Former PhDs

Take a look at scientists and their graduation theses, which started their scientific career at the Department of Human Movement Sciences. Scientists who have successfully collaborated with us in Coordination Dynamics in various projects.
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Betteco de Boer

Stabilizing bimanual coordination: Changes in interlimb interactions

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Tjeerd Boonstra

Neural dynamics of human motor control

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Sjoerd Bruijn

Is stability an unstable concept? Quantifying dynamic stability of human locomotion

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Nienke Debats

Exploratory movements in haptic perception

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Lex van Delden

Unilateral versus bilateral upper limb training after stroke

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Joost Dessing

Neural dynamics underlying interceptive actions

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Stella Donker

Flexibility of Human Walking: A study on interlimb coordination

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Claudia Emck

Gross motor performance in children with psychiatric conditions

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Till Frank

Stochastic properties of human motor control: nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations

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Laura Hak

Step by step: Stepping strategies to prevent falling while walking

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Sanne Houweling

Neural entrainment in coordination dynamics

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Vana Hutter

Training and assessment for sport psychology practice

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Raoul Huys

Disentangling perceptual-motor learning

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Trienke IJmker

Balance control in human walking: an energetic perspective

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Dinant Kistemaker

Control of fast goal-directed arm movements: a critical evaluation of the equilibrium point hypothesis

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Johan Koedijker

Automatization and deautomatization of perceptual-motor skills

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Naeem Komeilipoor

Sound and movement

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Claudine Lamoth

Walking with back pain

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Rolf van de Langenberg

How do you feel? An inquiry into dynamic touch and proprioception

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Chantal Leemrijse

Developmental coordination disorder: evaluation and treatment

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Astrid Lubeck

Standing well

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Rob van Lummel

Assessing sit-to-stand for clinical use

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Vivien Marmelat

Synchronization with fractal rhythms: Complexity matching of statistical structure

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Masood Mazaheri

Older adults: mind your step

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Anke van Mourik

Structure from randomness – a window into coordination

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Rita Ferraz de Oliveira

Visual perception for basketball shooting

Doctoral Thesis - Human Movement Sciences

Mariëlle van Ooijen Kesteren

Steps to follow: toward the clinical assessment and training of walking adaptability

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Lieke Peper

Tapping dynamics

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Rob Pijpers

The impact of anxiety on perceptual-motor behaviour

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Harjo de Poel

Asymmetric interlimb coupling strength in rhythmic bimanual coordination

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Auke Post

Effects of task constraints on the relative phasing of rhythmic movements

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Arne Ridderikhoff

Rhythmic bimanual coordination

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Sietske Rispens

A walk on the wild side: fall-risk assessment from daily-life gait

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Melvyn Roerdink

Anchoring: moving from theory to therapy

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Laura Rueda Delgado

Ageing and brain plasticity – training-induced alterations in power of the brain and motor coordination

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Tony van SantVoord

Cascade juggling: learning, variability, and information

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Melanie Scholz

Jump & run: energetics and mechanics of explosive and cyclic movements

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Luc Selen

Impedance modulation: a means to cope with neuromuscular noise

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Niek van Ulzen

Exploring affective perception and social action

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RoberT Ton

The power of synchronous rhythms: self-similarity in phase dynamics, neural masses, and the brain

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Alistair Vardy

Moving in time: neurons, clocks, and rhythmic movements

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Bernadette van Wijk

Neural synchronization within and between regions of the motor system

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Raymond Wimmers

Grasping developmental change

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Wenhua WU

Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: an emphasis on transverse pelvis-thorax coordination during walking

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Duration

The average time to conduct the research and compile a thesis was about 4 years. The longest work lasts 8 years, the shortest was finished after 24 months.
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Amount

On average the theses cover 170 pages. The longest had 298, the shortest came with 73 pages. All enjoyed reading.

Output

Theses were about 15% purely theoretical, 85% experimental. Many of the works are still lively debated today.

Credits

Thank to all research fellows. For your commitment, your cooperation and contributions to the scientific progress.

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