Projects
The FiREwORK trial - self-management with FootweaR combined with Exercise for OsteoaRthritis (OA) at the Knee: a phase II randomized controlled trial Ghent University
Knee OA is an important cause of disability worldwide. No effective cure exists and many patients
will eventually undergo costly joint replacement. Clinical guidelines emphasize that non-drug nonsurgical
treatment should constitute first-line treatment. Exercise therapy is strongly recommended
for knee OA. However, overall treatment effects on symptoms are modest at best, which is further
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Can teachers reduce school bullying and its mental health consequences? Randomized controlled trial with an intervention promoting positive teacher-student interactions KU Leuven
Being bullied at school seriously undermines mental health on the short and long run. Teachers have the potential to be key players in preventing and reducing bullying through their daily interactions with students and their reactions to bullying. However, many teachers do not fully assume this role. This randomized controlled trial study aims at investigating whether a straightforward intervention focused on teachers’ general interactions ...
Can teachers reduce school bullying and its mental health consequences? Randomized controlled trial with an intervention promoting positive teacher-student interactions. University of Antwerp
Using a humanoid robot to provide pain neuroscience education to children with chronic pain: a randomized controlled trial. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Improving patients’ readiness to engage in advance care planning with their general practitioner: a randomized controlled trial Vrije Universiteit Brussel
conceptualized as an ongoing communication process that should be initiated early in the disease trajectory. However, ACP is often still initiated too late, when a medical emergency occurs or the patient is near death. General practitioners (GPs) play a critical role in earlier initiation of ACP. By discussing ACP with their GP, ...
Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in patients with chronic spinal pain: a multi-center randomized controlled trial Ghent University
Innovation objective
The innovation goal of this study is to determine whether the use of CBT-I as an adjunct to pain education and cognition-oriented exercise therapy has a significantly better effect on pain reduction and sleep improvement in patients with spinal pain and insomnia compared to a control treatment.
Eye-tracking working memory training in school-aged children and youth with severe cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial KU Leuven
People with severe cerebral palsy (CP) who are nonverbal and unable to control conventional computer interfaces due to the severe limitations in hand control benefit from eye-tracking technology as access method to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices and to computers for education and leisure. Research has put forward the large demands that the use of AAC puts on working memory (WM), defined as our ability to temporarily ...
Preventing Relapse After Successful ECT for Depression– A randomized controlled trial on lithium as add-on to personalized maintenance ECT. University of Antwerp
Weight Loss Intervention in Overweight/Obese People Suffering from Chronic Low Back Pain: an International Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial (WEAVE) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
disability. The most severe and debilitated CLBP patients often have
comorbidities such as overweight and obesity. Despite the growing
body of scientific literature pointing towards the close interaction
between overweight/obesity and CLBP, few treatment programs for
people with ...