Organisations
Department of Social Gerontology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Topic A : Coping processes in relation to changes in life situations (retirement; psycho-social loss; bereavement) Retirement of women: an analysis of adaptation and coping Health and Competence in ageing Topic B : Stress and caregiving for elderly people (elder abuse) Intergenerational caregiving Intragenerational caregiving Topic C : Intergenerational relationships (grandparenthood) Grandfathers : roleperception and roletaking Topic D : ...
Arthro-kinematics Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the research unit ARKI, internal motion mechanisms in human joints are investigated in particular. Examples are the study of patterns of coupled motion in the cervical spine and in the lumbar spine as well as the study of locking and unlocking mechanisms in the joints of the extremities. Hereby, special attention is devoted to the variability of intra-articular rotation and translation components in healthy subjects and in patients. ...
Centre for Work, Organizational & Consumer Psychology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Topic A: Personnel Assessment Techniques- - Executive Search: Psychological and Economic constraints - - Predicting Performance: A longitudinal study - -Topic B: Opinion Surveys in Industry - -Topic C: Team Building - - Effects of team actions on the implementation of a Total Quality Campaign - -Topic D: Questionnaire Research - -Topic E: Organisational Development - - Effects of team actions on the implementation of a Total Quality Campaign ...
Research Group for Adapted Physical Activity and Psychomotor Rehabilitation KU Leuven
The aim of the Adapted Physical Activity (APA) research unit consists of the study of the relationship ‘impairment – activity’ in the continuum from rehabilitation to elite sports. Minimizing the impact of impairment on activity will enlarge the social range of action (rehabilitation) and provide a solid basis for fair sports classification (elite sports). Future research of the APA unit is embedded in international research projects ...
Department of Geography Ghent University
Frailty in Ageing Vrije Universiteit Brussel
HISTORY
Existing collaboration between the Gerontology (GERO) Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Clinical Department of Geriatrics (UZ Brussels) has led in 2007 to the creation of the Frailty in Ageing (FRIA) research group for both fundamental and clinical research on frailty in the elderly. FRIA conducts a focussed research program on Frailty.
DEFINITION
Frailty is a complex geriatric syndrome ...
Academic Center for General Practice KU Leuven
The department's research is organized within four large programmes with significant interactions between them: development of instruments and outcome measurement, educational research, clinical epidemiology and health care organisation research. It focusses on a broad range of clinical situations, with care for the elderly and diagnostics as its corner-stones. 1. Instrument development and outcome research Together with 11 other institutes ...
Gerontology and Geriatrics KU Leuven
Our division focuses on gerontological and geriatric research and includes basic through clinical studies, with special expertise in clinical trial design in old age. Over the past years, three main research lines have been established: ‘musculoskeletal frailty in the elderly’, ‘cognitive disorders and dementia in the elderly’, and ‘models and quality of healthcare for the elderly’. Here, we focus on research on osteoporosis, sarcopenia and ...