Projects

During the first post-war years, Europe saw thousands of strikes – the great majority of which was of a wildcat character (i.e. not backed by trade union leaderships), short-lived (often lasting no longer than a couple of hours), and inspired by bread-and-butter concerns (with demands for better provisions almost always taking centre stage). Yet, this type of spontaneous and localized strike has by and large gone unnoticed in academic ...

Stroke remains one of the leading causes of disability with loss of independency for daily activities as a long-term consequence. The vast majority of daily activities demand the use of both hands working together. Up to 85% of stroke survivors present with upper limb impairment, which may compromise bimanual performance. To date, the vast majority of studies focus on unimanual recovery and provides scarce knowledge about recovery and ...

Stroke is a loss of brain function due to an interruption of cerebral blood flow caused by occlusion (ischemic stroke) or hemorrhage1. It is the leading cause of adult disability and it causes one in 10 deaths worldwide2. The only effective treatments are intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) and mechanical thrombectomy, which have narrow time windows that limit their use to only a small percentage of patients with ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death sustained disability worldwide. Despite ongoing advances in stroke imaging and treatment, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke continue to debilitate patients with devastating outcomes at both the personal and societal levels. Ischemic stroke is caused by a thrombotic obstruction in one major or multiple smaller arteries impairing blood flow to the brain. This results in irreversible damage of brain ...

In people post stroke, we recently reported a mismatch between observed and perceived upper limb function, i.e. a group of patients at six months after stroke showed good upper limb function but low perceived ability. Building on this knowledge, this project will systematically address the subsequent research questions arising from our previous analysis. Through a longitudinal observation of evolution of mismatch between six and 12 months ...

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 ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and sustained disability worldwide. Despite ongoing advances in stroke imaging and treatment, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke continue to debilitate patients with devastating outcomes at both the personal and societal levels. Strikingly, the paramount medical relevance of ischemic stroke is in strong contrast to the limited treatment options that are currently available in the stroke clinic. ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Strikingly, the paramount medical relevance of ischemic stroke is in strong contrast to the limited treatment options. Indeed, only one pharmacological strategy is currently approved for acute stroke treatment: rapid thrombolysis of the occluding thrombus using tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). However, use of t-PA has many serious limitations, including risk of ...