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Heleen M. Evenhuis is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, focusing particularly on psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, as well as specialized fields such as speech and hearing, surgery, and pharmacology.

Their work concentrates on key topics including cerebral palsy and movement disorders, dysphagia assessment and management, esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology, child nutrition and feeding issues, ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, traumatic brain injury research, and musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Prevalence of swallowing difficulties and associated factors in older people with intellectual disabilities, 2024, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Clinical Assessment of Visual Motion Perception in Children With Brain Damage: A Comparison With Base Rates and Control Sample, 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Object Recognition and Dorsal Stream Vulnerabilities in Children With Early Brain Damage, 2022, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Evenhuis include:

  • Ymie J. van der Zee
  • Peter Stiers
  • K. Sanders
  • Roy G. Elbers
  • Luc P. Bastiaanse

Their research has been published primarily in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Best Publications

  • Dysphagia in children with severe generalized cerebral palsy and intellectual disability

    Elsbeth A. C. Calis;Rebekka Veugelers;Justine J. Sheppard;Dick Tibboel

  • Dementia and mortality in persons with Down's syndrome.

    A. Coppus;H. Evenhuis;G.-J. Verberne;F. Visser

  • The natural history of dementia in Down's syndrome

    Heleen M. Evenhuis

  • Overweight and obesity in older people with intellectual disability

    C.F. de Winter;L.P. Bastiaanse;T.I.M. Hilgenkamp;H.M. Evenhuis

  • Physical activity levels in older adults with intellectual disabilities are extremely low.

    Thessa I. M. Hilgenkamp;Debora Reis;Ruud van Wijck;Heleen M. Evenhuis

  • Multimorbidity in older adults with intellectual disabilities

    Heidi Hermans;Heleen M. Evenhuis

  • Healthy Ageing – Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Physical Health Issues

    H. Evenhuis;C. M. Henderson;H. Beange;N. Lennox

  • Use of antipsychotic drugs in individuals with intellectual disability (ID) in the Netherlands: prevalence and reasons for prescription.

    G. de Kuijper;Pieter Hoekstra;F. Visser;F. A. Scholte

  • Prevalence of visual impairment in adults with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands: cross-sectional study.

    J van Splunder;J van Splunder;J S Stilma;R M D Bernsen;H M Evenhuis

  • Cardiovascular risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and metabolic syndrome) in older people with intellectual disability: results of the HA-ID study

    C.F. de Winter;L.P. Bastiaanse;T.I.M. Hilgenkamp;H.M. Evenhuis

  • Frailty and disability in older adults with intellectual disabilities: results from the healthy ageing and intellectual disability study.

    Heleen M. Evenhuis;Heidi Hermans;Thessa I. M. Hilgenkamp;Luc P. Bastiaanse

  • Physical conditions and challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disability: a systematic review

    C. F. de Winter;A. A. C. Jansen;H. M. Evenhuis

  • Survival in elderly persons with Down syndrome.

    Antonia M. W. Coppus;Heleen M. Evenhuis;Gert-Jan Verberne;Frank E. Visser

  • Prevalence and associated factors of sarcopenia in older adults with intellectual disabilities.

    Luc P. Bastiaanse;Thessa I.M. Hilgenkamp;Michael A. Echteld;Heleen M. Evenhuis

  • Prevalence of hearing loss in 1598 adults with an intellectual disability: cross-sectional population based study.

    Anneke Meuwese-Jongejeugd;Marianne Vink;Bert van Zanten;Hans Verschuure

  • Prevalence and clinical presentation of constipation in children with severe generalized cerebral palsy.

    Rebekka Veugelers;Marc A Benninga;Elsbeth A C Calis;Elsbeth A C Calis;Sten P Willemsen

  • Cerebral Visual Impairment: which perceptive visual dysfunctions can be expected in children with brain damage? A systematic review.

    F.H. Boot;J.J.M. Pel;J. van der Steen;H.M. Evenhuis

  • Prevalence of ocular diagnoses found on screening 1539 adults with intellectual disabilities.

    Jacques van Splunder;Jan S Stilma;Roos M.D Bernsen;Heleen M Evenhuis

  • Epidemiology of low bone mineral density and fractures in children with severe cerebral palsy : a systematic review

    Sandra Mergler;Heleen M. Evenhuis;Annemieke M. Boot;Stella A. De Man

  • Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity as Perceived by Older Adults With Intellectual Disability

    Marieke van Schijndel-Speet;Heleen M. Evenhuis;Ruud van Wijck;Pepijn van Empelen

  • Development of a frailty index for older people with intellectual disabilities: results from the HA-ID study.

    Josje D. Schoufour;Arnold Mitnitski;Kenneth Rockwood;Heleen M. Evenhuis

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Schuengel
Carlo Schuengel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Erik J. A. Scherder
Erik J. A. Scherder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ben A. Oostra
Ben A. Oostra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gillian Turner
Gillian Turner University of Newcastle Australia
Dorly J. H. Deeg
Dorly J. H. Deeg University of Amsterdam
Jan Passchier
Jan Passchier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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