Elmar Kal

1.2k total citations
38 papers, 736 citations indexed

About

Elmar Kal is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Elmar Kal has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 736 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Elmar Kal's work include Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (16 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (12 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (12 papers). Elmar Kal is often cited by papers focused on Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (16 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (12 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (12 papers). Elmar Kal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Hong Kong. Elmar Kal's co-authors include John van der Kamp, Han Houdijk, Toby J. Ellmers, William R. Young, Marinus Winters, Coen A. M. van Bennekom, Erik Scherder, Erny Groet, Mark Wilson and Paulien H. Goossens and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Elmar Kal

35 papers receiving 718 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elmar Kal United Kingdom 16 312 243 210 187 167 38 736
Melanie Kleynen Netherlands 13 188 0.6× 186 0.8× 79 0.4× 128 0.7× 264 1.6× 22 623
Thomson W. L. Wong Hong Kong 14 190 0.6× 217 0.9× 238 1.1× 102 0.5× 148 0.9× 77 694
Martin W. Short United States 12 251 0.8× 160 0.7× 122 0.6× 243 1.3× 35 0.2× 17 569
Jan Ruffieux Switzerland 13 167 0.5× 187 0.8× 167 0.8× 108 0.6× 44 0.3× 16 507
Sérgio Tosi Rodrigues Brazil 13 233 0.7× 237 1.0× 205 1.0× 133 0.7× 19 0.1× 54 663
Jin-Hoon Park United States 10 319 1.0× 536 2.2× 106 0.5× 261 1.4× 43 0.3× 25 766
Valério Bonavolontá Italy 16 184 0.6× 144 0.6× 58 0.3× 174 0.9× 66 0.4× 44 756
Jacqueline Hochstenbach Netherlands 14 169 0.5× 425 1.7× 83 0.4× 162 0.9× 414 2.5× 16 961
Paulette M. van Vliet United Kingdom 10 96 0.3× 174 0.7× 159 0.8× 71 0.4× 493 3.0× 13 785
Matthew A. Timmis United Kingdom 16 76 0.2× 166 0.7× 148 0.7× 97 0.5× 40 0.2× 55 623

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elmar Kal

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Ellmers, Toby J., et al.. (2025). Chronic dizziness in older adults: Disrupted sensorimotor EEG beta oscillations during postural instability. Clinical Neurophysiology. 174. 31–36.
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Nieuwboer, Alice, Mark Wilson, Meriel Norris, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of a single session of anticipatory postural adjustments training to support people with Parkinson’s overcoming freezing of gait: a multi-methods approach. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 57. jrm42491–jrm42491. 1 indexed citations
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Kleynen, Melanie, et al.. (2024). Overview of Effects of Motor Learning Strategies in Neurologic and Geriatric Populations: A Systematic Mapping Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(4). 100379–100379. 1 indexed citations
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Ellmers, Toby J., Kim Delbaere, & Elmar Kal. (2023). Frailty, falls and poor functional mobility predict new onset of activity restriction due to concerns about falling in older adults: a prospective 12-month cohort study. European Geriatric Medicine. 14(2). 345–351. 7 indexed citations
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Ellmers, Toby J. & Elmar Kal. (2023). Exploring the role of attention towards balance in chronic dizziness: Development of the Balance Vigilance Questionnaire. European Journal of Neurology. 31(3). e16148–e16148. 6 indexed citations
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Ellmers, Toby J., Mark Wilson, Elmar Kal, & William R. Young. (2023). The perceived control model of falling: developing a unified framework to understand and assess maladaptive fear of falling. Age and Ageing. 52(7). 39 indexed citations
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Lewis, Adam, et al.. (2023). Validating the Breathing Vigilance Questionnaire for use in dysfunctional breathing. European Respiratory Journal. 61(6). 2300031–2300031. 8 indexed citations
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Ellmers, Toby J., Mark Wilson, Elmar Kal, & William R. Young. (2021). Standing up to threats: Translating the two-system model of fear to balance control in older adults. Experimental Gerontology. 158. 111647–111647. 17 indexed citations
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Ellmers, Toby J., Elmar Kal, & William R. Young. (2020). Consciously processing balance leads to distorted perceptions of instability in older adults. Journal of Neurology. 268(4). 1374–1384. 30 indexed citations
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Kal, Elmar, William R. Young, & Toby J. Ellmers. (2020). Face masks, vision, and risk of falls. BMJ. 371. m4133–m4133. 9 indexed citations
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Kal, Elmar, et al.. (2020). Visuomotor control of walking in Parkinson’s disease: Exploring possible links between conscious movement processing and freezing of gait. Behavioural Brain Research. 395. 112837–112837. 11 indexed citations
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Kal, Elmar, et al.. (2018). Does implicit motor learning lead to greater automatization of motor skills compared to explicit motor learning? A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0203591–e0203591. 92 indexed citations
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Kal, Elmar, Han Houdijk, Peter van der Wurff, et al.. (2016). The inclination for conscious motor control after stroke: validating the Movement-Specific Reinvestment Scale for use in inpatient stroke patients. Disability and Rehabilitation. 38(11). 1097–1106. 16 indexed citations
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Kal, Elmar, et al.. (2016). Focus of Attention in Children's Motor Learning: Examining the Role of Age and Working Memory. Journal of Motor Behavior. 48(6). 527–534. 39 indexed citations
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Kal, Elmar, John van der Kamp, & Han Houdijk. (2013). External attentional focus enhances movement automatization: A comprehensive test of the constrained action hypothesis. Human Movement Science. 32(4). 527–539. 158 indexed citations

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