Vivian Weerdesteyn

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
172 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Vivian Weerdesteyn is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental health and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vivian Weerdesteyn has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, 95 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 46 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vivian Weerdesteyn's work include Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (120 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (94 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (42 papers). Vivian Weerdesteyn is often cited by papers focused on Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (120 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (94 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (42 papers). Vivian Weerdesteyn collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Canada. Vivian Weerdesteyn's co-authors include Alexander C. H. Geurts, Jacques Duysens, Hanneke J. R. van Duijnhoven, Mark de Niet, Digna de Kam, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Ellen Smulders, Jorik Nonnekes, Brenda E. Groen and Bart Nienhuis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Vivian Weerdesteyn

164 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

2008 491 citations Vivian Weerdesteyn, Mark de Niet et al. profile →
Falls in individuals with stroke.

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vivian Weerdesteyn Netherlands	42	3.3k	2.5k	1.9k	1.2k	947	172	5.7k
Brenda Brouwer Canada	39	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	829 0.9×	76	5.4k
Marco Y.C. Pang Hong Kong	42	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	637 0.5×	802 0.8×	182	5.8k
Jennifer L. McGinley Australia	40	2.6k 0.8×	3.4k 1.4×	762 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 2.1×	153	6.8k
Galit Yogev‐Seligmann Israel	17	3.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	936 0.5×	784 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	29	5.1k
Sylvie Nadeau Canada	40	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	540 0.6×	202	5.8k
Susan L. Whitney United States	57	3.8k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	605 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	252	10.4k
Talia Herman Israel	46	4.7k 1.4×	3.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	3.0k 3.2×	95	7.8k
Darcy S. Reisman United States	39	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	3.1k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	626 0.7×	124	5.7k
C.W.Y. Hui-Chan Hong Kong	35	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	887 0.7×	985 1.0×	93	4.4k
Jessie M. VanSwearingen United States	41	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	721 0.4×	849 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	108	5.3k

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Bloem, Bastiaan R., et al.. (2025). Presence and origin of variability of the pull test and push-and-release test in people with Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology. 272(4). 258–258.

Weerdesteyn, Vivian, et al.. (2025). Age-related attenuation of the fast visuomotor network during rapid goal-directed reaching. Neuroscience. 592. 1–10.

Buurke, T J W, et al.. (2025). Narrow-based gait in people with Parkinson's disease: Its mechanisms explored. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 15(2). 329–337. 2 indexed citations

Bloem, Bastiaan R., et al.. (2024). Gait Adaptability and the Effect of Ocular Disorders on Visually Guided Walking in Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 14(3). 601–607. 1 indexed citations

Weerdesteyn, Vivian, et al.. (2023). The ‘Pants-Sign’: A Predictor for Falling in People with Parkinson’s Disease?. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 13(8). 1321–1327. 1 indexed citations

Solis‐Escalante, Teodoro, et al.. (2022). Midfrontal theta dynamics index the monitoring of postural stability. Cerebral Cortex. 33(7). 3454–3466. 16 indexed citations

Smulders, Ellen, et al.. (2020). Reliability and construct validity of the Walking Adaptability Ladder Test for Kids (WAL-K): a new clinical test for measuring walking adaptability in children. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44(8). 1489–1497. 6 indexed citations

Solis‐Escalante, Teodoro, et al.. (2020). Cortical responses to whole‐body balance perturbations index perturbation magnitude and predict reactive stepping behavior. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(12). 8120–8138. 28 indexed citations

Kolk, Sjoerd, et al.. (2019). Symmetry and spatial distribution of muscle glucose uptake in the lower limbs during walking measured using FDG-PET. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0215276–e0215276. 4 indexed citations

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Kam, Digna de, et al.. (2019). Effect of body configuration at step contact on balance recovery from sideways perturbations. Human Movement Science. 66. 383–389. 3 indexed citations

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Nonnekes, Jorik, Rianne J.M. Goselink, Vivian Weerdesteyn, & Bastiaan R. Bloem. (2015). The Retropulsion Test: A Good Evaluation of Postural Instability in Parkinson's Disease?. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 5(1). 43–47. 39 indexed citations

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Nonnekes, Jorik, Digna de Kam, Lars B. Oude Nijhuis, et al.. (2015). StartReact Effects Support Different Pathophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Freezing of Gait and Postural Instability in Parkinson’s Disease. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0122064–e0122064. 30 indexed citations

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Niet, Mark de, Susanne T. de Bot, Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Vivian Weerdesteyn, & Alexander C. H. Geurts. (2015). Functional effects of botulinum toxin type-A treatment and subsequent stretching of spastic calf muscles: A study in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 47(2). 147–153. 29 indexed citations

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Kolk, Sjoerd, M.J.M. Minten, Wim H. C. Rijnen, et al.. (2014). Gait and gait-related activities of daily living after total hip arthroplasty: A systematic review. Clinical Biomechanics. 29(6). 705–718. 85 indexed citations

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Nonnekes, Jorik, M. Munneke, Edwin van Asseldonk, et al.. (2014). Subcortical Structures in Humans Can Be Facilitated by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107731–e107731. 46 indexed citations

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Smulders, Ellen, et al.. (2013). Obstacle course training can improve mobility and prevent falls in people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 58(5). 485–492. 18 indexed citations

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Nanhoe-Mahabier, W., Arnaud Delval, Anke H. Snijders, et al.. (2012). The possible price of auditory cueing: Influence on obstacle avoidance in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 27(4). 574–578. 25 indexed citations

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Groen, Brenda E., Ellen Smulders, Jacques Duysens, Wim van Lankveld, & Vivian Weerdesteyn. (2010). Could martial arts fall training be safe for persons with osteoporosis?: a feasibility study. BMC Research Notes. 3(1). 111–111. 14 indexed citations

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Duysens, Jacques, et al.. (2008). Proprioceptive perturbations of stability during gait. Neurophysiologie Clinique. 38(6). 399–410. 33 indexed citations

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Weerdesteyn, Vivian, B. Nienhuis, A. C. H. Geurts, & Jacques Duysens. (2007). Age-Related Deficits in Early Response Characteristics of Obstacle Avoidance Under Time Pressure. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 62(9). 1042–1047. 45 indexed citations

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