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Researcher

Pieter Fiers

Awards & Distinctions

21 Results

2024

Learning effects in over-ground running gait retraining : a six-month follow-up of a quasi-randomized controlled trial

Pieter Van den BergheRud DerieJoeri GerloSenne BonnaerensPieter FiersIne Van CaekenbergheDirk De ClercqVeerle Segers

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

2023

Duty factor and stride frequency as (potential) load magnitude determinants of slow, female runners' habitual running pattern

Lennert Van der MeulenSenne BonnaerensIne Van CaekenbergheDirk De ClercqVeerle SegersPieter Fiers

Editorial material

Low running offers a way to make distance running a viable physical activity option for more people

Dirk De ClercqSenne BonnaerensPieter FiersEdward FrederickYasunori KanekoVeerle Segers

Editorial material

2022

Biomechanical adaptations following a music‐based biofeedback gait retraining program to reduce peak tibial accelerations

Rud DeriePieter Van den BergheJoeri GerloSenne BonnaerensIne Van CaekenberghePieter FiersDirk De ClercqVeerle Segers

A1 Journal Article in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

Duty factor : a musculoskeletal load tuning mechanism in running

Senne BonnaerensVeerle SegersPieter FiersDirk De Clercq

Peak muscle and joint contact forces of running with increased duty factors

Senne BonnaerensSam Van RossomPieter FiersIne Van CaekenbergheRud DerieYasunori KanekoEdward FrederickBenedicte VanwanseelePeter AertsDirk De Clercq et al.

A1 Journal Article in MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE

2021

Relationship between duty factor and external forces in slow recreational runners

Senne BonnaerensPieter FiersSamuel GalleRud DeriePeter AertsEdward FrederickYasunori KanekoWim DeraveDirk De ClercqVeerle Segers

A2 Journal Article in BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE

2020

Improving the energy economy of human running with powered and unpowered ankle exoskeleton assistance

Kirby WittePieter FiersAlison SheetsSteven Collins

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE ROBOTICS

2019

Grounded runners experience less severe ground reaction forces compared to runners who run with a flight phase

Senne BonnaerensPieter FiersSamuel GallePeter AertsEdward FrederickYasunori KanakoVeerle SegersWim DeraveDirk De Clercq

Grounded running reduces musculoskeletal loading

Senne BonnaerensPieter FiersSamuel GallePeter AertsEdward C FrederickYasunori KanekoWim DeraveDirk De Clercq

A1 Journal Article in MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

Running profiles of recreational distance runners : race, training, spatiotemporal and anthropometrical characteristics

Senne BonnaerensPieter FiersSamuel GalleRud DeriePeter AertsFrederick EdwardYasunori KanekoDaisuke KogawaShimana TakatsuguVeerle Segers et al.

Running speed-induced changes in foot contact pattern influence impact loading rate

Bastiaan BreinePhilippe MalcolmSamuel GallePieter FiersEdward C FrederickDirk De Clercq

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE

2018

Instructed grounded running reduces musculoskeletal loading

Senne BonnaerensPieter FiersSamuel GallePeter AertsEdward C FrederickYasunori KanekoWim DeraveDirk De Clercq

2017

Human-in-the-loop optimization of exoskeleton assistance during walking

Juanjuan ZhangPieter FiersKirby A WitteRachel W JacksonKatherine L PoggenseeChristopher G AtkesonSteven H Collins

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE

Initial foot contact and related kinematics affect impact loading rate in running

Bastiaan BreinePhilippe MalcolmIne Van CaekenberghePieter FiersEdward C FrederickDirk De Clercq

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

2015

Kinematic differences between (a)typical initial rearfoot and midfoot contact patterns

Bastiaan BreinePhilippe MalcolmIne Van CaekenberghePieter FiersDirk De Clercq

2014

Biomechanics of the transition from symmetrical to asymmetrical gaits in humans

Pieter FiersPeter AertsDirk De Clercq

2013

Biomechanics of human bipedal gallop: asymmetry dictates leg functions

Pieter FiersDirk De ClercqVeerle SegersPeter Aerts

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Descending steep inclines at high speeds: does gallop beat run?

Pieter FiersIne Van CaekenbergheDirk De ClercqPeter Aerts

Limb mechanics during steep downhill locomotion in humans

Peter AertsPieter FiersIne Van CaekenbergheDirk De Clercq

2011

Dynamics of gait transitions

Peter AertsVeerle SegersSandra NauwelaertsKristiaan D'AoûtIne Van CaekenberghePieter FiersPhilippe MalcolmDirk De Clercq