Supervisor: Dr. Mark Carpenter
Current Program: PhD
Research Area: Influence of fear and anxiety on static and dynamic balance control in healthy adults and clinical populations. StartReact effect in balance correcting responses. Proprioception in Parkinson’s disease patients.
Background: M.D. from Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Publications:
The effects of vibrotactile biofeedback training on trunk sway in Parkinson’s disease patients. Nanhoe-Mahabier W, Allum JH, Pasman EP, Overeem S, Bloem BR. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 Nov;18(9):1017-21. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.05.018. Epub 2012 Jun 20.
Balance problems with Parkinson’s disease: are they anxiety-dependent? Pasman EP, Murnaghan CD, Bloem BR, Carpenter MG. Neuroscience. 2011 Mar 17;177:283-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.050. Epub 2011 Jan 8.