William E. McIlroy

19.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
263 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

William E. McIlroy is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. McIlroy has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, 99 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 78 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in William E. McIlroy's work include Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (145 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (79 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (73 papers). William E. McIlroy is often cited by papers focused on Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (145 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (79 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (73 papers). William E. McIlroy collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. William E. McIlroy's co-authors include Brian E. Maki, Richard Staines, Sandra E. Black, Dina Brooks, Kara K. Patterson, Stephen D. Perry, Avril Mansfield, Elizabeth L. Inness, J. D. Brooke and William H. Gage and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

William E. McIlroy

262 papers receiving 13.9k 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.

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Using Wii Gaming Technology in Stroke Rehabilitation

2010 546 citations William E. McIlroy et al. Stroke profile →
Evaluation of gait symmetry after stroke: A comparison of current methods and recommendations for standardization

2009 522 citations Kara K. Patterson, Dina Brooks et al. Gait & Posture profile →
Gait Asymmetry in Community-Ambulating Stroke Survivors

2008 471 citations Kara K. Patterson, Cynthia J. Danells et al. profile →
Association of Dual-Task Gait With Incident Dementia in Mild Cognitive Impairment

2017 273 citations William E. McIlroy et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
William E. McIlroy	7.6k	4.9k	4.3k	3.8k	2.9k	263	14.4k
Marjorie Woollacott	10.1k 1.3×	8.0k 1.6×	3.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	155	17.3k
Anne Shumway‐Cook	10.4k 1.4×	8.2k 1.7×	3.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	83	17.4k
Brian E. Maki	10.7k 1.4×	6.8k 1.4×	2.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	117	14.2k
Mark Speechley	7.1k 0.9×	7.1k 1.4×	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	220	20.0k
Alexander C. H. Geurts	4.0k 0.5×	4.7k 1.0×	5.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	268	11.8k
Janice J. Eng	5.9k 0.8×	7.2k 1.5×	12.2k 2.8×	1.5k 0.4×	3.5k 1.2×	341	22.0k
Steven L. Wolf	4.8k 0.6×	6.5k 1.3×	11.0k 2.5×	2.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	282	18.9k
Joe Verghese	6.6k 0.9×	8.6k 1.8×	2.1k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	299	17.3k
Meg E. Morris	7.2k 0.9×	7.7k 1.6×	2.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	3.3k 1.1×	381	19.6k
Lynn Rochester	9.0k 1.2×	7.1k 1.4×	3.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	3.1k 1.1×	313	18.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

McIlroy, William E., et al.. (2023). Advances in mobility aid use reporting: situational context and objective measurement improve understanding of daily aid use in older adults. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 35(11). 2543–2553. 1 indexed citations

Varghese, Jessy Parokaran, et al.. (2022). Standing, Transition, and Walking Ability in Older Adults: The Case for Independently Evaluating Different Domains of Mobility Function. Gerontology. 68(11). 1246–1257. 5 indexed citations

Fraser, Julia, Alison Schinkel-Ivy, Elizabeth L. Inness, et al.. (2016). Atypical anticipatory postural adjustments during gait initiation among individuals with sub-acute stroke. Gait & Posture. 52. 325–331. 23 indexed citations

Mansfield, Avril, Anthony Aqui, Cynthia J. Danells, et al.. (2015). Perturbation training to promote safe independent mobility post-stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Neurology. 15(1). 87–87. 34 indexed citations

Marzolini, Susan, Ada Tang, William E. McIlroy, Paul Oh, & Dina Brooks. (2014). Outcomes in People after Stroke Attending an Adapted Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Program: Does Time from Stroke Make a Difference?. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 23(6). 1648–1656. 42 indexed citations

Middleton, Laura E., Benjamin Lam, Sandra E. Black, et al.. (2014). Frequency of domain-specific cognitive impairment in sub-acute and chronic stroke. Neurorehabilitation. 34(2). 305–312. 60 indexed citations

Patterson, Kara K., et al.. (2013). Relationship between asymmetry of quiet standing balance control and walking post-stroke. Gait & Posture. 39(1). 177–181. 135 indexed citations

Nadkarni, Neelesh K., Brian Levine, William E. McIlroy, & Sandra E. Black. (2011). Impact of Subcortical Hyperintensities on Dual-tasking in Alzheimer Disease and Aging. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 26(1). 28–35. 13 indexed citations

McIlroy, William E., et al.. (2011). Challenging Horizontal Movement of the Body During Sit-to-Stand: Impact on Stability in the Young and Elderly. Journal of Motor Behavior. 43(2). 147–153. 24 indexed citations

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Mochizuki, George, Shaun G. Boe, Amanda Marlin, & William E. McIlroy. (2010). Perturbation-evoked cortical activity reflects both the context and consequence of postural instability. Neuroscience. 170(2). 599–609. 76 indexed citations

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Black, Sandra E., et al.. (2010). Correlating lesion size and location to deficits after ischemic stroke: the influence of accounting for altered peri-necrotic tissue and incidental silent infarcts. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 6(1). 6–6. 36 indexed citations

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Black, Sandra E., et al.. (2008). Association Between Gait Asymmetry and Brain Lesion Location in Stroke Patients. Stroke. 40(2). 537–544. 105 indexed citations

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Zettel, John L., William E. McIlroy, & Brian E. Maki. (2008). Effect of Competing Attentional Demands on Perturbation-Evoked Stepping Reactions and Associated Gaze Behavior in Young and Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 63(12). 1370–1379. 38 indexed citations

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Sibley, Kathryn M., Ada Tang, Dina Brooks, David A. Brown, & William E. McIlroy. (2008). Feasibility of Adapted Aerobic Cycle Ergometry Tasks to Encourage Paretic Limb Use After Stroke: A Case Series. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. 32(2). 80–87. 27 indexed citations

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Maki, Brian E., Stephen D. Perry, Carol Y. Scovil, et al.. (2008). Interventions to Promote More Effective Balance-Recovery Reactions in Industrial Settings: New Perspectives on Footwear and Handrails. Industrial Health. 46(1). 40–50. 21 indexed citations

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Mraz, Richard, et al.. (2003). A Platform for Combining Virtual Reality Experiments with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 6(4). 359–368. 38 indexed citations

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Perry, Stephen D., William E. McIlroy, & Brian E. Maki. (2000). The role of plantar cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the control of compensatory stepping reactions evoked by unpredictable, multi-directional perturbation. Brain Research. 877(2). 401–406. 295 indexed citations

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Maki, Brian E., et al.. (1993). Does frontal-plane asymmetry in compensatory postural responses represent preparation for stepping?. Neuroscience Letters. 149(1). 87–90. 18 indexed citations

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Guyatt, Gordon H., et al.. (1993). Measuring quality of life in the frail elderly. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 46(12). 1433–1444. 86 indexed citations

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Clarnette, Roger, et al.. (1992). Maternal Age and Alzheimer's Disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 3(1). 32–37. 3 indexed citations

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