Lisa Decraene
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About
Lisa Decraene is a leading researcher in pediatric neurorehabilitation, with a focused expertise on sensorimotor impairments in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (uCP). Her work uniquely bridges robotic quantification and clinical assessment to unravel the complexities of bimanual coordination and somatosensory function. Decraene’s major contributions include pioneering the use of the Kinarm exoskeleton robot to provide in-depth, objective measures of bimanual coordination—a key advancement captured in her most cited work (2023, 17 citations). She has also systematically dissected the roles of vision, tactile sense, and proprioception in upper limb function, demonstrating through reliable robotic assessments (2022, 7 citations) how these deficits impact daily living. Her research reveals that children with uCP often have profound, yet previously unquantified, proprioceptive impairments in both hands. By mapping these deficits and identifying vulnerable subgroups, Decraene’s work directly informs targeted rehabilitation strategies. Her cumulative findings, including recent explorations into sensory subgroups (2025), are shaping how clinicians assess and treat the hidden sensory challenges that limit functional independence in children with cerebral palsy.
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