J.N.A.L. Leijnse

Ghent University — Belgium

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

16h-index689citations27works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Motor Control and Adaptation(10), Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation(8), Muscle activation and electromyography studies(7), Musicians’ Health and Performance(7), Peripheral Nerve Disorders(4)

Publications27 total

Kinematic and dynamic aspects of chimpanzee knuckle walking: finger flexors likely do not buffer ground impact forces
Journal of Experimental Biology·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
The brachial plexus – explaining its morphology and variability by a generic developmental model
Journal of Anatomy·2019· 31 citedOpen Access
Revisiting the segmental organization of the human spinal cord
Journal of Anatomy·2016· 30 citedOpen Access
Brachial plexus 3D reconstruction from MRI with dissection validation: a baseline study for clinical applications
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy·2015· 13 cited
A multifactorial conceptual model of peripheral neuromusculoskeletal predisposing factors in task-specific focal hand dystonia in musicians: etiologic and therapeutic implications
Biological Cybernetics·2014· 26 citedOpen Access
Focal hand dystonia in musicians: a synopsis
Clinical Rheumatology·2013· 13 cited
Left shoulder pain in a violinist, related to extensor tendon adhesions in a small scar on the back of the wrist
Clinical Rheumatology·2013· 4 cited
Reverse engineering finger extensor apparatus morphology from measured coupled interphalangeal joint angle trajectories — a generic 2D kinematic model
Journal of Biomechanics·2011· 26 cited
Kinematic evaluation of the finger’s interphalangeal joints coupling mechanism—variability, flexion–extension differences, triggers, locking swanneck deformities, anthropometric correlations
Journal of Biomechanics·2010· 46 cited
Morphology of deltoid origin and end tendons – a generic model
Journal of Anatomy·2008· 26 citedOpen Access
Assessment of Individual Finger Muscle Activity in the Extensor Digitorum Communis by Surface EMG
Journal of Neurophysiology·2008· 66 cited
Anatomic Basis for Individuated Surface EMG and Homogeneous Electrostimulation With Neuroprostheses of the Extensor Digitorum Communis
Journal of Neurophysiology·2008· 46 cited
Etiological musculo‐skeletal factor in focal dystonia in a musician's hand: A case study of the right hand of a guitarist
Movement Disorders·2007· 19 cited
The minimum number of muscles to control a chain of joints with and without tenodeses, arthrodeses, or braces—application to the human finger
Journal of Biomechanics·2004· 12 cited
A method and device for measuring force transfers between the deep flexors in the musician’s hand
Journal of Biomechanics·1998· 13 cited
The controllability of the unloaded human finger with superficial or deep flexor
Journal of Biomechanics·1997· 9 citedOpen Access
Why the lumbrical muscle should not be bigger—A force model of the lumbrical in the unloaded human finger
Journal of Biomechanics·1997· 17 citedOpen Access
Measuring force transfers in the deep flexors of the musician's hand: Theoretical analysis, clinical examples
Journal of Biomechanics·1997· 44 cited
Anatomical factors predisposing to focal dystonia in the musician's hand—Principles, theoretical examples, clinical significance
Journal of Biomechanics·1997· 46 cited
A Generic Morphological Model of the Anatomic Variability in the M. flexor digitorum profundus, M. flexor pollicis longus and Mm. lumbricales complex
Cells Tissues Organs·1997· 25 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

C.W. Spoor(4), Peter M. Quesada(2), J. J. Kalker(2), G. Jan Sonneveld(2), Katharina D’Herde(2), Mark Hallett(2), Ariene Rietveld(2), Naira Campbell-Kyureghyan(1), D. Spektor(1), J.E. Bonte(1), J.M.F. Landsmeer(1), Jacques C. van der Meulen(1), Chris J. Snijders(1), Erik T. Walbeehm(1), Steven E.R. Hovius(1), J. M. G. Kauer(1), S. Carter(1), Amrita Gupta(1), S. McCabe(1), Bernadette S. de Bakker(1)