Dr Wolbert van den Hoorn
Senior Research Fellow & Casual Senior Research Assistant & Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Casual Research Assistant
School of Biomedical Sciences
+61 7 336 51355
Journal Articles
Ng, Phoebe T.T., Duncombe, Phoebe, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Claus, Andrew, Izatt, Maree T., Pivonka, Peter, Labrom, Robert D. and Tucker, Kylie (2024). Achieving maximal voluntary contraction of paraspinal muscles requires two tasks: Insight from an EMG study of females with and without adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Journal of Biomechanics, 173 112251, 112251. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112251
Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Klyne, David M. and Hodges, Paul W. (2024). Coordination of hip and spine in individuals with acute low back pain during unstable sitting. The Spine Journal, 24 (5), 768-782. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.12.001
Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Klyne, David M., van Dieën, Jaap H., Cholewicki, Jacek and Hodges, Paul W. (2024). Poor lumbar spine coordination in acute low back pain predicts persistent long-term pain and disability. European Spine Journal, 33 (6), 2380-2394. doi: 10.1007/s00586-024-08205-w
Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah, Alzahrani, Hosam, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Klyne, David M., Vette, Albert H., Hendershot, Brad D., Roberts, Brad W. R., Larivière, Christian, Barbado, David, Vera-Garcia, Francisco J., van Dieen, Jaap H., Cholewicki, Jacek, Nussbaum, Maury A., Madigan, Michael L., Reeves, Norman Peter, Silfies, Sheri P., Brown, Stephen H. M. and Hodges, Paul W. (2024). Trunk postural control during unstable sitting among individuals with and without low back pain: A systematic review with an individual participant data meta-analysis. PLoS One, 19 (1) e0296968, 1-42. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296968
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Lavaill, Maxence, Cutbush, Kenneth, Gupta, Ashish and Kerr, Graham (2024). Comparison of Shoulder Range of Motion Quantified with Mobile Phone Video-Based Skeletal Tracking and 3D Motion Capture—Preliminary Study. Sensors, 24 (2) 534, 534. doi: 10.3390/s24020534
Riddick, Ryan, Smits, Esther, Faber, Gert, Shearwin, Cory, Hodges, Paul and van den Hoorn, Wolbert (2023). Estimation of human spine orientation with inertial measurement units (IMU) at low sampling rate: How low can we go?. Journal of Biomechanics, 157 111726, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111726
Homes, Ryan, Clark, Devon, Moridzadeh, Sina, Tosovic, Danijel, Van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Tucker, Kylie and Midwinter, Mark (2023). Comparison of a wearable accelerometer/gyroscopic, portable gait analysis system (LEGSYS+TM) to the laboratory standard of static motion capture camera analysis. Sensors, 23 (1) 537, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/s23010537
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Meroni, Roberto, Klyne, David M., Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah and Hodges, Paul W. (2022). Balance control in unstable sitting in individuals with an acute episode of low back pain. Gait and Posture, 95, 15-21. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.03.014
Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Klyne, David M. and Hodges, Paul W. (2022). Postural control of the trunk in individuals with and without low back pain during unstable sitting: A protocol for a systematic review with an individual participant data meta-analysis. PLoS One, 17 (5) e0268381, 1-14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268381
Hodges, Paul W. and van den Hoorn, Wolbert (2022). A vision for the future of wearable sensors in spine care and its challenges: narrative review. Journal of Spine Surgery, 8 (1), 103-116. doi: 10.21037/jss-21-112
Besomi, Manuela, Nava, Guilherme Thomaz de Aquino, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Hug, François, Vicenzino, Bill and Hodges, Paul W. (2021). Influence of transducer orientation on shear wave velocity measurements of the iliotibial band. Journal of Biomechanics, 120 110346, 110346. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110346
Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Klyne, David M. and Hodges, Paul W. (2021). Coordination of hip and spine to maintain equilibrium in unstable sitting revealed by spectral analysis. Journal of Neurophysiology, 125 (5), 1814-1824. doi: 10.1152/jn.00555.2020
Dewar, Rosalee M., Tucker, Kylie, Claus, Andrew P., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Ware, Robert S. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2021). Evaluating validity of the Kids-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Kids-BESTest) Clinical Test of Sensory Integration of Balance (CTSIB) criteria to categorise stance postural control of ambulant children with CP. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (15), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1887374
Klyne, David M., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Barbe, Mary F., Cholewicki, Jacek, M. Hall, Leanne, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Meroni, Roberto, Moseley, G. Lorimer, Nicholas, Michael, O’Sullivan, Lee, Park, Rachel, Russell, Glen, Sterling, Michele and Hodges, Paul W. (2020). Cohort profile: why do people keep hurting their back?. BMC Research Notes, 13 (1) 538, 538. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05356-z
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Cholewicki, Jacek, Coppieters, Michel W., Klyne, David M. and Hodges, Paul W. (2020). Trunk stiffness decreases and trunk damping increases with experimental low back pain. Journal of Biomechanics, 112 110053, 110053. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110053
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Hodges, Paul W., van Dieen, Jaap H. and Kerr, Graham K. (2020). Reliability of recurrence quantification analysis of postural sway data. A comparison of two methods to determine recurrence thresholds. Journal of Biomechanics, 107 109793, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109793
Stafford, Ryan E., Arkwright, John, Dinning, Phil G., van den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul W. (2020). Novel insight into pressurization of the male and female urethra through application of a multi-channel fibre-optic pressure transducer: proof of concept and validation. Investigative and Clinical Urology, 61 (5), 528-537. doi: 10.4111/icu.20200059
Diamond, Laura E., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Bennell, K. L., Wrigley, T. V., Hinman, Rana S., O'Donnell, John and Hodges, Paul W. (2019). Deep hip muscle activation during squatting in femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. Clinical Biomechanics, 69, 141-147. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.07.017
Aljuraifani, Rafeef, Stafford, Ryan E., Hall, Leanne M., van den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul W. (2019). Task-specific differences in respiration-related activation of deep and superficial pelvic floor muscles. Journal of Applied Physiology, 126 (5), 1343-1351. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00704.2018
Heales, Luke J., Badya, Rohitha, Ziegenfuss, Brandon, Hug, François, Coombes, Jeff S., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Tucker, Kylie and Coombes, Brooke K. (2018). Shear-wave velocity of the patellar tendon and quadriceps muscle is increased immediately after maximal eccentric exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 118 (8), 1715-1724. doi: 10.1007/s00421-018-3903-2
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Kerr, Graham K., van Dieën, Jaap H. and Hodges, Paul W. (2018). Center of pressure motion after calf vibration is more random in fallers than non-fallers: Prospective study of older individuals. Frontiers in Physiology, 9 (MAR) 273, 1-17. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00273
Klyne, David M., Barbe, Mary F, van den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul W. (2018). ISSLS Prize in clinical science 2018: Longitudinal analysis of inflammatory, psychological, and sleep-related factors following an acute low back pain episode-the good, the bad, and the ugly. European Spine Journal, 27 (4), 763-777. doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5490-7
Stafford, Ryan E., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Coughlin, Geoff and Hodges, Paul W. (2018). Postprostatectomy incontinence is related to pelvic floor displacements observed with trans-perineal ultrasound imaging. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 37 (2), 658-665. doi: 10.1002/nau.23371
Bouffard, Jason, Salomoni, Sauro Emerick, Mercier, Catherine, Tucker, Kylie J., Roy, Jean-Sebastien, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Hodges, Paul W. and Bouyer, Laurent J. (2018). Effect of experimental muscle pain on the acquisition and retention of locomotor adaptation: different motor strategies for a similar performance. Journal of Neurophysiology, 119 (5), 1647-1657. doi: 10.1152/jn.00411.2017
Coombes, Brooke K, Ziegenfuss, Brandon, David, Michael, Badya, Rohitha , van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Hug, François and Tucker, Kylie (2017). Heterogeneity of passive elastic properties within the quadriceps femoris muscle-tendon unit. European journal of applied physiology, 118 (1), 213-221. doi: 10.1007/s00421-017-3763-1
Bet-Or, Yaheli, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Johnston, Venerina and O'Leary, Shaun (2017). Reliability and Validity of an Acromion Marker Cluster for Recording Scapula Posture at End Range Clavicle Protraction, Retraction, Elevation, and Depression. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 33 (5), 379-383. doi: 10.1123/jab.2017-0058
Diamond, Laura E., Van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Bennell, Kim L., Wrigley, Tim V., Hinman, Rana S., O'Donnell, John and Hodges, Paul W. (2017). Coordination of deep hip muscle activity is altered in symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 35 (7), 1494-1504. doi: 10.1002/jor.23391
Salomoni, Sauro, van den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul (2016). Breathing and singing: objective characterization of breathing patterns in classical singers. PLoS ONE, 11 (5) e0155084, e0155084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155084
Smith, Michelle D., Harvey, Elizabeth H., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Shay, Barbara L., Pereira, Gisèle M. and Hodges, Paul W. (2016). Out-patient pulmonary rehabilitation improves medial-lateral balance in people with chronic respiratory disease: Proof-of-concept study. Respiratory Care, 61 (4), 510-520. doi: 10.4187/respcare.04109
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Coppieters, Michel W., van Dieen, Jaap H. and Hodges, Paul W. (2016). Development and validation of a method to measure lumbosacral motion using ultrasound imaging. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 42 (5), 1221-1229. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.01.001
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Hug, Francois, Hodges, Paul W., Bruijn, Sjoerd M. and van Dieen, Jaap H. (2015). Effects of noxious stimulation to the back or calf muscles on gait stability. Journal of Biomechanics, 48 (15), 4109-4115. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.10.013
Elgueta-Cancino, Edith, Schabrun, Siobhan, Danneels, Lieven, Van Den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul (2015). Validation of a clinical test of thoracolumbar dissociation in chronic low back pain. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 45 (9), 703-712. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2015.5590
Hodges, Paul W., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Wrigley, Tim V., Hinman, Rana S., Bowles, Kelly-Ann, Cicuttini, Flavia, Wang, Yuanyuan and Bennell, Kim (2015). Increased duration of co-contraction of medial knee muscles is associated with greater progression of knee osteoarthritis. Manual Therapy, 21, 151-158. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2015.07.004
van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Hodges, Paul W., van Dieen, Jaap H. and Hug, Francois (2015). Effect of acute noxious stimulation to the leg or back on muscle synergies during walking. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113 (1), 244-254. doi: 10.1152/jn.00557.2014
Gildea, Jan E., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Hides, Julie A. and Hodges, Paul W. (2014). Trunk dynamics are impaired in ballet dancers with back pain but improve with imagery. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47 (8), 1665-1671. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000594
Hug, François, Hodges, Paul W., Van Den Hoorn, Wolbert and Tucker, Kylie (2014). Between-muscle differences in the adaptation to experimental pain. Journal of Applied Physiology, 117 (10), 1132-1140. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00561.2014
Varcin, Lynn, Claus, Andrew, Van Den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul (2014). Manual handling: differences in perceived effort, success rate and kinematics between three different pushing techniques. Ergonomics, 58 (2), 268-277. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2014.970586
Takasaki, Hiroshi, Treleaven, Julia, Johnston, Venerina, Van Den Hoorn, Wolbert, Rakotonirainy, Andry and Jull, Gwendolen (2014). A description of neck motor performance, neck pain, fatigue, and mental effort while driving in a sample with chronic whiplash-associated disorders. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93 (8), 665-674. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000087
Cole, Michael H., Van Den Hoorn, Wolbert, Kavanagh, Justin K., Morrison, Steven, Hodges, Paul W., Smeathers, James E. and Kerr, Graham K. (2014). Concurrent validity of accelerations measured using a tri-axial inertial measurement unit while walking on firm, compliant and uneven surfaces. PLoS One, 9 (5) e98395, e98395.1-e98395.12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098395
Tucker, Kylie, Hodges, Paul W., Van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Nordez, Antoine and Hug, Francois (2014). Does Stress within a Muscle Change in Response to an Acute Noxious Stimulus?. PLoS One, 9 (3) e91899, e91899.1-e91899.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091899
Schabrun, S. M., van den Hoorn, W., Moorcroft, A., Greenland, C. and Hodges, P. W. (2014). Texting and Walking: Strategies for Postural Control and Implications for Safety (vol 9, e84312, 2014). Plos One, 9 (2), e91489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091489
Bergin, Michael J. G., Tucker, Kylie J., Vicenzino, Bill, van den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul W. (2014). Does movement variability increase or decrease when a simple wrist task is performed during acute wrist extensor muscle pain?. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 114 (2), 385-393. doi: 10.1007/s00421-013-2777-6
Schabrun, Siobhan M., van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Moorcroft, Alison, Greenland, Cameron and Hodges, Paul W. (2014). Texting and walking: strategies for postural control and implications for safety. Plos One, 9 (1) e84312, e84312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084312
Karayannis, Nicholas V., Smeets, Rob J. E. M., van den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul W. (2013). Fear of movement is related to trunk stiffness in low back pain. PLoS One, 8 (6) e67779, e67779.1-e67779.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067779
van den Hoorn, W., Bruijn, S. M., Meijer, O. G., Hodges, P. W. and van Dieen, J. H. (2012). Mechanical coupling between transverse plane pelvis and thorax rotations during gait is higher in people with low back pain. Journal of Biomechanics, 45 (2), 342-347. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.024
Hodges, Paul, van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Dawson, Anna and Cholewicki, Jacek (2009). Changes in the mechanical properties of the trunk in low back pain may be associated with recurrence. Journal of Biomechanics, 42 (1), 61-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.10.001
Conference Papers
Hodges, P., Stafford, R., van den Hoorn, W., Papageorgiou, A. and Arkwright, J. (2019). Novel insight into pressurization of the male and female urethra through application of a multi-channel fibre-optic pressure transducer: proof of concept and validation. 49th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society (ICS), Gothenburg, Sweden, 3-6 September, 2019. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/nau.24118
Klyne, David, Barbe, Mary, Van Den Hoorn, Wolbert and Hodges, Paul (2018). Longitudinal analysis of inflammatory, psychological, and sleep-related factors following an acute low back pain episode: a potential factor in tissue effects in low back pain. 5th International Fascia Research Congress, Berlin, Germany, 14-15 November 2018. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2018.09.056
Cook, H., Tucker, K., van den Hoorn, W., Button, D. and Smith, M. (2016). Proximal lower limb kinematics differ in people with chronic ankle instability compared to controls during treadmill walking. IFOMPT 2012 International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, September 2016. London, United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2016.05.033
MacDonald, D., Tharumanathan, S. and van den Hoorn, W. (2013). The influence of center of pressure on trunk and hip extensor muscle activity during lifting. 8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 27-31 October 2013.
Varcin-Coad, L., Claus, A., van den Hoorn, W. and Hodges, P. (2013). Optimum biomechanics to reduce the slip risk in manual handling push tasks. Australian Physiotherapy Association, Melbourne, Australia, 17-20 October 2013.
MacDonald, D., Moseley, L., van den Hoorn, W. and Hodges, P. (2012). The influence of task complexity on back muscle coordination in people with recurrent low back pain.. The International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology XIX Biennial Congress, Brisbane Australia, 19-21July 2012.
Data Collection
Alshehri, Mansour Abdullah , van den Hoorn, Wolbert, Klyne, David M. and Hodges, Paul W. (2021). Supplemental Data for "Coordination of hip and spine to maintain equilibrium in unstable sitting revealed by spectral analysis" paper. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/c3f49b3
Thesis
van den Hoorn, Wolbert (2018). Evaluation of the Dynamical Structures of Postural Control: New Insights into Motor Adaptation in Ageing and Pain. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.784