Walter Maetzler

22.2k citations

342 papers · 10.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation top 0.1%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Neurology top 0.1%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders

Papers in

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 93
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention 92
Neurology 206
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 189
- Neurological disorders and treatments 68
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders 22

Co-authors: Daniela Berg Markus A. Hobert Thomas Gasser Kathrin Brockmann Claudia Schulte Clint Hansen Inga Liepelt Gerhard W. Eschweiler
Journals: Movement Disorders (28 papers)Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (23 papers)PLoS ONE (20 papers)Frontiers in Neurology (18 papers)Sensors (17 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United Kingdom Italy

In The Last Decade

Walter Maetzler

327 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Long-term unsupervised mobility assessment in movement disorders 2020 · 199 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 The Lancet Neurology
2017 Molecular Neurodegeneration

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1	Collection of the digital data from the neurological examination npj Digital Medicine ·Bruno Kusznir Vitturi, Emmanuel O. Afam, Walter Maetzler	2025	0
2	From past to future: Digital approaches to success of clinical drug trials for Parkinson's disease Journal of Parkinson s Disease ·田峰, Madison Milne‐Ives, Britta Herbig, Walter Maetzler, Edward Meinert	2025	1
3	Empowering the management of early-onset Parkinson’s disease: The role of technology Parkinsonism & Related Disorders ·Roongroj Bhidayasiri, C.C. Imes, Ericka Lisbeth, Walter Maetzler, Andrea Pilotto	2024	0
4	Self-supervised learning of wrist-worn daily living accelerometer data improves the automated detection of gait in older adults Scientific Reports ·Oya Andaçoğlu, Felix Kluge, Luca Palmerini, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, Clemens Becker, Andrea Cereatti, Walter Maetzler, Basil Sharrack, Beatrix Vereijken, Alison J. Yarnall, Lynn Rochester, Silvia Del Din, İsmail Güngör, Aron S. Buchman, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Or Perlman	2024	5
5	Elevated fecal calprotectin is associated with gut microbial dysbiosis, altered serum markers and clinical outcomes in older individuals Scientific Reports ·Sebastian Heinzel, Giulia Ive Pinheiro da Silva, Veera Kainulainen, Anni I. Nieminen, Ulrike Suenkel, Anna‐Katharina von Thaler, Christoph Kaleta, Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Kathrin Brockmann, Velma T. E. Aho, Petri Auvinen, Walter Maetzler, Daniela Berg, Filip Scheperjans	2024	10
6	Clinical and device-based predictors of improved experience of activities of daily living after a multidisciplinary inpatient treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease: a cohort study Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders ·王运利, B. P. Dopiriak, Julius Welzel, Johanna Geritz, Clint Hansen, Ralf Gold, Walter Maetzler, Yao Fehlis, Lars Tönges	2024	3
7	Longitudinal cognitive decline characterizes the profile of non-PD-manifest GBA1 mutation carriers npj Parkinson s Disease ·Benjamin Röeben, Inga Liepelt‐Scarfone, Stefanie Lerche, Milan Zimmermann, Isabel Wurster, 王国灿, Claudia Schulte, Christian Deuschle, Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Walter Maetzler, Thomas Gasser, Daniela Berg, Kathrin Brockmann	2024	5
8	Changes in Coordination and Its Variability with an Increase in Functional Performance of the Lower Extremities Biosensors ·Clint Hansen, Marcela Coira, A. I. Gunina, Edoardo Bianchini, Robbin Romijnders, Walter Maetzler	2023	4
9	Pilot Study: Magnetic Motion Analysis for Swallowing Detection Using MEMS Cantilever Actuators Sensors ·Zoran Hajnal, Susanne Popp, Saphira Sari Haryati, Florian Niekiel, Clint Hansen, Walter Maetzler, Juan Rafael Orozco‐Arroyave, Gerhard Schmidt	2023	10
10	Climb up! Head up! Climbing improves posture in Parkinson's disease. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial Clinical Rehabilitation ·A. Langer, Dominik von Roth, Majid Jaberi Bouraki, Muhammad Irfan Zaid, May Brit Lund, Lelavina T.A. Lelavina, Stephen E Schumacher, Rochus Pokan, Peter Dabnichki, V. Andretta, Manuela Zejnelhoxha, Michaela Schmoeger, Ulrike Willinger, Hasanova Sayyora Fazliddin qizi, Walter Maetzler, Heidemarie Zach	2023	3
11	Multidomain cognitive training increases physical activity in people with Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment Parkinsonism & Related Disorders ·مینا عباسیان, Patricia Sulzer, Claudia Schulte, Sara Becker, Kathrin Brockmann, Saskia Elben, Ann‐Kristin Folkerts, Anja Ophey, Christian Schlenstedt, Karsten Witt, Lars Wojtecki, Jordi Evers, Walter Maetzler, Elke Kalbe, Inga Liepelt‐Scarfone	2023	11
12	Parkinson’s disease multimodal complex treatment improves gait performance: an exploratory wearable digital device-supported study Journal of Neurology ·Yao Fehlis, Paab Ccpp, 王运利, Johanna Geritz, Clint Hansen, Ralf Gold, Walter Maetzler, Lars Tönges	2022	10
13	Neurofilament light chain is a cerebrospinal fluid biomarker in hereditary spastic paraplegia Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology ·Christoph Keßler, Lina María Serna-Higuita, Tim W. Rattay, Walter Maetzler, Isabel Wurster, Stefanie N. Hayer, Carlo Wilke, Holger Hengel, Jennifer Reichbauer, Masahumi Mizusawa, Lüdger Schöls, Peter Martus, Rebecca Schüle	2021	11
14	A randomised controlled trial on effectiveness and feasibility of sport climbing in Parkinson’s disease npj Parkinson s Disease ·A. Langer, Stephen E Schumacher, Muhammad Irfan Zaid, Hasanova Sayyora Fazliddin qizi, Rochus Pokan, Peter Dabnichki, Lelavina T.A. Lelavina, May Brit Lund, Dominik von Roth, Manuela Zejnelhoxha, V. Andretta, Michaela Schmoeger, Ulrike Willinger, Walter Maetzler, Heidemarie Zach	2021	11
15	Association of cognitive activities of daily living (ADL) function and nonmotor burden in nondemented Parkinson’s disease patients. Neuropsychology ·Sara Becker, Mahmuddin Mahmuddin, Walter Maetzler, Susanne Nussbaum, Qiming Li, Patricia Sulzer, Maarten Timmers, Luc Van Nueten, Giacomo Salvadore, Kathrin Brockmann, Yin Gong-ba, Daniela Berg, Inga Liepelt‐Scarfone	2020	9
16	Implementation of Mobile Health Technologies in Clinical Trials of Movement Disorders: Underutilized Potential Neurotherapeutics ·Carlo Alberto Artusi, Gabriele Imbalzano, Andrea Sturchio, Andrea Pilotto, Elisa Montanaro, Alessandro Padovani, Leonardo Lopiano, Walter Maetzler, Alberto J. Espay	2020	23
17	The Use of Virtual and Immersive Technology in Creating Personalized Multisensory Spaces for People Living With Dementia (SENSE-GARDEN): Protocol for a Multisite Before-After Trial JMIR Research Protocols ·Tetiana Antoshchuk, Ileana Ciobanu, Kristin Taraldsen, Huailin Dong, Monica Alt-Hug, Mar. Es‐Souni, Saloni Devlekar, Mihai Berteanu, Walter Maetzler, J. Artur Serrano	2019	12
18	Alterations in Blood Monocyte Functions in Parkinson's Disease Movement Disorders ·Sara Konstantin Nissen, Kalpana Shrivastava, Claudia Schulte, Daniel E. Otzen, David Goldeck, Daniela Berg, Holger Jon Møller, Walter Maetzler, Marina Romero‐Ramos	2019	67
19	Erratum to: A systematic review of the characteristics and validity of monitoring technologies to assess Parkinson’s disease Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation ·Catarina Godinho, Josefa Domingos, А.В. Эпельфельд, A. Santos, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Daisy Abreu, Nilza Gonçalves, Helen Matthews, Tom Isaacs, Joy Duffen, Ahmed Al-Jawad, Frank Larsen, 友衛下羽, Peter Weber, Heru Pradana, Карраско Хосе Луис Гомез, Holm Graeßner, Walter Maetzler, Joaquim J. Ferreira	2016	5
20	The FARSEEING real-world fall repository: a large-scale collaborative database to collect and share sensor signals from real-world falls European Review of Aging and Physical Activity ·Jochen Klenk, Lars Schwickert, Luca Palmerini, Sabato Mellone, Alan Bourke, Espen A. F. Ihlen, Ngaire Kerse, Klaus Hauer, Mirjam Pijnappels, Matthis Synofzik, Karin Srulijes, Walter Maetzler, Jorunn L. Helbostad, Wiebren Zijlstra, Kamiar Aminian, Chris Todd, Lorenzo Chiari, Clemens Becker	2016	66

About Walter Maetzler

Walter Maetzler is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Neurology and Physiology, having authored 342 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (189 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (92 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (78 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (68 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (39 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (25 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (22 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (2.0k citations), Neurology (5.4k citations), Neurology (1.4k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (2.1k citations) and Physiology (2.6k citations). Walter Maetzler has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Daniela Berg, Markus A. Hobert, Thomas Gasser, Kathrin Brockmann, Claudia Schulte, Clint Hansen, Inga Liepelt, Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Inga Liepelt‐Scarfone and Karin Srulijes. Their work appears in journals such as Movement Disorders, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Neurology and Sensors.

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