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Overview

Romain Meeusen is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on orthopedics and sports medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including biomedical engineering, physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their main research topics cover a range of areas related to human physical performance and health. These include:

  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Meeusen has published in a variety of academic venues, prominently in:

  • Sports Medicine
  • Sports Medicine - Open
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Poster presentations
  • Applied Ergonomics

Notable recent papers include:

  • Prevalence and incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in secondary industries of 21st century Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)
  • Mental Fatigue and Sport-Specific Psychomotor Performance: A Systematic Review (2021, Sports Medicine)
  • Overtraining Syndrome (OTS) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S): Shared Pathways, Symptoms and Complexities (2021, Sports Medicine)
  • Benchmarking occupational exoskeletons: An evidence mapping systematic review (2021, Applied Ergonomics)
  • Passive Shoulder Exoskeletons: More Effective in the Lab Than in the Field? (2020, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering)

Meeusen frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kevin De Pauw
  • Bart Roelands
  • Bruno Tassignon
  • Sander De Bock
  • Jo Verschueren

Best Publications

  • Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the overtraining syndrome: joint consensus statement of the European College of Sport Science and the American College of Sports Medicine.

    Romain Meeusen;Martine Duclos;Carl Foster;Andrew Fry

  • IOC Consensus Statement: Dietary Supplements and the High-Performance Athlete

    Ronald J. Maughan;Louise M. Burke;Jiri Dvorak;D. Enette Larson-Meyer

  • Neuroplasticity - exercise-induced response of peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor: a systematic review of experimental studies in human subjects.

    Kristel Knaepen;Maaike Goekint;Maaike Goekint;Elsa Marie Heyman;Elsa Marie Heyman;Romain Meeusen

  • How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness

    Martin Peter Schwellnus;Torbjørn Soligard;Juan-Manuel Alonso;Roald Bahr;Roald Bahr

  • Recovery and Performance in Sport: Consensus Statement

    Michael Kellmann;Michael Kellmann;Maurizio Bertollo;Maurizio Bertollo;Laurent Bosquet;Laurent Bosquet;Michel Brink

  • The effects of mental fatigue on physical performance: a systematic review

    Jeroen Van Cutsem;Samuele Maria Marcora;Kevin De Pauw;Stephen Bailey

  • Exercise and Brain Neurotransmission

    R Meeusen;K De Meirleir

  • Guidelines to classify subject groups in sport-science research.

    Kevin De Pauw;Bart Roelands;Stephen S. Cheung;Bas de Geus

  • Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the Overtraining Syndrome: ECSS Position Statement ‘Task Force’

    Romain Meeusen;Martine Duclos;Michael Gleeson;Gerard Rietjens

  • Neural Contributions to Muscle Fatigue: From the Brain to the Muscle and Back Again

    Janet J.L. Taylor;Markus M. Amann;Jacques Duchateau;Romain Meeusen

  • Central fatigue : The serotonin hypothesis and beyond

    Romain Meeusen;P. Watson;Hiroshi Hasegawa;Bart Roelands

  • SPATIAL MEMORY IS IMPROVED BY AEROBIC AND RESISTANCE EXERCISE THROUGH DIVERGENT MOLECULAR MECHANISMS

    R.C. Cassilhas;K.S. Lee;J. Fernandes;M.G.M. Oliveira

  • Exposure to particulate matter in traffic: A comparison of cyclists and car passengers

    Luc Int Panis;Luc Int Panis;Bas de Geus;Gregory Vandenbulcke;Hanny Willems

  • Intense exercise increases circulating endocannabinoid and BDNF levels in humans—Possible implications for reward and depression

    E. Heyman;F.-X. Gamelin;M. Goekint;F. Piscitelli

  • The Use of Cryotherapy in Sports Injuries

    R. Meeusen;P. Lievens

  • Time course of performance changes and fatigue markers during intensified training in trained cyclists.

    Shona L Halson;Matthew W Bridge;Romain Meeusen;Bart Busschaert

  • Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the overtraining syndrome: Joint consensus statement of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

    Romain Meeusen;Martine Duclos;Carl Foster;Andrew Fry

  • Psychosocial and environmental factors associated with cycling for transport among a working population

    Bas de Geus;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Caroline Jannes;Romain Meeusen

  • Continuous low- to moderate-intensity exercise training is as effective as moderate- to high-intensity exercise training at lowering blood HbA(1c) in obese type 2 diabetes patients

    D Hansen;P Dendale;R. A. M Jonkers;M Beelen

  • Acute dopamine/noradrenaline reuptake inhibition enhances human exercise performance in warm, but not temperate conditions

    Phillip Watson;Hiroshi Hasegawa;Bart Roelands;Maria Francesca Piacentini

Frequent Co-Authors

Jo Nijs
Jo Nijs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Luc Int Panis
Luc Int Panis Hasselt University
Yvette Michotte
Yvette Michotte Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dirk Lefeber
Dirk Lefeber Radboud University
Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson Loughborough University
Carl Foster
Carl Foster University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Tim S. Nawrot
Tim S. Nawrot Hasselt University
Luc J. C. van Loon
Luc J. C. van Loon Maastricht University
Raymond Cluydts
Raymond Cluydts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Karim Chamari
Karim Chamari Naufar Center

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