Beatrix Vereijken

Professor Institutt for nevromedisin og bevegelsesvitenskap Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap

beatrix.vereijken@ntnu.no 72820866

Olav Kyrres gate 13, Bevegelsessenteret * 313.03.048

Beatrix Vereijken er professor ved Institutt for nevromedisin og bevegelsesvitenskap ved Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap. Hun leder NTNU Helse prosjektet EXACT, som fokuserer på utvikling og bruk av spillteknologi for aktiv, sunn aldring og rehabilitering. Hun er also prosjekt manager på EU prosjektet PreventIT, et personalisert helse og IKT prosjekt for å forebygge funksjonstap i alderdommen.

Utdanning:

Mastergrad i Eksperimentell psykologi, Nederland, 1987
Doktergrad i Bevegelsesvitenskap, Nederland, 1991

Forskningsinteresser:

Bevegelseskontroll, utvikling og læring
Bevegelsesproblem hos barn og eldre
Utvikling av helseteknologi for å stimulere aktiv aldring

Vitenskapelig, faglig og kunstnerisk arbeid

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Tidsskriftspublikasjoner

Aune, Tore Kristian; Ettema, Gerardus Johannes C; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2016) Bilateral asymmetry in upper extremities is More pronounced in distal compared to proximal joints. Journal of motor behavior. vol. 48 (2).
Boulton, E.; Hawley-Hague, H.; Vereijken, Beatrix; Clifford, A.; Guldemond, N.; Pfeiffer, K.; Hall, A.; Chesani, F.; Mellone, S.; Bourke, Alan; Todd, C.. (2016) Developing the FARSEEING Taxonomy of Technologies: Classification and description of technology use (including ICT) in falls prevention studies. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. vol. 61.
Brændvik, Siri Merete; Goihl, Tobias; Sunde Braaten, Ragnhild; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2016) Does increased gait speed decrease gait asymmetry and variability in children with cerebral palsy?. Gait & Posture. vol. 49.
Nawaz, Ather; Skjæret-Maroni, Nina; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Vereijken, Beatrix; Boulton, Elisabeth; Svanæs, Dag. (2016) Usability and acceptability of balance exergames in older adults: A scoping review. Health Informatics Journal. vol. 22 (4).
Skjæret-Maroni, Nina; Nawaz, Ather; Morat, Tobias; Schoene, Daniel; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2016) Exercise and rehabilitation delivered through exergames in older adults: An integrative review of technologies, safety and efficacy. International Journal of Medical Informatics. vol. 85 (1).
Skjæret-Maroni, Nina; Vonstad, Elise Klæbo; Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Tan, Xiang chun; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2016) Exergaming in older adults: Movement characteristics while playing stepping games. Frontiers in Psychology. vol. 7:964.
Thingstad, Pernille; Taraldsen, Kristin; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Sletvold, Olav; Vereijken, Beatrix; Lamb, SE; Helbostad, Jorunn L.. (2016) The long-term effect of comprehensive geriatric care on gait after hip fracture: the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial—a randomised controlled trial. Osteoporosis International. vol. 27 (3).
Nawaz, Ather; Wærstad, Mathilde; Omholt, Kine Aasjord; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Vereijken, Beatrix; Skjæret-Maroni, Nina; Kristiansen, Lill. (2015) An exergame concept for improving balance in elderly people. Communications in Computer and Information Science. vol. 515.
Skjæret, Nina; Nawaz, Ather; Ystmark, Kristine Midjås; Dahl, Yngve; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Svanæs, Dag; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2015) Designing for movement quality in exergames: Lessons learned from observing senior citizens playing stepping games. Gerontology. vol. 61 (2).
Cole, W; Gill, S; Vereijken, Beatrix; Adolph, KE. (2014) Coping with asymmetry: How infants and adults walk with one elongated leg. Infant Behavior and Development. vol. 37 (3).
Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2014) Detection of co-regulation of local structure and magnitude of stride time variability using a new local detrended fluctuation analysis. Gait & Posture. vol. 39 (1).
Taraldsen, Kristin; Vereijken, Beatrix; Thingstad, Pernille; Sletvold, Olav; Helbostad, Jorunn L.. (2014) Multiple days of monitoring are needed to obtain a reliable estimate of physical activity in hip-fracture patients. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. vol. 22 (2).
Aune, Tore Kristian; Aune, Morten Andreas; Ettema, Gerardus Johannes C; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2013) Comparison of bilateral force deficit in proximal and distal joints in upper extremities. Human Movement Science. vol. 32 (3).
Brændvik, Siri Merete; Elvrum, Ann-Kristin Gunnes; Vereijken, Beatrix; Roeleveld, Karin. (2013) Involuntary and voluntary muscle activation in children with unilateral cerebral palsy – Relationship to upper limb activity. European journal of paediatric neurology. vol. 17 (3).
Cole, Whitney G.; Chan, Gladys L.Y.; Vereijken, Beatrix; Adolph, Karen E.. (2013) Perceiving affordances for different motor skills. Experimental Brain Research. vol. 225 (3).
Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Skjæret, Nina; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2013) The influence of center-of-mass movements on the variation in the structure of human postural sway. Journal of Biomechanics. vol. 46 (3).
Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2013) Identifying Multiplicative Interactions Between Temporal Scales of Human Movement Variability. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. vol. 41 (8).
Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2013) Multifractal formalisms of human behavior. Human Movement Science. vol. 32 (4).
Elvrum, Ann-Kristin Gunnes; Brændvik, Siri Merete; Sæther, Rannei; Lamvik, Torarin; Vereijken, Beatrix; Roeleveld, Karin. (2012) Effectiveness of resistance training in combination with botulinum toxin-A on hand and arm use in children with cerebral palsy: a pre-post intervention study. BMC Pediatrics. vol. July / 12 (2).
Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Goihl, Tobias; Wik, Per Bendik; Sletvold, Olav; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Vereijken, Beatrix. (2012) Phase-dependent changes in local dynamic stability of human gait. Journal of Biomechanics. vol. 45 (13).