep learning-based pipeline to automatically quantify lesion-free volumes. Using T1-weighted FLAIR MRI data from 35 patients (aged 5–15 years), trained models segment structures lesions, utilizing an automatic label generation workflow. Validation was performed on 54 CP 7–16 years) using quantitative qualitative metrics,...
Abstract Aim To explore daily‐life reported executive functions and their relation with bimanual performance in children unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Method In this cross‐sectional study of 46 CP (mean age 11 years 10 months, standard deviation 2 months), were evaluated using the Behavior Rating Inventory Executive Function (BRIEF) Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA) Children's Hand‐use Experience Questionnaire (CHEQ). One‐sample z‐tests used to compare participants' population norms, while...
Robots have been proposed as tools to measure bimanual coordination in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (uCP). However, previous research only examined one task and clinical interpretation remains challenging due the large amount of generated data. This cross-sectional study aims examine by using multiple robotics tasks uCP, their relation execution unimanual performance.The Kinarm exoskeleton robot was used 50 uCP (mean age: 11 years months ± 2 10 months, Manual Ability...
<title>Abstract</title> Background: In children with unilateral cerebral palsy (uCP), bimanual assessments mostly focus on qualitative of the impaired upper limb during tasks, which do not capture spatiotemporal coordination between both hands. Hence, we aimed to advance our understandings in uCP compared typically developing (TDC) using a goal-directed task. Participants and methodology: this observational study, thirty-seven (11y8m±2y10m, 20 males, 16 right-sided uCP, Manual Ability...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background: </bold>Visual information is crucial for performing goal-directed movements in daily life. <bold>Aims: </bold>To investigate the relation between visual functions, functional vision, and bimanual function children with unilateral cerebral palsy (uCP). <bold>Methods procedures: </bold>In 49 uCP (7-15y), we investigated stereoacuity (Titmus Stereo Fly test), perception (Test of Visual Perceptual Skills), visuomotor integration (Beery Buktenica Test...