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Marc Fransen

Professor, KU Leuven
Verified email at kuleuven.be
Cited by 19167

Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee

M Fransen, S McConnell, AR Harmer… - Cochrane database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Fransen 2007 reported one withdrawal in the Tai Chi allocation group that was due to
increased low back pain. The largest numbers of adverse events were reported by Bennell 2010 (…

Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee: a Cochrane systematic review

M Fransen, S McConnell, AR Harmer… - British journal of sports …, 2015 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether land-based therapeutic exercise is beneficial for people
with knee osteoarthritis (OA) in terms of reduced joint pain or improved physical function and …

[HTML][HTML] Role of peroxisomes in ROS/RNS-metabolism: implications for human disease

M Fransen, M Nordgren, B Wang… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2012 - Elsevier
… mitochondrial redox balance is disturbed in cells lacking catalase or functional peroxisomes,
and upon the generation of excess ROS inside peroxisomes [69; Apanasets and Fransen, …

Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

…, MH Forouzanfar, FGR Fowkes, R Franklin, M Fransen… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Non-fatal health outcomes from diseases and injuries are a crucial consideration
in the promotion and monitoring of individual and population health. The Global Burden of …

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

…, K Foreman, MH Forouzanfar, FGR Fowkes, M Fransen… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Measuring disease and injury burden in populations requires a composite metric
that captures both premature mortality and the prevalence and severity of ill-health. The …

Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

…, MH Forouzanfar, FGR Fowkes, R Franklin, M Fransen… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Reliable and timely information on the leading causes of death in populations,
and how these are changing, is a crucial input into health policy debates. In the Global …

The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis: estimates from the global burden of disease 2010 study

…, D Hoy, S Nolte, I Ackerman, M Fransen… - Annals of the …, 2014 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To estimate the global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) as part of the
Global Burden of Disease 2010 study and to explore how the burden of hip and knee OA …

Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

…, V Feigin, CP Ferri, AD Flaxman, L Flood, M Fransen… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Measurement of the global burden of disease with disability-adjusted life-years
(DALYs) requires disability weights that quantify health losses for all non-fatal …

[HTML][HTML] Peroxisomes are signaling platforms for antiviral innate immunity

…, B Shum, N Hacohen, ZJ Chen, SP Whelan, M Fransen… - Cell, 2010 - cell.com
Peroxisomes have long been established to play a central role in regulating various metabolic
activities in mammalian cells. These organelles act in concert with mitochondria to control …

Exercise for osteoarthritis of the hip

M Fransen, S McConnell… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Current international treatment guidelines recommending therapeutic exercise
for people with symptomatic hip osteoarthritis (OA) report are based on limited evidence. …