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About
Hilde Feys is a leading researcher in pediatric neurorehabilitation, with a focus on understanding and quantifying sensorimotor impairments in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (uCP). Her work bridges clinical assessment and advanced neuroimaging, using fMRI to reveal how brain activation differs in children with uCP during active and passive movements and somatosensory tasks, compared to typically developing peers. She has pioneered the use of robotic tools, such as the Kinarm exoskeleton, to provide reliable, objective measures of bimanual coordination and proprioception—an area where traditional clinical tests often fall short. Her studies have shown that children with uCP exhibit distinct neural processing during shape and length discrimination, and that deficits in tactile and proprioceptive function are more widespread than previously recognized, affecting even the less-impaired limb. With over 225 citations across her most-cited works, Feys has significantly advanced the field by linking visual function, somatosensory processing, and bimanual performance. Her recent robotic assessments offer new, validated methods for evaluating hand position sense, paving the way for more targeted, individualized rehabilitation strategies.
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