Willy De Weerdt

8.9k total citations
125 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Willy De Weerdt is a scholar working on Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Willy De Weerdt has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Rehabilitation, 32 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 31 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Willy De Weerdt's work include Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (45 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (24 papers) and Older Adults Driving Studies (20 papers). Willy De Weerdt is often cited by papers focused on Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (45 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (24 papers) and Older Adults Driving Studies (20 papers). Willy De Weerdt collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Willy De Weerdt's co-authors include Alice Nieuwboer, Hilde Feys, Geert Verheyden, René Dom, Carlotte Kiekens, Ann Van de Winckel, Paul De Cock, Liesbet De Wit, Hannes Devos and Marleen Vanvuchelen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Willy De Weerdt

124 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Willy De Weerdt Belgium 47 2.6k 2.1k 1.8k 1.4k 1.1k 125 6.4k
Hilde Feys Belgium 53 3.0k 1.2× 3.7k 1.7× 1.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.6× 980 0.9× 193 7.3k
Catherine Sackley United Kingdom 43 2.1k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 209 7.4k
Mary P. Galea Australia 59 1.4k 0.6× 2.7k 1.3× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 807 0.7× 264 10.6k
Nadina B. Lincoln United Kingdom 53 4.3k 1.7× 2.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 2.3k 2.0× 197 8.7k
Henk J. Stam Netherlands 60 2.4k 0.9× 3.5k 1.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 739 0.6× 254 11.8k
Jan Lexell Sweden 51 2.9k 1.1× 2.9k 1.4× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 257 13.1k
Marco Y.C. Pang Hong Kong 42 2.1k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 802 0.6× 615 0.5× 182 5.8k
Sandra Brauer Australia 49 2.8k 1.1× 3.5k 1.7× 4.4k 2.4× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 221 9.9k
Johanne Desrosiers Canada 53 2.9k 1.1× 2.9k 1.4× 887 0.5× 836 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 182 7.7k
Sarah Tyson United Kingdom 34 2.9k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 706 0.5× 726 0.6× 168 5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willy De Weerdt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Willy De Weerdt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Willy De Weerdt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Willy De Weerdt. Willy De Weerdt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Winckel, Ann Van de, Nicole Wenderoth, Willy De Weerdt, et al.. (2012). Frontoparietal involvement in passively guided shape and length discrimination: a comparison between subcortical stroke patients and healthy controls. Experimental Brain Research. 220(2). 179–189. 24 indexed citations
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Wit, Liesbet De, Koen Putman, Hannes Devos, et al.. (2012). Five-year mortality and related prognostic factors after inpatient stroke rehabilitation: A European multi-centre study. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 44(7). 547–552. 37 indexed citations
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Vanvuchelen, Marleen, Herbert Roeyers, & Willy De Weerdt. (2010). The contribution of imitation assessment and imitation training to a personalised clinical diagnosis and early intervention of young children with autism spectrum disorders: instructional course. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 52(4). 28. 1 indexed citations
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Akinwuntan, Abiodun, Hannes Devos, Alice Nieuwboer, et al.. (2010). Short and long term effects of driving training after stroke. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations
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Rhoda, Anthea, et al.. (2009). The content of physiotherapy treatment of stroke patients at Community Health Centres in the Western Cape, South Africa. 4(1). 3 indexed citations
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Verheyden, Geert, Luc Vereeck, Steven Truijen, & Willy De Weerdt. (2007). Additional exercises improve trunk performance after stroke: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Verheyden, Geert, Alice Nieuwboer, Ann Van de Winckel, & Willy De Weerdt. (2007). Clinical tools to measure trunk performance after stroke: a systematic review of the literature. Clinical Rehabilitation. 21(5). 387–394. 81 indexed citations
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Waelvelde, Hilde Van, Willy De Weerdt, & Paul De Cock. (2005). Children with developmental coordination disorder. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Staes, Filip, Willy De Weerdt, Hilde Feys, et al.. (2004). Clinical evaluation of pelvic floor muscle function in continent and incontinent women. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 23(3). 190–197. 107 indexed citations
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Kampen, Marijke Van, et al.. (2004). LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF FULL SPECTRUM THERAPY FOR NOCTURNAL ENURESIS. The Journal of Urology. 171(6 Part 2). 2599–2602. 10 indexed citations
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Waelvelde, Hilde Van, Willy De Weerdt, Paul De Cock, & Bouwien Smits‐Engelsman. (2003). Ball catching. Can it be measured?. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 19(4). 259–267. 2 indexed citations
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Jelsma, Jennifer, Willy De Weerdt, & Paul De Cock. (2002). Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation. 24(7). 378–382. 13 indexed citations
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Jelsma, Jennifer, et al.. (2002). The validity of the Shona version of the EQ-5D quality of life measure. South African Journal of Physiotherapy. 58(3). 851–859. 7 indexed citations
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Jelsma, Jennifer, et al.. (2002). Disability in an urban black community in Zimbabwe. Disability and Rehabilitation. 24(16). 851–859. 29 indexed citations
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Akinwuntan, Abiodun, Hilde Feys, Willy De Weerdt, et al.. (2001). Determinants of Driving After Stroke. 6 indexed citations
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Kampen, Marijke Van, Willy De Weerdt, Hendrik Van Poppel, et al.. (2001). Effect of pelvic-floor re-education on duration and degree of incontinence after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial.. Rehabilitation Oncology. 19(2). 28–28. 19 indexed citations
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Weerdt, Willy De, Godelieve Nuyens, Hilde Feys, et al.. (2001). Group physiotherapy improves time use by patients with stroke in rehabilitation. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 47(1). 53–61. 36 indexed citations
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Nuyens, Godelieve, Willy De Weerdt, R. Dom, Alice Nieuwboer, & A. Spaepen. (2000). Torque variations during repeated passive isokinetic movements of the knee in subjects with Parkinson's disease and healthy control subjects. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 6(2). 87–93. 9 indexed citations
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Kampen, Marijke Van, Willy De Weerdt, Hendrik Van Poppel, & Luc Baert. (1999). Urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy can be treated by pelvic floor reeducation and predicted by measuring urine loss at catheter withdrawal: a controlled study. 246. 3 indexed citations
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Hantson, L., Willy De Weerdt, Jacques De Keyser, et al.. (1994). The European Stroke Scale.. Stroke. 25(11). 2215–2219. 153 indexed citations

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