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  • 2020 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

F.C.T. van der Helm is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Their research encompasses subfields such as Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's main topics of work include Sports Performance and Training, Sports Injuries and Prevention, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by van der Helm cover a range of issues in sports science and rehabilitation technology. Notable publications include:

  • "An Inertial Measurement Unit Based Method to Estimate Hip and Knee Joint Kinematics in Team Sport Athletes on the Field" (2020, Journal of Visualized Experiments)
  • "Controller synthesis and clinical exploration of wearable gyroscopic actuators to support human balance" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Towards Single Camera Human 3D-Kinematics" (2022, Sensors)
  • "Quantification of Error Sources with Inertial Measurement Units in Sports" (2022, Sensors)
  • "Predictability of Fall Risk Assessments in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review" (2023, Sensors)

van der Helm frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Lisa Noteboom, Marco J.M. Hoozemans, H.E.J. Veeger, Erik Wilmes, and Eline van der Kruk, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

The scientist's research is also published across a number of consistent venues which include Sensors, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Sports and Active Living.

F.C.T. van der Helm was recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020. Their work is positioned at the intersection of biomechanics, clinical research, and technological innovation aimed at understanding and improving human movement and injury prevention in sports and rehabilitation contexts.

Best Publications

  • ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate systems of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion-Part II: shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand

    Ge Wu;Frans C.T. van der Helm;H.E.J. (DirkJan) Veeger;Mohsen Makhsous

  • A finite element musculoskeletal model of the shoulder mechanism

    F.C.T. van der Helm

  • Shoulder function: the perfect compromise between mobility and stability.

    H.E.J. Veeger;H.E.J. Veeger;F.C.T. van der Helm

  • Analysis of the kinematic and dynamic behavior of the shoulder mechanism

    F.C.T. van der Helm

  • Requirements for upper extremity motions during activities of daily living.

    D.J. Magermans;E.K.J. Chadwick;H.E.J. Veeger;F.C.T. van der Helm

  • Kinematic Design to Improve Ergonomics in Human Machine Interaction

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  • Inertia and muscle contraction parameters for musculoskeletal modelling of the shoulder mechanism.

    H.E.J. Veeger;F.C.T. Van Der Helm;L.H.V. Van Der Woude;G.M. Pronk

  • Three-dimensional recording and description of motions of the shoulder mechanism.

    Frans C. T. van der Helm;Gijs M. Pronk

  • Geometry parameters for musculoskeletal modelling of the shoulder system.

    F.C.T. Van der Helm;H.E.J. Veeger;G.M. Pronk;L.H.V. Van der Woude

  • Magnetic distortion in motion labs, implications for validating inertial magnetic sensors

    W.H.K. de Vries;H.E.J. Veeger;H.E.J. Veeger;C.T.M. Baten;F.C.T. van der Helm

  • 3D shoulder position measurements using a six-degree-of-freedom electromagnetic tracking device

    C.G.M. Meskers;H.M. Vermeulen;J.H. de Groot;F.C.T. van der Helm

  • An adaptive model of sensory integration in a dynamic environment applied to human stance control.

    Herman van der Kooij;Ron Jacobs;Bart Koopman;Frans C. T. van der Helm

  • In vivo estimation of the glenohumeral joint rotation center from scapular bony landmarks by linear regression

    C.G.M. Meskers;F.C.T. van der Helm;L.A. Rozendaal;P.M. Rozing

  • How to keep from falling forward: elementary swing leg action for passive dynamic walkers

    M. Wisse;A.L. Schwab;R.Q. van der Linde;F.C.T. van der Helm

  • Self-Aligning Exoskeleton Axes Through Decoupling of Joint Rotations and Translations

    A.H.A. Stienen;E.E.G. Hekman;F.C.T. van der Helm;H. van der Kooij

  • Comparison of different methods to identify and quantify balance control.

    Herman van der Kooij;Edwin van Asseldonk;Frans C.T. van der Helm;Frans C.T. van der Helm

  • The control of shoulder muscles during goal directed movements, an inverse dynamic analysis.

    R. Happee;F.C.T. Van der Helm

  • Calibration of the “Flock of Birds” electromagnetic tracking device and its application in shoulder motion studies

    C.G.M. Meskers;H. Fraterman;F.C.T. van der Helm;H.M. Vermeulen

  • Identification of intrinsic and reflexive components of human arm dynamics during postural control.

    Frans C.T. van der Helm;Alfred C. Schouten;Erwin de Vlugt;Guido G. Brouwn

  • Modelling the mechanical effect of muscles with large attachment sites: Application to the shoulder mechanism

    F.C.T. van der Helm;R. Veenbaas

  • Load on the shoulder in low intensity wheelchair propulsion.

    H.E.J. Veeger;H.E.J. Veeger;L.A. Rozendaal;F.C.T. van der Helm

Frequent Co-Authors

H.E.J. Veeger
H.E.J. Veeger Delft University of Technology
Alfred C. Schouten
Alfred C. Schouten Delft University of Technology
Herman van der Kooij
Herman van der Kooij University of Twente
David A. Abbink
David A. Abbink Delft University of Technology
Georg Bergmann
Georg Bergmann Charité - University Medicine Berlin
L.H.V. van der Woude
L.H.V. van der Woude University of Groningen
Max Mulder
Max Mulder University of Twente
Stephen J. Picken
Stephen J. Picken Delft University of Technology
Arnaud Delorme
Arnaud Delorme University of California, San Diego
Jan Feijen
Jan Feijen University of Twente

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