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Rik Gosselink

Rik Gosselink

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D-Index
89
Citations
40393
World Ranking
12478
National Ranking
145

Overview

Rik Gosselink is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, with a research focus spanning multiple areas within Medicine, particularly pulmonary and respiratory medicine and critical care. Their scholarly work encompasses 167 publications in Medicine, including 57 in pulmonary and respiratory medicine and 32 in critical care and intensive care medicine.

Their research frequently addresses topics such as respiratory support and mechanisms, intensive care unit cognitive disorders, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Other areas of interest include the long-term effects of COVID-19, family and patient care in intensive care units, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, and clinical research studies related to COVID-19.

Rik Gosselink's recent publications reflect a focus on COVID-19 and intensive care outcomes. Among them are:

  • Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting: clinical practice recommendations (2020, Journal of physiotherapy)
  • Five-year impact of ICU-acquired neuromuscular complications: a prospective, observational study (2020, Intensive Care Medicine)
  • Intensive care unit acquired muscle weakness in COVID-19 patients (2020, Intensive Care Medicine)
  • Prospective longitudinal evaluation of hospitalised COVID-19 survivors 3 and 12 months after discharge (2022, ERJ Open Research)
  • COVID-19 and pulmonary rehabilitation: preparing for phase three (2020, European Respiratory Journal)

The venues in which Rik Gosselink frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of physiotherapy
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Australian Critical Care
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Their collaborative network features several frequent co-authors with whom they have published extensively, including:

  • Daniël Langer
  • Greet Hermans
  • Marine Van Hollebeke
  • Diego Poddighe
  • Wim Janssens

Best Publications

  • An official American thoracic society/European respiratory society statement: Key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

    Martijn A. Spruit;Sally J. Singh;Chris Garvey;Richard ZuWallack

  • Characteristics of Physical Activities in Daily Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Fabio Pitta;Thierry Troosters;Martijn A. Spruit;Vanessa S. Probst

  • Six minute walking distance in healthy elderly subjects

    Thierry Troosters;Rik Gosselink;Marc Decramer

  • Peripheral muscle weakness contributes to exercise limitation in COPD.

    Rik Gosselink;Thierry Troosters;Marc Decramer

  • Early exercise in critically ill patients enhances short-term functional recovery*

    Chris Burtin;Beatrix Clerckx;Christophe Robbeets;Patrick Ferdinande

  • An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: update on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    François Maltais;Marc Decramer;Richard Casaburi;Esther Barreiro

  • Recommendations on the use of exercise testing in clinical practice

    P Palange;S A Ward;K-H Carlsen;R Casaburi

  • Physiotherapy for adult patients with critical illness: recommendations of the European Respiratory Society and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Task Force on Physiotherapy for Critically Ill Patients.

    Rik Gosselink;Julia Bott;Michael R Johnson;Elizabeth Dean

  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Thierry Troosters;Richard Casaburi;Rik Gosselink;Marc Decramer

  • Physical activity and hospitalization for exacerbation of COPD

    Fabio Pitta;Thierry Troosters;Vanessa S. Probst;Martijn A. Spruit

  • Short- and long-term effects of outpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : A randomized trial

    Thierry Troosters;Rik Gosselink;Marc Decramer

  • Exercise testing: - why, which and how to interpret

    Rik Gosselink;Thierry Troosters;Marc Decramer

  • Impact of inspiratory muscle training in patients with COPD: what is the evidence?

    Rik Gosselink;J De Vos;S P van den Heuvel;Johan Segers

  • Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting: clinical practice recommendations

    Peter Thomas;Claire Baldwin;Bernie Bissett;Ianthe Boden

  • Quantifying physical activity in daily life with questionnaires and motion sensors in COPD

    F Pitta;Thierry Troosters;V S Probst;M A Spruit

  • Effects of controlled inspiratory muscle training in patients with COPD: a meta-analysis

    Freek Lötters;B. van Tol;Gert Kwakkel;Rik Gosselink

  • Muscle weakness is related to utilization of health care resources in COPD patients

    Marc Decramer;Rik Gosselink;Thierry Troosters;Marc Verschueren

  • Muscle force during an acute exacerbation in hospitalised patients with COPD and its relationship with CXCL8 and IGF-I

    M A Spruit;Rik Gosselink;Thierry Troosters;A Kasran

  • Acute outcomes and 1-year mortality of intensive care unit-acquired weakness. A cohort study and propensity-matched analysis.

    Greet Hermans;Helena Van Mechelen;Beatrix Clerckx;Tine Vanhullebusch

  • Regulation of mucociliary clearance in health and disease.

    Els Houtmeyers;Rik Gosselink;Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez;Marc Decramer

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Decramer
Marc Decramer KU Leuven
Martijn A. Spruit
Martijn A. Spruit Maastricht University
Johan Segers
Johan Segers Université Catholique de Louvain
Lieven Dupont
Lieven Dupont KU Leuven
François Maltais
François Maltais Université Laval
Dale M. Needham
Dale M. Needham Johns Hopkins University
Gert Kwakkel
Gert Kwakkel University of Amsterdam

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