Volker Dietz

32.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
320 papers, 23.4k citations indexed

About

Volker Dietz is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Dietz has authored 320 papers receiving a total of 23.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 106 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 98 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Volker Dietz's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (132 papers), Spinal Cord Injury Research (100 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (88 papers). Volker Dietz is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (132 papers), Spinal Cord Injury Research (100 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (88 papers). Volker Dietz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands. Volker Dietz's co-authors include W. Berger, Armin Curt, Giorgio Colombo, J. Quintern, Markus Wirz, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel, M. Trippel, Gerhard A. Horstmann, Jacques Duysens and Martin E. Schwab and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Neuroscience and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Volker Dietz

317 papers receiving 22.6k citations

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Patient-cooperative strategies for robot-aided treadmill training: first experimental results

2005 545 citations Volker Dietz et al. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering profile →
Three-dimensional, task-specific robot therapy of the arm after stroke: a multicentre, parallel-group randomised trial

2014 374 citations Armin Curt, Volker Dietz et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effect of corticospinal and reticulospinal tract damage on spastic muscle tone and mobility: a retrospective observational MRI study 2025 ·EBioMedicine ·(unknown), Volker Dietz, Patrick Freund	0
2	Neural coordination of bilateral hand movements: evidence for an involvement of brainstem motor centres 2024 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Volker Dietz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Linard Filli	4
3	Neural coordination of bilateral power and precision finger movements 2020 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Volker Dietz	6
4	Undirected compensatory plasticity contributes to neuronal dysfunction after severe spinal cord injury 2013 ·Brain ·(unknown), Rubia van den Brand, Quentin Barraud, Lucia Friedli, Pavel Musienko, Volker Dietz, Grégoire Courtine	81
5	Gaze strategies for avoiding obstacles: Differences between young and elderly subjects 2011 ·Gait & Posture ·(unknown), Christopher J. Bockisch, Volker Dietz, Stefan Hegemann, Dominik Straumann, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel	16
6	Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: DTI Correlates with Clinical and Electrophysiological Measures 2011 ·Journal of Neurotrauma ·Jens A. Petersen, Bertram J. Wilm, Jan von Meyenburg, Martin Schubert, Burkhardt Seifert, Yousef Najafi, Volker Dietz, Spyridon Kollias	109
7	Clinical Algorithm for Improved Prediction of Ambulation and Patient Stratification after Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury 2009 ·Journal of Neurotrauma ·Björn Zörner, Wolf U. Blanckenhorn, Volker Dietz, (unknown), (unknown)	68
8	Neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury: significance of clinical and electrophysiological measures 2009 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Volker Dietz, Pascal Halder	68
9	Standardized assessment of walking capacity after spinal cord injury: the European network approach 2008 ·Neurological Research ·Hubertus J. A. van Hedel, Markus Wirz, Volker Dietz	78
10	Single joint perturbation during gait: Preserved compensatory response pattern in spinal cord injured subjects 2007 ·Clinical Neurophysiology ·Edelle C. Field‐Fote, Volker Dietz	20
11	Effectiveness of automated locomotor training in patients with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury: A multicenter trial 2005 ·Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ·Markus Wirz, (unknown), R. Rupp, Anke Scheel‐Sailer, Gery Colombo, Volker Dietz, T. George Hornby	347
12	Transcutaneous functional electrical stimulation for grasping in subjects with cervical spinal cord injury 2004 ·Spinal Cord ·Sabine Mangold, Thierry Keller, Armin Curt, Volker Dietz	85
13	A reliable gait phase detection system 2001 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering ·I. Pappas, Miloš R. Popović, Thierry Keller, Volker Dietz, Manfred Morari	391
14	Zur Prognose traumatischer Rückenmarkläsionen Bedeutung klinischer und elektrophysiologischer Untersuchungsbefunde 1997 ·Der Nervenarzt ·Armin Curt, Volker Dietz	4
15	Locomotion in Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries 1997 ·Physical Therapy ·Volker Dietz, Markus Wirz, Lars Christian Jensen	49
16	Leg muscle activation during gait in Parkinson's disease: adaptation and interlimb coordination 1995 ·Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Electromyography and Motor Control ·Volker Dietz, Wiebren Zijlstra, Thomas Prokop, W. Berger	113
17	Reflex activity and muscle tone during elbow movements in patients with spastic paresis 1991 ·Annals of Neurology ·Volker Dietz, M. Trippel, W. Berger	131
18	Alkoholische Polyneuropathie: Elektrophysiologische und klinische Befunde bei 85 Patienten 1975 ·E. Schenck, Volker Dietz	4
19	Entladungsverhalten einzelner motorischer Einheiten bei urmischen Patienten: Ein Beitrag zur Frhdiagnose demyelinisierender Polyneuropathien 1974 ·Journal of Neurology ·Volker Dietz, (unknown)	2
20	Granulome des Hypothalamus: hnliche Symptomatologie und Verlauf bei drei Fllen unterschiedlicher Genese 1972 ·(unknown), Volker Dietz	3

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