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Theo MulderTheo Mulder (1953) was trained as an experimental neuropsychologist and his research was focused on the neural control of movements and the recovery of motor function following brain damage. From 1994 – 1999 he was professor of rehabilitation research at the Neurological Institute of the Radboud University in Nijmegen. In 1999 he was appointed as full professor and director of the Centre for Human Movement Studies of the University of Groningen and the University Hospital. He is the (co-)author of 161 articles and 4 books on motor control, cognition and recovery (H-index 59) & history of medicine. From 2006 he widened his professional horizon and became the overarching director of the 16 institutes for scientific research of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam. The topics of these institutes range from stem cell research, brain research and ecology to cultural history, labor history, demography, linguistics and data science. Some of these Royal Academy institutes are have world famous historical collections in the domain of the humanities. After 2 x 5 years the directorate ended. From January 2017 until January 2018 Theo Mulder has been in charge as director a.i. of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). From 2018 until 2024 he was appointed at the Sint Maartenskliniek and Radboud University Medical Centre to initiate the establishment of an Interdisciplinary Consortium for Clinical Movement Sciences & Technology (ICMS), a research cluster of 350 fte that is focused at fundamental and clinical research regarding diseases of the human motor system. ICMS functions as an incubator for innovative and science driven industry in order to work together to reach breakthroughs treatment and technology. ICMS is a partnership between Sint Maartenskliniek, one of the largest hospitals in the world totally focused on disorders of movement, the Radboud University Medical Centre, both in Nijmegen and the University of Twente (UT) and Roessingh Research & Development (RRD) both in Enschede (The Netherlands).
At this moment Theo Mulder is writer, lecturer, science advisor & CEO of HersenNet.
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Clinical Rehabilitation, Apr 1, 1998
To determine the focus of clinical gait analysis in order to explain the observed mismatch betwee... more To determine the focus of clinical gait analysis in order to explain the observed mismatch between the available technology for movement analysis and the aims of clinical rehabilitation medicine. Literature search using two different interactive computerized search systems. The selected studies on clinical gait analysis were screened on the type of tasks they employed in the assessment of gait. The tasks were divided into impairment-orientated and disability-orientated. The results indicated a dominance of simple motor tasks focusing at the level of impairments. In only 15 out of the 96 reviewed articles were tasks used that were aimed at the level of disabilities. A gap exists between the conceptual frameworks used in clinical rehabilitation medicine and those used in clinical movement analysis.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nov 1, 1993
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Dec 1, 2008
Clinical Rehabilitation, Jun 1, 2007
Zeitschrift Fur Rheumatologie, Dec 1, 2003
Het theoretische kader, de continuïteit en deskundige lesgevers zijn doorslaggevende succesfactor... more Het theoretische kader, de continuïteit en deskundige lesgevers zijn doorslaggevende succesfactoren bij het in beweging krijgen van inactieve ouderen. Belangrijke andere factoren zijn de steun uit de omgeving, de mate waarin een persoon zich in staat acht het gedrag te veranderen en de persoonlijk ervaren fitheid.
Spinal Cord Dysfunction: Volume II: Intervention and Treatment, 1991
This chapter discusses recent notions on motor control and learning. It aims to give the reader a... more This chapter discusses recent notions on motor control and learning. It aims to give the reader an impression of modern psychological thinking on motor control and learning. The learning of motor control can be understood in terms of the acquisition of abstract plans or rules (or ways to link muscle-joint systems). Visual information, feedback, variability of practice, active movements, and ecologically valid context all play a role in this acquisition process. These requirements can be seen as instruments in the hands of a therapist, and can be employed in the development of a modern therapy.
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2001
The aim of the present study is to gain more insight into the mechanisms underlying mental practi... more The aim of the present study is to gain more insight into the mechanisms underlying mental practice. The question of whether a totally novel movement may be learned by mental practice was investigated. Healthy young adults had to learn the abduction of the big toe (dominant right foot) without moving the other toes or the foot. The subjects were divided into two groups: subjects who were absolutely unable to abduct their big toe ("absolute zero " group) and subjects who were able to abduct their toe to some extent but showed clear room for improvement ("already doing it " group). Two separate experiments were executed. In the first experiment, 37 absolute-zero subjects had to practice, mentally or physically, the target movement. In the second experiment 40 already-doing-it subjects had to improve their toe-abduction skill. The results showed that absolute-zero subjects could not acquire the toe-abduction movement by means of mental practice. Only subjects who ph...
Clinical Rehabilitation, Apr 1, 1998
To determine the focus of clinical gait analysis in order to explain the observed mismatch betwee... more To determine the focus of clinical gait analysis in order to explain the observed mismatch between the available technology for movement analysis and the aims of clinical rehabilitation medicine. Literature search using two different interactive computerized search systems. The selected studies on clinical gait analysis were screened on the type of tasks they employed in the assessment of gait. The tasks were divided into impairment-orientated and disability-orientated. The results indicated a dominance of simple motor tasks focusing at the level of impairments. In only 15 out of the 96 reviewed articles were tasks used that were aimed at the level of disabilities. A gap exists between the conceptual frameworks used in clinical rehabilitation medicine and those used in clinical movement analysis.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nov 1, 1993
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Dec 1, 2008
Clinical Rehabilitation, Jun 1, 2007
Zeitschrift Fur Rheumatologie, Dec 1, 2003
Het theoretische kader, de continuïteit en deskundige lesgevers zijn doorslaggevende succesfactor... more Het theoretische kader, de continuïteit en deskundige lesgevers zijn doorslaggevende succesfactoren bij het in beweging krijgen van inactieve ouderen. Belangrijke andere factoren zijn de steun uit de omgeving, de mate waarin een persoon zich in staat acht het gedrag te veranderen en de persoonlijk ervaren fitheid.
Spinal Cord Dysfunction: Volume II: Intervention and Treatment, 1991
This chapter discusses recent notions on motor control and learning. It aims to give the reader a... more This chapter discusses recent notions on motor control and learning. It aims to give the reader an impression of modern psychological thinking on motor control and learning. The learning of motor control can be understood in terms of the acquisition of abstract plans or rules (or ways to link muscle-joint systems). Visual information, feedback, variability of practice, active movements, and ecologically valid context all play a role in this acquisition process. These requirements can be seen as instruments in the hands of a therapist, and can be employed in the development of a modern therapy.
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2001
The aim of the present study is to gain more insight into the mechanisms underlying mental practi... more The aim of the present study is to gain more insight into the mechanisms underlying mental practice. The question of whether a totally novel movement may be learned by mental practice was investigated. Healthy young adults had to learn the abduction of the big toe (dominant right foot) without moving the other toes or the foot. The subjects were divided into two groups: subjects who were absolutely unable to abduct their big toe ("absolute zero " group) and subjects who were able to abduct their toe to some extent but showed clear room for improvement ("already doing it " group). Two separate experiments were executed. In the first experiment, 37 absolute-zero subjects had to practice, mentally or physically, the target movement. In the second experiment 40 already-doing-it subjects had to improve their toe-abduction skill. The results showed that absolute-zero subjects could not acquire the toe-abduction movement by means of mental practice. Only subjects who ph...