Rainer Blank

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Rainer Blank is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Blank has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 12 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Rainer Blank's work include Children's Physical and Motor Development (15 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (13 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (7 papers). Rainer Blank is often cited by papers focused on Children's Physical and Motor Development (15 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (13 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (7 papers). Rainer Blank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Netherlands. Rainer Blank's co-authors include Bouwien Smits‐Engelsman, Peter H. Wilson, Helene J. Polatajko, Sabine Vinçon, Scott Ruddock, David Sugden, Dido Green, Sara Rosenblum, John Cairney and Amanda Kirby and has published in prestigious journals such as Experimental Brain Research, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Blank

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder

2019 519 citations Rainer Blank, Dido Green et al. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology profile →
European Academy for Childhood Disability (EACD): Recommendations on the definition, diagnosis and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (long version)*

2011 457 citations Rainer Blank, Bouwien Smits‐Engelsman et al. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology profile →
Understanding performance deficits in developmental coordination disorder: a meta‐analysis of recent research

2012 350 citations Peter H. Wilson, Scott Ruddock et al. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Blank Germany	18	1.8k	1.2k	943	389	296	33	2.3k
Marina M. Schoemaker Netherlands	30	2.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	499 1.3×	481 1.6×	89	3.3k
Hilde Van Waelvelde Belgium	31	1.2k 0.7×	663 0.5×	616 0.7×	604 1.6×	236 0.8×	76	2.1k
Anna L. Barnett United Kingdom	31	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	908 1.0×	618 1.6×	832 2.8×	83	3.1k
Dido Green United Kingdom	24	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	1.1k 2.7×	408 1.4×	55	3.0k
Jacqueline Williams Australia	31	1.4k 0.8×	649 0.5×	634 0.7×	851 2.2×	88 0.3×	76	2.4k
Suzanne Houwen Netherlands	20	1.2k 0.7×	478 0.4×	672 0.7×	321 0.8×	224 0.8×	51	1.7k
Dale A. Ulrich United States	31	1.5k 0.8×	911 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	859 2.2×	312 1.1×	78	3.1k
Melissa K. Licari Australia	22	851 0.5×	483 0.4×	569 0.6×	428 1.1×	117 0.4×	55	1.3k
Kate Wilmut United Kingdom	21	860 0.5×	393 0.3×	359 0.4×	327 0.8×	190 0.6×	59	1.2k
Orit Bart Israel	23	732 0.4×	492 0.4×	596 0.6×	244 0.6×	250 0.8×	56	1.5k

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Cole, Michael H., Thomas B. McGuckian, Bert Steenbergen, et al.. (2022). Behavioral and Neuroimaging Research on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): A Combined Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Findings. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 809455–809455. 51 indexed citations

Dikow, Nicola, Ute Moog, Stephanie Karch, et al.. (2019). What do parents expect from a genetic diagnosis of their child with intellectual disability?. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 32(5). 1129–1137. 8 indexed citations

Smits‐Engelsman, Bouwien, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the evidence for motor-based interventions in developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 74. 72–102. 128 indexed citations

Vinçon, Sabine, Dido Green, Rainer Blank, & Ekkehart Jenetzky. (2016). Ecological validity of the German Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency – 2nd Edition. Human Movement Science. 53. 45–54. 14 indexed citations

Blank, Rainer. (2012). Information for parents and teachers on the European Academy for Childhood Disability (EACD) recommendations on Developmental Coordination Disorder*. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 54(11). e8–9. 5 indexed citations

Wilson, Peter H., Scott Ruddock, Bouwien Smits‐Engelsman, Helene J. Polatajko, & Rainer Blank. (2012). Understanding performance deficits in developmental coordination disorder: a meta‐analysis of recent research. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 55(3). 217–228. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

Smits‐Engelsman, Bouwien, et al.. (2012). Efficacy of interventions to improve motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder: a combined systematic review and meta‐analysis. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 55(3). 229–237. 235 indexed citations

Blank, Rainer, Bouwien Smits‐Engelsman, Helene J. Polatajko, & Peter H. Wilson. (2011). European Academy for Childhood Disability (EACD): Recommendations on the definition, diagnosis and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (long version)*. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 54(1). 54–93. 457 indexed citations breakdown →

Blank, Rainer & Joachim Hermsdörfer. (2009). The Development of the Fastest Isometric Grip Force Changes and Clinical Relevance. Motor Control. 13(2). 185–196. 1 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer, et al.. (2009). Subjective well‐being and satisfaction with life in adults with spastic cerebral palsy: a pilot study of a randomized sample. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 51(5). 389–396. 17 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer & Gerhard Kluger. (2009). Changes in elementary finger–hand functions over time in preschool children with spastic cerebral palsy. Neuroscience Letters. 455(1). 30–35. 3 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer & Joachim Hermsdörfer. (2008). Basic motor capacity in relation to object manipulation and general manual ability in young children with spastic cerebral palsy. Neuroscience Letters. 450(1). 65–69. 7 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer, Rüdiger von Kries, Stefan Hesse, & Hubertus von Voß. (2008). Conductive Education for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Effects on Hand Motor Functions Relevant to Activities of Daily Living. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 89(2). 251–259. 19 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer. (2007). Erhebung von Alltagsfertigkeiten - Reliabilität eines Screeningfragebogens (Münchner ADL-Fragebogen - M-ADL^©). Klinische Pädiatrie. 219(1). 32–36. 5 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer, et al.. (2001). Human development of grip force modulation relating to cyclic movement-induced inertial loads. Experimental Brain Research. 138(2). 193–199. 34 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer, W. Heizer, & Hubertus von Voß. (2000). Development of externally guided grip force modulation in man. Neuroscience Letters. 286(3). 187–190. 23 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer, et al.. (2000). Human motor development and hand laterality: a kinematic analysis of drawing movements. Neuroscience Letters. 295(3). 89–92. 26 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer, et al.. (1999). Effects of age on distally and proximally generated drawing movements: a kinematic analysis of school children and adults. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 41(9). 592–596. 25 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer, W. Heizer, & Hubertus von Voß. (1999). Externally guided control of static grip forces by visual feedback – age and task effects in 3–6-year old children and in adults. Neuroscience Letters. 271(1). 41–44. 30 indexed citations

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Blank, Rainer & Helmut Remschmidt. (1994). Hyperkinetic Syndrome: The role of allergy among psychological and neurological factors. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 3(4). 220–228. 12 indexed citations

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