Anita Beelen

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Anita Beelen is Assistant Professor at the Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation (www.kcrutrecht.nl) and the Netherlands ALS Centre (Director Prof dr Leonard van den Berg’, ALS-centrum). She is leader of the research program on Rehabilitation research in neuromuscular diseases.

Her research interests include rehabilitation care for patients with neuromuscular diseases with focus on motor neuron diseases (ALS/PMA/PLS and Spinal Muscular Atrophy). Currently the 2 major topics within her research program are healthcare innovations and implementation.

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Contact

jbeelen@umcutrecht.nl

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Research groups

Rehabilitation science

Research aim

We focus on autonomy and daily functioning of people with disabilities and their families. Together with experts by experience, we aim to contribute to knowledge that leads to better rehabilitation through research, innovation and implementation.

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Recent publications

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Criterion validity of equations as alternatives to reference standards for assessing body composition and energy expenditure in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - a systematic literature review Merle M Kuiper, Lies Cuppers, Amber Sewell-Green, Willeke J Kruithof, Johanna M A Visser-Meily, Anita Beelen
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2026, vol. 73

Dutch rehabilitation physicians’ perspectives on contracture management in children with spinal muscular atrophy Irene L.B. Oude Lansink, Anita Beelen, Esther Kruitwagen-van Reenen, Sanne van der Vossen, Jan Willem Gorter
Frontiers in Neurology, 2025, vol. 16

Course of joint range of motion in children with spinal muscular atrophy receiving disease-modifying treatment I L B Oude Lansink, J W Gorter, W L van der Pol, D R Vd Woude, P J Scheiberlich, R P A van Eijk, B Bartels, A Beelen
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2025, vol. 20

Examining the impact and role of lipid classes on the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) onset Amber R. Sewell-Green, Merle Kuiper, Cory J. Holdom, Anita Beelen, Shyuan T. Ngo, Frederik J. Steyn, Kylie L. Matthews-Rensch
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 2025, vol. 27, p.370-382

Nutritional care practices in ALS Merle M Kuiper, Willeke J Kruithof, Nicole Broekman-Peters, Dea L Schröder-van den Nieuwendijk, Johanna M A Visser-Meily, Anita Beelen
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis & Frontotemporal Degeneration, 2025, vol. 26, p.452-466

Quality of Life of People With Neuromuscular Diseases Marion Sommers-Spijkerman, Esther Kruitwagen-van Reenen, Willeke Kruithof, Johanna M A Visser-Meily, Eline Scholten, Anita Beelen
Muscle & Nerve, 2025, vol. 72, p.274-285