Merel‐Anne Brehm

3.0k total citations
105 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Merel‐Anne Brehm is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Biomedical Engineering and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Merel‐Anne Brehm has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 29 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Merel‐Anne Brehm's work include Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (61 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (27 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (19 papers). Merel‐Anne Brehm is often cited by papers focused on Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (61 papers), Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (27 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (19 papers). Merel‐Anne Brehm collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Merel‐Anne Brehm's co-authors include Jaap Harlaar, Frans Nollet, Jules G. Becher, Annet J. Dallmeijer, Tobias Zeus, Peter Wernet, Gesine Kögler, Niels Waterval, Bodo E. Strauer and Michael Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neurology and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Merel‐Anne Brehm

96 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Merel‐Anne Brehm Netherlands	25	891	616	517	442	304	105	1.9k
Adam Shortland United Kingdom	28	1.5k 1.7×	412 0.7×	305 0.6×	452 1.0×	141 0.5×	76	2.2k
Ilse M.P. Arts Netherlands	12	218 0.2×	496 0.8×	305 0.6×	288 0.7×	271 0.9×	13	1.7k
Oona M. Scott United Kingdom	18	284 0.3×	527 0.9×	152 0.3×	256 0.6×	322 1.1×	35	1.4k
M. Romei Italy	15	207 0.2×	295 0.5×	125 0.2×	140 0.3×	176 0.6×	31	1.0k
Frank Spaans Netherlands	30	251 0.3×	283 0.5×	107 0.2×	1.2k 2.8×	562 1.8×	65	3.1k
Allan M. Glanzman United States	20	331 0.4×	323 0.5×	1.4k 2.6×	828 1.9×	1.1k 3.7×	60	2.1k
Thomas D. O’Brien United Kingdom	23	366 0.4×	562 0.9×	39 0.1×	286 0.6×	205 0.7×	89	1.7k
Donovan J. Lott United States	30	159 0.2×	680 1.1×	193 0.4×	128 0.3×	1.2k 4.1×	60	2.2k
James R. Gage United States	35	2.9k 3.3×	1.1k 1.8×	609 1.2×	1.6k 3.7×	58 0.2×	58	4.5k
Ting‐Ming Wang Taiwan	20	225 0.3×	333 0.5×	96 0.2×	488 1.1×	121 0.4×	99	1.2k

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Koopman, Fieke Sophia, et al.. (2025). Variable gait training to improve gait stability in ankle-foot orthosis users with neuromuscular disorders: A pilot study. Clinical Biomechanics. 125. 106533–106533.

Brehm, Merel‐Anne, Annerieke C. van Groenestijn, Jos W. R. Twisk, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of Combined Aerobic Exercise and Coaching on Physical Fitness in People With Neuromuscular Diseases. Neurology. 105(1). e213781–e213781.

Waterval, Niels, et al.. (2025). Gait biomechanics and energy cost of walking after rotationplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis compared to above-knee amputation and healthy participants. Clinical Biomechanics. 128. 106626–106626.

Waterval, Niels, Marjolein M. van der Krogt, Merel‐Anne Brehm, et al.. (2024). Minimization of metabolic cost of transport predicts changes in gait mechanics over a range of ankle-foot orthosis stiffnesses in individuals with bilateral plantar flexor weakness. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 12. 1369507–1369507. 3 indexed citations

Waterval, Niels, et al.. (2023). ADJUST: A stiffness adjustable ankle-foot-orthosis for rapid human-in-the-loop orthosis selection. Gait & Posture. 106. S126–S127. 1 indexed citations

Koopman, Fieke Sophia, et al.. (2023). Effects of specialist care lower limb orthoses on personal goal attainment and walking ability in adults with neuromuscular disorders. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0279292–e0279292. 1 indexed citations

Koopman, Fieke Sophia, et al.. (2023). Gait stability and the relationship with energy cost of walking in polio survivors with unilateral plantarflexor weakness. Gait & Posture. 107. 104–111. 3 indexed citations

Brehm, Merel‐Anne, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of aerobic exercise on aerobic capacity in slowly progressive neuromuscular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 66(1). 101637–101637. 9 indexed citations

Waterval, Niels, Merel‐Anne Brehm, Jaap Harlaar, & Frans Nollet. (2021). Energy cost optimized dorsal leaf ankle-foot-orthoses reduce impact forces on the contralateral leg in people with unilateral plantar flexor weakness. Gait & Posture. 92. 71–76. 6 indexed citations

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Meyns, Pieter, et al.. (2020). Ankle foot orthoses in cerebral palsy: Effects of ankle stiffness on trunk kinematics, gait stability and energy cost of walking. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 26. 68–74. 27 indexed citations

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Waterval, Niels, Merel‐Anne Brehm, Fieke Sophia Koopman, et al.. (2020). Stiffness-Optimized Ankle-Foot Orthoses Improve Walking Energy Cost Compared to Conventional Orthoses in Neuromuscular Disorders: A Prospective Uncontrolled Intervention Study. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 28(10). 2296–2304. 23 indexed citations

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Koopman, Fieke Sophia, et al.. (2020). Specialised orthotic care to improve functioning in adults with neuromuscular disorders: protocol of a prospective randomised open-label blinded end-point study. BMJ Open. 10(11). e039683–e039683.

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Waterval, Niels, Frans Nollet, Jaap Harlaar, & Merel‐Anne Brehm. (2017). Precision orthotics: optimising ankle foot orthoses to improve gait in patients with neuromuscular diseases; protocol of the PROOF-AFO study, a prospective intervention study. BMJ Open. 7(2). e013342–e013342. 21 indexed citations

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Brehm, Merel‐Anne, et al.. (2015). Acclimatization of the gait pattern to wearing an ankle–foot orthosis in children with spastic cerebral palsy. Clinical Biomechanics. 30(6). 617–622. 17 indexed citations

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Ploeger, Hilde E., Sicco A. Bus, Merel‐Anne Brehm, & Frans Nollet. (2014). Ankle-foot orthoses that restrict dorsiflexion improve walking in polio survivors with calf muscle weakness. Gait & Posture. 40(3). 391–398. 39 indexed citations

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Brehm, Merel‐Anne, Anneke J. van der Kooi, Imelda J. M. de Groot, et al.. (2014). Age-Related Longitudinal Changes in Metabolic Energy Expenditure during Walking in Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115200–e115200. 12 indexed citations

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Brehm, Merel‐Anne, Sicco A. Bus, Jaap Harlaar, & Frans Nollet. (2011). A candidate core set of outcome measures based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health for clinical studies on lower limb orthoses. Prosthetics and Orthotics International. 35(3). 269–277. 33 indexed citations

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Köstering, Matthias, Tobias Zeus, Merel‐Anne Brehm, et al.. (2008). Humane autologe Stammzelltransplantation zur Myokardregeneration bei dilatativer Kardiomyopathie (NYHA Stadium II bis III). Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH). 15(1). 23–30. 5 indexed citations

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Brehm, Merel‐Anne, et al.. (2006). [Five years' experience with autologous intracoronary stem cell transplantation. Current status and perspectives].. Der Internist. 47(10). 1087. 2 indexed citations

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Zeus, Tobias, Merel‐Anne Brehm, & B. E. Strauer. (2005). Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Stammzellentherapie bei der Herzinsuffizienz. Zeitschrift für Kardiologie. 94(S4). iv100–iv101. 1 indexed citations

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