Mirror therapy is a common therapy to help patients recover after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed. It activates mirror neurons and fools the brain into perceiving the paralyzed arm or hand is still moving. This stimulates the brain which is an important aspect to improve recovery. A …

Accepted Abstract for Oral presentation about a project in our "Innovatiewerkplaats Blended Beweegstimulering (Innovation group Blended Exercise Stimulation)"

Background: The need for effective continuing education is especially high in in-hospital geriatric care, as older patients have a higher risk of complications, such as falls. It is important that nurses are able to prevent them. However, it remains unknown which interventions change the behavior of …

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 …

Effectuation is a theory originating in the literature of entrepreneurship, that focuses on behavioral attitudes of founders of multiple companies with over 15 years of experience and proven superior performance, so-called expert entrepreneurs. It includes a set of decision-making principles that these …

Het eerste doel is het evalueren en verbeteren van machine learning algoritmes voor insulineadviezen voor jongeren met diabetes type 1. Het tweede doel is het ontwikkelen van een kennisbank met geanonimiseerde datasets ten behoeve van de opleiding HBO-ICT. Studenten kunnen hiermee praktijkervaring opdoen …

This poster gives an overview of the project Health and Wellness in a Connected Society. The application of new technological innovations are finding their way into the health and wellness sector where they are increasingly used for various purposes. The research project ‘Health and Wellness in a Connected …

Ruim honderd jaar geleden overleed Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), verpleegkundige en grondlegger van de moderne ver­pleegkunde. Naast haar passie voor de zorg had ze nog een grote passie, namelijk onderzoek en statistiek. Onderzoek doen was in haar ogen onlosmakelijk verbonden met het vak van verpleeg­kundige. …

De ouderwetse boekhouder lijkt weg te kwijnen in het dynamische landschap van technologische ontwikkelingen. Het probleem is dat computerisering, digitalisering en automatisering de taken en functies van de boekhouder aan het overnemen zijn. Hierdoor is bij de onderzoeker de vraag ontstaan in hoeverre …