Maarten van den Heuvel, PhD

Maarten van den Heuvel, PhD

Horstmarer Landweg 62B, room SG 016 (Seminargebäude, Horstmarer Landweg 50)
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-34848

Consultation Hours

by appointment. Please note: the visiting address is Horstmarer Landweg 50, Room# 211

Academic Profile

External Profile

  • CV

    Academic Education

    PhD in Human Movement Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Dissertation title: "Augmented visual feedback in Parkinson’s disease: Assessing and improving postural control"
    Master of Science in Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology, Florida State University

    Positions

    Promovendus (PhD Student), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    Student Assistant, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  • Teaching

    • Seminar: Writing and Presenting Skills [079505]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Kim Boström)
      [ | wöchentlich | Do | BSH 41 | Dr. Maarten van den Heuvel]
    • Seminar: Motor Control of Human Movement [077522]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Rosemary Dubbeldam)
    • Seminar: Writing and Presenting Skills [075503]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Kim Boström)
    • Seminar: Motor Control of Human Movement [073522]
    • Seminar: Prevention and Rehabilitation of Human Movement [071524]
      (in cooperation with Daniella How)
    • Seminar: Writing and Presenting Skills [071503]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Kim Boström)

  • Project

    • Entwicklung eines intelligenten Sicherheitsgurtes durch Integration von Sensorik in kammerförmige Gurtbänder; entwicklung einer gekoppelten Simulation zwischen Gurtband, -spanner und Muskelbeanspruchuchungssimulation und Ableitung der Effekte adaptiver Gurtanpassung auf die Insassenbelastung ( – )
      Individual Granted Project: BMWK - Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand | Project Number: ZF4614902LF8

  • Publications

    • van den Heuvel MRC, Daffertshofer A, Beek PJ, Kwakkel G, van Wegen EEH. . ‘Hersenactiviteit tijdens een dynamische houdingstaak bij de ziekte van Parkinson.’ Neuropraxis 23, № 4: 1–11. doi: 10.1007/s12474-019-00227-1.
    • van den Heuvel MRC, van Wegen EEH, Beek, PJ, Kwakkel G, Daffertshofer A. . ‘Incongruent visual feedback during a postural task enhances cortical alpha and beta modulation in patients with Parkinson's disease.’ Clinical Neurophysiology 129, № 7: 1357–1365. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.04.602.
    • Mergen J, Keizer A, Koelkebeck K, van den Heuvel MRC, Wagner H. . ‘Women with Anorexia Nervosa do not show altered tactile localization compared to healthy controls.’ Psychiatry Research 267: 446–454. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.06.007.
    • van den Heuvel, M.R.C. . Augmented visual feedback in Parkinson's disease: Assessing and improving postural control Dissertation thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Enschede: Ipskamp Printing.
    • Van den Heuvel M, Beek P, Kwakkel G, Van Wegen E, Daffertshofer A. ‘Augmented visual feedback during a rhythmic postural task differentially modulates cortical activity in patients with Parkinson's disease and age-matched controls.’ contributed to the 24th Annual Meeting of the Neural Control of Movement, Montego Bay, Jamaica, .
    • van den Heuvel MRC, Daffertshofer A, Beek PJ, Kwakkel G, Wegen EEH. . ‘The effects of visual feedback during a rhythmic weight-shifting task in patients with Parkinson's disease.’ Gait and Posture 48: 140–145. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.03.020.
    • van den Heuvel M., Kwakkel G., Beek P., Berendse H., Daffertshofer A., van Wegen E. . ‘Effects of augmented visual feedback during balance training in Parkinson's disease: A pilot randomized clinical trial.’ Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 20, № 12: 1352–1358. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.09.022.
    • van den Heuvel M., Van Wegen E., de Goede C., Burgers-Bots I., Beek P., Daffertshofer A., Kwakkel G. . ‘The effects of augmented visual feedback during balance training in Parkinson's disease: Study design of a randomized clinical trial.’ BMC Neurology 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-137.
    • van den Heuvel M., Balasubramaniam R., Daffertshofer A., Longtin A., Beek P. . ‘Delayed visual feedback reveals distinct time scales in balance control.’ Neuroscience Letters 452, № 1: 37–41. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.024.
    • Boonstra T., Daffertshofer A., van Ditshuizen J., van den Heuvel M., Hofman C., Willigenburg N., Beek P. . ‘Fatigue-related changes in motor-unit synchronization of quadriceps muscles within and across legs.’ Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 18, № 5: 717–731. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.03.005.