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

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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, Mark Bayley 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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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Advances in mobility aid use reporting: situational context and objective measurement improve understanding of daily aid use in older adults 2023 ·Aging Clinical and Experimental Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William E. McIlroy, Karen Van Ooteghem	1
2	Wrist Accelerometer Estimates of Physical Activity Intensity During Walking in Older Adults and People Living With Complex Health Conditions: Retrospective Observational Data Analysis Study 2023 ·JMIR Formative Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William E. McIlroy, Karen Van Ooteghem	4
3	Atypical anticipatory postural adjustments during gait initiation among individuals with sub-acute stroke 2016 ·Gait & Posture ·(unknown), Julia Fraser, Alison Schinkel-Ivy, Elizabeth L. Inness, (unknown), Karen Brunton, William E. McIlroy, Avril Mansfield	23
4	Do measures of reactive balance control predict falls in people with stroke returning to the community? 2015 ·Physiotherapy ·Avril Mansfield, (unknown), William E. McIlroy, Louis Biasin, Karen Brunton, Mark Bayley, Elizabeth L. Inness	103
5	Outcomes in People after Stroke Attending an Adapted Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Program: Does Time from Stroke Make a Difference? 2014 ·Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases ·Susan Marzolini, Ada Tang, William E. McIlroy, Paul Oh, Dina Brooks	42
6	Inter- and intra-rater reliability of the GAITRite system among individuals with sub-acute stroke 2014 ·Gait & Posture ·Jennifer S. Wong, (unknown), (unknown), Elizabeth L. Inness, William E. McIlroy, Avril Mansfield	42
7	Impact of Subcortical Hyperintensities on Dual-tasking in Alzheimer Disease and Aging 2011 ·Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders ·Neelesh K. Nadkarni, Brian Levine, William E. McIlroy, Sandra E. Black	13
8	Effect of Working Memory and Spatial Attention Tasks on Gait in Healthy Young and Older Adults 2010 ·Motor Control ·Neelesh K. Nadkarni, Karl Zabjek, (unknown), William E. McIlroy, Sandra E. Black	29
9	Cardiac Rehabilitation After Stroke—Need and Opportunity 2009 ·Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention ·Ada Tang, (unknown), Susan Marzolini, Paul Oh, William E. McIlroy, Dina Brooks	40
10	Association Between Gait Asymmetry and Brain Lesion Location in Stroke Patients 2008 ·Stroke ·(unknown), Sandra E. Black, Kara K. Patterson, Fuqiang Gao, Cynthia J. Danells, William E. McIlroy	105
11	Effect of Competing Attentional Demands on Perturbation-Evoked Stepping Reactions and Associated Gaze Behavior in Young and Older Adults 2008 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·John L. Zettel, William E. McIlroy, Brian E. Maki	38
12	Novel vibrotactile discrimination task for investigating the neural correlates of short-term learning with fMRI 2008 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Kenneth Tang, Richard Staines, Sandra E. Black, William E. McIlroy	6
13	Initiation of rapid reach-and-grasp balance reactions: is a pre-formed visuospatial map used in controlling the initial arm trajectory? 2004 ·Experimental Brain Research ·William E. McIlroy, Brian E. Maki, Mohammad Ghafouri	52
14	A Platform for Combining Virtual Reality Experiments with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2003 ·CyberPsychology & Behavior ·Richard Mraz, (unknown), (unknown), Richard Staines, William E. McIlroy, Konstantine K. Zakzanis, Simon J. Graham	38
15	Quantifying Head Motion Associated with Motor Tasks Used in fMRI 2001 ·NeuroImage ·Emily Seto, (unknown), William E. McIlroy, Sandra E. Black, Richard Staines, M. J. Bronskill, Anthony R. McIntosh, Simon J. Graham	128
16	The role of plantar cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the control of compensatory stepping reactions evoked by unpredictable, multi-directional perturbation 2000 ·Brain Research ·Stephen D. Perry, William E. McIlroy, Brian E. Maki	295
17	The independence of premovement H reflex gain and kinesthetic requirements for task performance 1993 ·Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section ·David F. Collins, J. D. Brooke, William E. McIlroy	14
18	Measuring quality of life in the frail elderly 1993 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Gordon H. Guyatt, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew R. Willan, Lauren E. Griffith, William E. McIlroy, (unknown), Irene Turpie	86
19	Vibration insensitivity of a short latency reflex linking the lower leg and the active knee extensor muscles in humans 1990 ·Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology ·J. D. Brooke, William E. McIlroy	7
20	Movement modulation of a short latency reflex linking the lower leg and the knee extensor muscles in humans 1990 ·Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology ·J. D. Brooke, William E. McIlroy	8

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