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Dr Elmar Kal
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Skervin, T., Ellmers, T., Kal, E., Young, W., Walker, R., Wharton, E., et al. (2025) 'Exploring the effects of wearing facemasks on stair safety characteristics in young adults'. PLoS One, 20 (5). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link

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Hill, M., Kal, E., Lord, S., Wright, H., Broom, D. and Ellmers, TJ. (2025) 'Self-Perceptions of Ageing Predict Recovery After a Fall: Prospective Analysis from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing'. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 73 (7). pp. 2097 - 2105. ISSN: 0002-8614 Open Access Link

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Rosenblum, U., Cocks, AJ., Norris, M., Kal, E. and Young, WR. (2025) 'Anxiety-related attentional characteristics and their relation to freezing of gait in people with Parkinson's: Cross-validation of the Adapted Gait Specific Attentional Profile (G-SAP)'. Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 15 (4). pp. 829 - 842. ISSN: 1877-7171 Open Access Link

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Russo, Y., Wang, C., Ye, Y., Leveridge, P., Nieuwboer, A., Wilson, M., et al. (2025) 'Efficacy of a single session of anticipatory postural adjustments training to support people with parkinson’s overcoming freezing of gait: a multi-methods approach'. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 57. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0036-5505 Open Access Link

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Ellmers, TJ., Ibitoye, R., Castro, P., Kal, EC., Kaski, D. and Bronstein, AM. (2025) 'Chronic dizziness in older adults: Disrupted sensorimotor EEG beta oscillations during postural instability'. Clinical Neurophysiology, 174. pp. 31 - 36. ISSN: 1388-2457 Open Access Link

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Jie, L-J., Kleynen, M., Rothuizen, G., Kal, E., Rothgangel, A. and Braun, S. (2024) 'Overview of Effects of Motor Learning Strategies in Neurologic and Geriatric Populations: A Systematic Mapping Review'. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 6 (4). pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 2590-1095 Open Access Link

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Parr, J., Mills, R., Kal, E., Bronstein, A. and Ellmers, T. (2024) 'A "conscious" loss of balance: Directing attention to movement can impair the cortical response to postural perturbations'. The Journal of Neuroscience, 44 (48). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 0270-6474 Open Access Link

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Denneman, RPM., van Bezeij, T., Kal, EC., Marshall, J. and Pisters, MF. (2024) 'Riding waves to improve functioning: a quantitative evaluation of a Surf Week in individuals with chronic phase brain injury with six months follow-up'. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46 (25). pp. 6097 - 6107. ISSN: 0963-8288 Open Access Link

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Ellmers, TJ. and Kal, EC. (2023) 'Exploring the role of attention towards balance in chronic dizziness: Development of the Balance Vigilance Questionnaire'. European Journal of Neurology, 31 (3). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 1351-5101 Open Access Link

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Ellmers, TJ., Wilson, MR., Kal, EC. and Young, WR. (2023) 'The perceived control model of falling: developing a unified framework to understand and assess maladaptive fear of falling'. Age and Ageing, 52 (7). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 0002-0729 Open Access Link

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Steinmann, J., Lewis, A., Ellmers, TJ., Jones, M., MacBean, V. and Kal, E. (2023) 'Validating the Breathing Vigilance Questionnaire for use in Dysfunctional Breathing'. European Respiratory Journal, 61 (6). pp. 2300031 - 2300031. ISSN: 0903-1936 Open Access Link

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Ellmers, TJ., Delbaere, K. and Kal, EC. (2023) 'Frailty, falls and poor functional mobility predict new onset of activity restriction due to concerns about falling in older adults'. European Geriatric Medicine, 14 (2). pp. 345 - 351. ISSN: 1878-7649 Open Access Link

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Singh, H., Shih, H-T., Kal, E., Bennett, T. and Wulf, G. (2022) 'A distal external focus of attention facilitates compensatory coordination of body parts'. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40 (20). pp. 2282 - 2291. ISSN: 0264-0414 Open Access Link

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Jie, L-J., Kal, E., Ellmers, T., Rosier, J., Meijer, K. and Boonstra, T. (2022) 'The Effects of Conscious Movement Processing on the Neuromuscular Control of Posture'. Neuroscience, 509 (15 January 2023). pp. 63 - 73. ISSN: 0306-4522 Open Access Link

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Kok, M., Nuij, J., Kal, E. and van der Kamp, J. (2022) 'Individual differences in working memory capacity and conscious processing do not explain explicit and implicit learning outcomes in physical education'. Human Movement Science, 86. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 0167-9457 Open Access Link

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Kal, E., Ellmers, T., Hogg, JA., Slutsky-Ganesh, AB., Bonnette, S., Thomas, S., et al. (2022) 'Optimal Training for Movement Acquisition and Transfer: Does ‘Externally-Focused' Visual Biofeedback Promote Implicit Motor Learning?'. Journal of Athletic Training, 58 (7-8). pp. 648 - 654. ISSN: 1062-6050 Open Access Link

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Ettema, S., Kal, E. and Houdijk, H. (2022) 'General estimates of the energy cost of walking in people with different levels and causes of lower limb amputation: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 45 (5). pp. 417 - 427. ISSN: 0309-3646 Open Access Link

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Lewis, A., Kal, E., Nolan, C., Cave, P., Grillo, L., Conway, J. and et al. (2022) 'Pilot study of physiotherapist-led versus music therapist-led breathing control exercises for young adults living with breathing pattern disorder: a randomised controlled trial protocol'. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 9 (1). pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 2052-4439 Open Access Link

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Kal, E., Ellmers, T., Fielding, A., Hardeman, L., Coito, J., Joyce, L. and et al. (2022) 'Weighting for the beat: Using a dance cue to facilitate turning in people with Parkinson's Disease and freezing of gait'. Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 12 (4). pp. 1353 - 1358. ISSN: 1877-7171 Open Access Link

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Kal, E., Ellmers, T., Diekfuss, J., Winters, M. and Van der Kamp, J. (2022) 'Explicit motor learning interventions are still relevant for ACL injury rehabilitation: do not put all your eggs in the implicit basket!'. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56 (2). pp. 63 - 64. ISSN: 0306-3674 Open Access Link

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Kal, EC., Young, WR. and Ellmers, TJ. (2022) 'Balance capacity influences the effects of conscious movement processing on postural control in older adults'. Human Movement Science, 82. pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 0167-9457 Open Access Link

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Ellmers, TJ., Wilson, MR., Kal, EC. and Young, WR. (2021) 'Standing up to threats: Translating the two-system model of fear to balance control in older adults'. Experimental Gerontology, 158. pp. 1 - 36. ISSN: 0531-5565 Open Access Link

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Kok, M., Kal, E., van Doodewaard, C., Savelsbergh, G. and van der Kamp, J. (2021) 'Tailoring Explicit and Implicit Instruction Methods to the Verbal Working Memory Capacity of Students with Special Needs Can Benefit Motor Learning Outcomes in Physical Education'. Learning and Individual Differences: journal of psychology and education, 89. pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 1041-6080 Open Access Link

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Kal, E., Young, W. and Ellmers, T. (2020) 'Face masks, vision, and risk of falls'. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 371 (8268). pp. m4133 - m4133. ISSN: 1759-2151 Open Access Link

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Kal, E., Prosée, R., Winters, M. and Van Der Kamp, J. (2018) 'Does implicit motor learning lead to greater automatization of motor skills compared to explicit motor learning? A systematic review'. PLoS ONE, 13 (9). pp. e0203591 - e0203591. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link

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