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Ilse Jonkers

Ilse Jonkers

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
55
Citations
9454
World Ranking
3062
National Ranking
40

Ilse Jonkers publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ilse Jonkers sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 445 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Ilse Jonkers D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ilse Jonkers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ilse Jonkers is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a research focus spanning medicine and engineering, with significant contributions to biomedical engineering and surgery.

Their published work addresses several subfields including rheumatology, orthopedics and sports medicine, and pharmacology. Major research themes encompass osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, lower extremity biomechanics and pathologies, muscle activation and electromyography studies, total knee arthroplasty outcomes, knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, as well as musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Selected recent papers exemplify the scope of their research:

  • Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes, 2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Single leg hop for distance symmetry masks lower limb biomechanics: time to discuss hop distance as decision criterion for return to sport after ACL reconstruction?, 2021, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Physics-Based Simulations to Predict the Differential Effects of Motor Control and Musculoskeletal Deficits on Gait Dysfunction in Cerebral Palsy: A Retrospective Case Study, 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • A multi-scale modelling framework combining musculoskeletal rigid-body simulations with adaptive finite element analyses, to evaluate the impact of femoral geometry on hip joint contact forces and femoral bone growth, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Generic scaled versus subject-specific models for the calculation of musculoskeletal loading in cerebral palsy gait: Effect of personalized musculoskeletal geometry outweighs the effect of personalized neural control, 2021, Clinical Biomechanics

Frequent co-authors include Bryce A. Killen, Sam Van Rossom, Miel Willems, Friedl De Groote, and Benedicte Vanwanseele. Collaboration with these researchers spans dozens of publications.

Jonkers' work appears regularly in several key venues, such as Gait & Posture, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Orthopaedic Proceedings, and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

This combination of publication outlets highlights an interdisciplinary approach bridging clinical and engineering perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative gait analysis in Parkinson's disease: comparison with a healthy control group.

    Olumide Sofuwa;Olumide Sofuwa;Alice Nieuwboer;Kaat Desloovere;Anne-Marie Willems

  • Capacity to Increase Walking Speed is Limited by impaired hip and ankle power generation in lower functioning persons post-stroke

    I. Jonkers;I. Jonkers;S. Delp;Carolynn Patten;Carolynn Patten

  • Rapid predictive simulations with complex musculoskeletal models suggest that diverse healthy and pathological human gaits can emerge from similar control strategies

    Antoine dit Motte Falisse;Gil Serrancolí;Christopher Dembia;Joris Gillis

  • Evaluation of the effect of backpack load and position during standing and walking using biomechanical, physiological and subjective measures

    Christa Devroey;Ilse Jonkers;An de Becker;Gerlinde Lenaerts

  • Measuring only hop distance during single leg hop testing is insufficient to detect deficits in knee function after ACL reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Argyro Kotsifaki;Vasileios Korakakis;Rod Whiteley;Sam Van Rossom

  • Kalman smoothing improves the estimation of joint kinematics and kinetics in marker-based human gait analysis.

    F. De Groote;T. De Laet;I. Jonkers;J. De Schutter

  • Personalized MR-based musculoskeletal models compared to rescaled generic models in the presence of increased femoral anteversion: effect on hip moment arm lengths.

    Lennart Scheys;Anja Van Campenhout;Arthur Spaepen;Paul Suetens

  • Subject-specific hip geometry affects predicted hip joint contact forces during gait

    G. Lenaerts;F. De Groote;B. Demeulenaere;M. Mulier

  • The complementary role of the plantarflexors, hamstrings and gluteus maximus in the control of stance limb stability during gait.

    Ilse Jonkers;Caroline Stewart;Arthur Spaepen

  • The Contribution of Step Characteristics to Sprint Running Performance in High-Level Male and Female Athletes

    Sofie Debaere;Ilse Jonkers;Christophe Delecluse

  • Subject-specific hip geometry and hip joint centre location affects calculated contact forces at the hip during gait.

    G. Lenaerts;W. Bartels;F. Gelaude;M. Mulier

  • Loading of Hip Measured by Hip Contact Forces at Different Speeds of Walking and Running.

    Georgios Giarmatzis;Ilse Jonkers;Mariska Wesseling;Sam Van Rossom

  • Calculated moment-arm and muscle-tendon lengths during gait differ substantially using MR based versus rescaled generic lower-limb musculoskeletal models.

    Lennart Scheys;Arthur Spaepen;Paul Suetens;Ilse Jonkers

  • Sensitivity of dynamic simulations of gait and dynamometer experiments to hill muscle model parameters of knee flexors and extensors

    F. De Groote;A. Van Campen;I. Jonkers;J. De Schutter

  • Influence of weak hip abductor muscles on joint contact forces during normal walking: probabilistic modeling analysis

    Giordano Valente;Fulvia Taddei;Ilse Jonkers

  • Relation between subject-specific hip joint loading, stress distribution in the proximal femur and bone mineral density changes after total hip replacement

    Ilse Jonkers;Nicolas Sauwen;Gerlinde Lenaerts;Michiel Mulier

  • Single leg hop for distance symmetry masks lower limb biomechanics: time to discuss hop distance as decision criterion for return to sport after ACL reconstruction?

    Argyro Kotsifaki;Rod Whiteley;Sam Van Rossom;Vasileios Korakakis

  • From block clearance to sprint running: characteristics underlying an effective transition

    Sofie Debaere;Christophe Delecluse;Dirk Aerenhouts;Friso Hagman

  • Gait characteristics and lower limb muscle strength in women with early and established knee osteoarthritis.

    Isabel A.C. Baert;Ilse Jonkers;Filip Staes;Frank P. Luyten

  • In vivo evaluation of a vibration analysis technique for the per-operative monitoring of the fixation of hip prostheses

    Leonard C Pastrav;Siegfried V N Jaecques;Ilse Jonkers;Georges Van der Perre

  • The flexion synergy, mother of all synergies and father of new models of gait

    Jacques Duysens;Friedl De Groote;Ilse Jonkers

  • Characterisation of walking loads by 3D inertial motion tracking

    K. Van Nimmen;G. Lombaert;I. Jonkers;G. De Roeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Luyten
Frank Luyten KU Leuven
Paul Suetens
Paul Suetens KU Leuven
Scott L. Delp
Scott L. Delp Stanford University
Jan Swevers
Jan Swevers KU Leuven
Oron Levin
Oron Levin KU Leuven
Rik Lories
Rik Lories KU Leuven

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