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Comprehensive assessment of gesture production: a new test of upper limb apraxia (TULIA) by Vanbellingen, T., Kersten, B., Van Hemelrijk, B., Van de Winckel, A., Bertschi, M., Müri, R., De Weerdt, W., Bohlhalter, S.

“…Background:  Only few standardized apraxia scales are available and they do not cover all domains and semantic features of gesture production. Therefore, the…”
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The Trunk Impairment Scale: a new tool to measure motor impairment of the trunk after stroke by Verheyden, G, Nieuwboer, A, Mertin, J, Preger, R, Kiekens, C, De Weerdt, W

“…Objective: To examine the clinimetric characteristics of the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS). This newly developed scale evaluates motor impairment of the trunk…”
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Discriminant ability of the Trunk Impairment Scale: A comparison between stroke patients and healthy individuals by Verheyden, G, Nieuwboer, A, Feys, H, Thijs, V, Vaes, K, de Weerdt, W

“…Purpose. The Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) is a standardized scale to evaluate the trunk function in stroke patients. It was the aim of this study to determine…”
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Prediction of Driving after Stroke: A Prospective Study by Akinwuntan, A. E., Feys, H., De Weerdt, W., Baten, G., Arno, P., Kiekens, C.

“…The process of determining whether patients with stroke should drive again often involves off-road evaluations and road tests that usually take about 2 to 3 h…”
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Aspects of the validity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children by Van Waelvelde, H, De Weerdt, W, De Cock, P, Smits-Engelsman, B.C.M

“…Does the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) measures what it claims to measure? The concurrent validity of the total impairment score and some of…”
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Screening for fitness to drive after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis by DEVOS, H, AKINWUNTAN, A. E, NIEUWBOER, A, TRUIJEN, S, TANT, M, DE WEERDT, W

“…To identify the best determinants of fitness to drive after stroke, following a systematic review and meta-analysis. Twenty databases were searched, from…”
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Anxiety and depression after stroke: a 5 year follow-up by Lincoln, N. B., Brinkmann, N., Cunningham, S., Dejaeger, E., De Weerdt, W., Jenni, W., Mahdzir, A., Putman, K., Schupp, W., Schuback, B., De Wit, L.

“…Purpose: The aim was to document the prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression 5 years after stroke, across four European centres. Method: A cohort…”
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Predictors of fitness to drive in people with Parkinson disease by DEVOS, H, VANDENBERGHE, W, NIEUWBOER, A, TANT, M, BATEN, G, DE WEERDT, W

“…To develop an efficient clinical screening battery to accurately predict the fitness to drive in people with Parkinson disease (PD). This prospective study…”
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Predicting arm recovery following stroke: value of site of lesion by Feys, H., Hetebrij, J., Wilms, G., Dom, R., De Weerdt, W.

“…Objectives –The aims of this study were to assess whether the site of lesion is predictive of upper limb recovery after stroke and to determine whether this…”
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Effect of simulator training on driving after stroke : A randomized controlled trial by AKINWUNTAN, A. E, DE WEERDT, W, FEYS, H, PAUWELS, J, BATEN, G, ARNO, P, KIEKENS, C

“…Neurologically impaired persons seem to benefit from driving-training programs, but there is no convincing evidence to support this notion. The authors…”
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Electromyographic profiles of gait prior to onset of freezing episodes in patients with Parkinson’s disease by Nieuwboer, Alice, Dom, René, De Weerdt, Willy, Desloovere, Kaat, Janssens, Luc, Stijn, Vangheluwe

“…Freezing in Parkinson’s disease is a severe and disabling problem of unknown aetiology. The aim of this study was to analyse the temporal pattern and the…”
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Disability in an urban black community in Zimbabwe by Jelsma, J., Mielke, J., Powell, G., Weerdt, W. De, Cock, P. De

“…Purpose : This study was undertaken to establish which health conditions are primarily responsible for disability and morbidity in a high-density area in…”
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Effect of a therapeutic intervention for the hemiplegic upper limb in the acute phase after stroke : A single-blind, randomized, controlled multicenter trial by FEYS, H. M, DE WEERDT, W. J, SELZ, B. E, STECK, G. A. C, SPICHIGER, R, VEREECK, L. E, PUTMAN, K. D, VAN HOYDONCK, G. A

“…Arm function recovery is notoriously poor in stroke patients. The effect of treatment modalities, particularly those directed at improving upper limb function,…”
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An easy prediction of urinary incontinence duration after retropubic radical prostatectomy based on urine loss the first day after catheter withdrawal by Van Kampen, M, Geraerts, I, De Weerdt, W, Van Poppel, H

“…We sought to predict the duration of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy based on potential risk factors. We included 104 patients after radical…”
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Effect of pelvic-floor re-education on duration and degree of incontinence after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial by Van Kampen, M, de Weerdt, W, Van Poppel, H, De Ridder, D, Feys, H, Baert, L

“…Urinary incontinence is a common long-term complication after radical prostatectomy. Spontaneous recovery of normal urinary control after surgery can take 1–2…”
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Incontinent women have altered pelvic floor muscle contraction patterns by Devreese, A, Staes, F, Janssens, L, Penninckx, F, Vereecken, R, De Weerdt, W

“…Pelvic floor exercises are invaluable for regaining continence but mechanisms are not fully understood. To contribute to the understanding of these mechanisms…”
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Elimination of Two Reef-Building Hydrocorals Following the 1982-83 El Niño Warming Event by Glynn, P. W., de Weerdt, W. H.

“…One probable extinction and one range reduction of eastern Pacific reef-building hydrocoral (Millepora) species mark the first documented cases of species…”
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(2R,3R,7Z)-2-Aminotetradec-7-ene-1,3-diol, a New Amino Alcohol from the Caribbean Sponge Haliclona vansoesti by Devijver, C, Salmoun, M, Daloze, D, Braekman, J. C, De Weerdt, W. H, De Kluijver, M. J, Gomez, R

“…The Caribbean marine sponge Haliclona vansoesti was found to contain a high amount (5% dry wt) of a new analogue of 4-sphingenine,…”
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Torque variations during repeated passive isokinetic movements of the knee in subjects with Parkinson's disease and healthy control subjects by Nuyens, G, De Weerdt, W, Dom, R, Nieuwboer, A, Spaepen, A

“…The purpose of this study was to quantify response variations during isokinetic passive movements of the knee in subjects with Parkinson's disease…”
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Effect of socioeconomic status on functional and motor recovery after stroke: a European multicentre study by Putman, Koen, De Wit, Liesbet, Schoonacker, Miranda, Baert, Ilse, Beyens, Hilde, Brinkmann, Nadine, Dejaeger, Eddy, De Meyer, Anne-Marie, De Weerdt, Willy, Feys, Hilde, Jenni, Walter, Kaske, Christiane, Leys, Mark, Lincoln, Nadina, Schuback, Birgit, Schupp, Wilfried, Smith, Bozena, Louckx, Fred

“…Background: Previous studies have shown an inverse gradient in socioeconomic status for disability after stroke. However, no distinction has been made between…”
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