Projects
RevalExo: a wearable lower-limb exoskeleton that assists activities of daily living and enables data-driven remote rehabilitation KU Leuven
The objective of this project is to research basic strategic concepts for 1) a wearable lower-limb exoskeleton for gait-impaired or elderly persons, which can be worn comfortably throughout an entire day and used independently by the patient in a home setting, and 2) a rehabilitation assessment tool for remote follow-up by healthcare staff, based on information from multi-modal sensors integrated in the exoskeleton.
Dose findings studies for tailored physical and cognitive-motor rehabilitation interventions for persons with MS Hasselt University
Rehabilitation after liver transplantation KU Leuven
Liver transplantation constitutes the only curative treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease. Advances in the field have led to favourable short- and medium term (1-3 year) post-transplant survival rates, but improvement in long-term survival rates remains disappointing. Due to the immunosuppressive therapy, a sedentary lifestyle and a poor recovery of post-transplant physical fitness, the proportion of liver transplant recipients ...
RevalExo: a wearable lower-limb exoskeleton that assists activities of daily living and enables data-driven remote rehabilitation KU Leuven
Het doel van dit project is het ontwikkelen van technologieën voor een exoskelet dat een dubbele functie kan vervullen: het kan worden gebruikt als revalidatieapparaat om een afname in intrinsieke capaciteit aan te pakken, maar ook als een apparaat dat functioneel vermogen ondersteunt. Het beoogde exoskelet bevat ultramoderne actuatoren die licht en energiezuinig zijn en een hele dag comfortabel kunnen worden gedragen zonder de normale ...
PhD position on multi-modal sensor fusion for AI-driven remote rehabilitation KU Leuven
Sabbatical Ilse Jonkers: Multi-scale insights in the role of mechanical loading in cartilage homeostasis, repair and disease as basis for regenerative rehabilitation and excercise regimes in osteoarthritis KU Leuven
I wish to strengthen my research line in multi-scale cartilage mechanobiology by deepening existing international collaborations or starting up new collaborations and embedding them further within my research line on cartilage mechanobiology in Leuven – in preparation for an ERC advanced grant (submission 2024). To this end, I would like to propose a 3-part approach: - Stay in AO Foundation (Davos, Switzerland) with which I already cooperate. ...
Sabbatical Céline Gillebert: Neuropsychological rehabilitation in patients with mild cognitive impairment KU Leuven
Attentional impairments in neurological populations have long been treated as being less critical than physical impairments, and a patient’s need for care packages is still heavily informed by physical needs alone. This stems from a medical emphasis on physical recovery, but equally there is a substantial lack of knowledge about the impact of cognitive impairments on daily functioning and there is no good evidence for linking cognitive ...
Development of a wearable sensorized cuff for data-driven rehabilitation therapy - SAFER Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Can the rehabilitation after the war be an opportunity to put sustainability more on the agenda in Ukraïne? KU Leuven
The overall objective of the research project based on this making policy recommendations related to enhancing SDG awareness as well as improving SDG performance in the rehabilitation and the post-war economy.