The introduction of consumer-grade virtual reality (VR) headsets has led to new and engaging methods for physical rehabilitation. Not only does VR provide the means to bring everyday situations into the rehabilitation therapy, and thereby help their transition into rehabilitation throughout everyday …

From the moment we set our first steps we practise walking until it eventually becomes second nature. However, due to injury, illness, or disease, someone might lose control over this automated task. In these cases, physical therapy is often used to help restore a patient’s use of muscles and train a …

Post-COVID-19 patients, particularly those who needed high care, are expected to have high needs for physical, psychological and cognitive rehabilitation. Yet, the resources needed to provide rehabilitation treatment are expected to be inadequate because healthcare systems faced a shortage of high-quality …

Wednesday 17th of January MediaLAB Amsterdam arranged LABFEST, a final expo where we could showcase our protypes and talk to people in the industry about our projects. We got a lot of nice feedback and are happy with the end-product we came up with. Quite a lot of people showed up and we were excited …

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) iscommonly used for the treatment of anxiety disorders in psychotherapy aswel! as in other healthçare professionssuch as physiotherapy.Virtual reality (VR) seems to be a useful tool to apply for the performanceof exposure during CBT.However, patients' contentment regarding …

Samenvatting Achtergrond. Een beroerte is wereldwijd de meest voorkomende reden van het krijgen van een handicap. Jaarlijks worden er in Nederland 43.000 mensen opgenomen in het ziekenhuis met een beroerte. Binnen vier weken overlijdt 20-25% aan de gevolgen hiervan. Virtual reality is nog relatief …

Inleiding Deze literatuurstudie gaat in op de effecten van verschillende vormen van oefentherapie op de valincidentie bij patiënten met de ziekte van Parkinson. De ziekte van Parkinson is een neurodegeneratieve aandoening. Verminderde productie van dopamine, een neurotransmitter belangrijk bij het gecontroleerd …