Projects
Grant for participation at a congress abroad: "Brain, Cognition and movements in MS: challenges for rehabilitation" - Tel-Aviv 27 to 29 October 2019 Hasselt University
FWO Travel grant for a short stay abroad for a conference in USA: "Annual rehabilitation psychology conference" Hasselt University
Improved understanding of gait compensations to explore new pathways of gait rehabilitation in growing children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy KU Leuven
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) causes progressive muscle impairment, leading to complex gait compensations. The underlying mechanisms of these gait compensations are poorly understood, hampering rehabilitation. Here, we will use a blended experimental and computational approach to investigate the relation between muscle impairments and gait compensations and to design orthotics that might delay loss of ambulation. Our ongoing research ...
Behavioral and brain connectivity analysis of upper limb sensorimotor rehabilitation post stroke KU Leuven
Stroke causes brain damage leading to brain reorganization and motor deficits in the upper limb. The reorganization of the brain after stroke is currently poorly understood. Motor deficits are well documented in the literature but in order to move the arm and hand, so called somatosensory information like knowing the position of your arm and hand in space is necessary. In previous research, we were able to show that motor and somatosensory ...
Leuven Interactive Scheme for hearingTraining Evaluation, and audiological Rehabilitation KU Leuven
The goal is to promote the communication of adults and children with different degrees of hearing loss with a sustainable, personalized hearing rehabilitation schedule on a tablet.
Characterizing the attentional mechanism of multisensory synchronous stimulation to improve the rehabilitation of unilateral spatial neglect. KU Leuven
Stroke is a frequent and severe neurological condition that can lead to persistent problems. Patients can experience difficulties in moving their limbs or may experience trouble with their speech. In addition to these more salient problems, more subtle impairments in cognitive functions may also be present. For instance, some patients may have difficulties orienting their attention towards stimuli on one side of the environment. This ...
The effect of rhythmically synchronous multisensory stimulation on voluntary control of attention, during rehabilitation of patients with visual field deficits. KU Leuven
Brain injury, such as stroke, often causes a sudden disappearance of consciousness for as much as half of the visual field. From the literature we know that rehabilitation to encourage patients to orient attention to their new ‘blind spots’ can cause partial recovery. There is, however, a large gap between the level of exercises in clinical rehabilitation and fundamental research on the role of attention. For example, it is known that audio ...
Validation of a new technique for the rehabilitation of walking in CVA patients. KU Leuven
The aim of this project is to validate a new technique for the rehabilitation of walking in CVA patients: a randomized controlled study.