Jean‐Jacques Orban de Xivry
UCLouvain, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Papers
5
Total Citations
100
H-Index
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About
Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry is a leading researcher in motor neuroscience, whose work bridges fundamental motor control and clinical rehabilitation. His primary research areas include motor planning, movement execution, and sensorimotor recovery after neurological injury. He is best known for his groundbreaking discovery that movement planning and execution can overlap, reducing reaction time by up to 100 milliseconds—a finding that challenges traditional models of sequential motor processing and has garnered over 45 citations. This work has profound implications for understanding how the brain optimizes rapid, coordinated actions. Beyond fundamental science, Orban de Xivry applies robotic technologies to quantify and rehabilitate motor deficits. He has developed novel robot-based assessments for sensory processing in chronic stroke survivors (12 citations) and provided in-depth bimanual coordination metrics for children with unilateral cerebral palsy (17 citations). His research also reveals that rhythmic arm movements are more resilient than discrete ones after stroke (24 citations), offering new targets for rehabilitation. With a career dedicated to translating motor control theory into clinical tools, Orban de Xivry’s work is shaping how we understand and treat movement disorders across the lifespan.
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Top Papers
- 1Overlap of movement planning and movement execution reduces reaction time45 citations · 2016
- 2Rhythmic arm movements are less affected than discrete ones after a stroke24 citations · 2016
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