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Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman

Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman

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Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
11551
World Ranking
4790
National Ranking
5

Overview

Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman is affiliated with North-West University in South Africa. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Psychology, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Education, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work extensively covers topics related to children's physical and motor development, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, infant development and preterm care, inclusion and disability in education and sport, connective tissue disorders research, obesity, physical activity and diet, as well as child development and digital technology.

The scientist has contributed to numerous recent papers, including:

  • Behavioral and Neuroimaging Research on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): A Combined Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Findings, 2022, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Balance control in individuals with developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Gait & Posture
  • Pediatric care for children with developmental coordination disorder, can we do better?, 2021, Biomedical Journal
  • Feasibility and content validity of the PERF-FIT test battery to assess movement skills, agility and power among children in low-resource settings, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • High BMI and Low Muscular Fitness Predict Low Motor Competence in School-Aged Children Living in Low-Resourced Areas, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Gillian Ferguson
  • Dorothee Jelsma
  • Evi Verbecque
  • Dané Coetzee
  • Jacques Duysens

Their publications are commonly found in journals such as:

  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Children
  • Human Movement Science
  • Gait & Posture
  • BMC Pediatrics

Best Publications

  • International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder

    Rainer Blank;Anna L. Barnett;John Cairney;John Cairney;Dido Green

  • European Academy for Childhood Disability (EACD): recommendations on the definition, diagnosis and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (long version).

    Rainer Blank;Bouwien Smits-Engelsman;Helene Polatajko;Peter Henry Wilson

  • Understanding performance deficits in developmental coordination disorder: a meta-analysis of recent research

    Peter H Wilson;Scott Ruddock;Bouwien Smits-Engelsman;Helene Polatajko

  • Clinical and research diagnostic criteria for developmental coordination disorder: a review and discussion.

    Reint H. Geuze;Marian J. Jongmans;Marina M. Schoemaker;Bouwien C.M. Smits-Engelsman

  • Beighton score: a valid measure for generalized hypermobility in children.

    Bouwien Smits-Engelsman;Mariëtte Klerks;Amanda Kirby

  • Efficacy of interventions to improve motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder: a combined systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Bouwien C M Smits-Engelsman;Rainer Blank;Anne-Claire Van Der Kaay;Rianne Mosterd-Van Der Meijs

  • Fine motor deficiencies in children diagnosed as DCD based on poor grapho-motor ability

    B.C.M. Smits-Engelsman;A.S. Niemeijer;G.P. van Galen

  • Fine motor deficiencies in children with developmental coordination disorder and learning disabilities: an underlying open-loop control deficit.

    B.C.M. Smits-Engelsman;P.H. Wilson;Y. Westenberg;J.E.J. Duysens

  • Dysgraphia in Children: Lasting Psychomotor Deficiency or Transient Developmental Delay?

    Bouwien C.M. Smits-Engelsman;Gerard P. Van Galen

  • Cognitive and neuroimaging findings in developmental coordination disorder: new insights from a systematic review of recent research

    Peter Wilson;Bouwein C.M. Smits-Engelsman;Karen Caeyenberghs;Bert Steenbergen

  • Consequences of Comorbidity of Developmental Coordination Disorders and Learning Disabilities for Severity and Pattern of Perceptual—Motor Dysfunction

    Marian J. Jongmans;Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman;Marina M. Schoemaker

  • The assessment of children with Developmental Coordination Disorders in the Netherlands: The relationship between the Movement Assessment Battery for Children and the Körperkoordinations Test für Kinder

    Bouwien C.M Smits-Engelsman;Sheila E Henderson;Chris G.J Michels

  • The efficacy of two task-orientated interventions for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Neuromotor Task Training and Nintendo Wii Fit Training.

    G.D. Ferguson;D. Jelsma;J. Jelsma;B.C.M. Smits-Engelsman

  • Evaluating the evidence for motor-based interventions in developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Bouwien Smits-Engelsman;Sabine Vinçon;Rainer Blank;Virgínia H. Quadrado

  • The impact of Wii Fit intervention on dynamic balance control in children with probable Developmental Coordination Disorder and balance problems

    Dorothee Jelsma;Reint H. Geuze;Remo Mombarg;Bouwien C.M. Smits-Engelsman

  • Effectiveness of neuromotor task training for children with developmental coordination disorder: a pilot study

    M. M. Schoemaker;A. S. Niemeijer;K. Reynders;B. C. M. Smits-Engelsman

  • Validity and reliability of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 Checklist for children with and without motor impairments

    Marina M Schoemaker;Anuschka S Niemeijer;Boudien C T Flapper;Bouwien C M Smits-Engelsman

  • Diagnostic criteria for DCD: Past and future.

    Bouwien Smits-Engelsman;Bouwien Smits-Engelsman;Marina Schoemaker;Tijs Delabastita;Jasmine Hoskens

  • Motor Imagery Development in Primary School Children

    Karen Caeyenberghs;Jenny Tsoupas;Peter H. Wilson;Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman

  • Use of a task-oriented self-instruction method to support children in primary school with poor handwriting quality and speed

    Marian J Jongmans;Ellen Linthorst-Bakker;Yvonne Westenberg;Bouwien C.M Smits-Engelsman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Wilson
Peter H. Wilson Australian Catholic University
Karen Caeyenberghs
Karen Caeyenberghs Deakin University
Marian J. Jongmans
Marian J. Jongmans Utrecht University
Elisabeth L. Hill
Elisabeth L. Hill Goldsmiths University of London
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Sijmen A. Reijneveld University Medical Center Groningen
Werner Helsen
Werner Helsen KU Leuven

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