Projects
Understanding balance control in children with cerebral palsy on central and peripheral level: a synergistic approach using neuromechanics, brain imaging and functional assessments. Hasselt University
Understanding balance control in children with cerebral palsy on central and peripheral level: a synergistic approach using neuromechanics, brain imaging and functional assessments. University of Antwerp
Understanding balance control in children with cerebral palsy on central and peripheral level: a synergistic approach using neuromechanics, brain imaging and functional assessments. Hasselt University
Understanding the heterogeneity of balance control in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder and its impact on motor performance: a synergistic approach using brain imaging, neuromechanics and functional assessments. University of Antwerp
Understanding heterogeneity of balance control in children with developmental coordination disorder and its impact on motor performance: a synergistic approach using brain imaging, neuromechanics and functional assessments. University of Antwerp
Balance control in young children: a synergistic approach combining functional assessment and neuromechanics to unravel balance control mechanisms. University of Antwerp
Prediction of gait neuromechanics following orthopedic interventions in children with cerebral palsy using computer simulations based on personalized models KU Leuven
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) suffer from a brain lesion that leads to impaired motor control, spasticity and muscle weakness. All these factors undermine the subjects' gait performance and, with time, will pose limitation to their mobility, independence and self-care. Orthopedic interventions aim at improving the walking performance. However, functional outcomes are not always as expected and, often, follow up surgery is needed to ...
Balance supporting and energy-efficient control of wearable robotic devices through neuromechanical modelling KU Leuven
The control of robotic assistive devices is mainly optimized using experimental design approaches. Despite the success of this approach in reducing the energy cost of walking in healthy subjects, such benefits have not yet been shown in impaired subjects. Furthermore, the robotic device further impairs their ability to control balance, therefore restricting pathological subjects to the use of crutches. Simulation-based methods have the ...
Transitions between symmetrical and asymmetrical bipedal gaits: neuromechanical and evolutionary context Ghent University
At certain locomotion speeds, humans change from walking to running or vice-versa. Those are symmetric locomotion types, but sometimes humans adopt asymmetric gait types such as galloping. Changing from symmetric to asymmetric gait (or vice versa)requires maybe other transition neuromechanics. This is studied and can enhance the knowledge on transitions in human locomotion.