Projects
SMART, EXSKALLERATE (OZR EU BONUS) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
EXSKALLERATE: ACCELERATE adoption of EXOSKELETONS for construction and manufacturing applications in the North Sea Region
Neurological factors challenging bimanual motor control and treatment response in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. KU Leuven
Children with unilateral Cerebral Palsy (uCP) present with many sensorimotor deficits in their impaired arm, compromising effective use in daily life activities. Accurate motor control between both arms is vital in performing bimanual tasks. This proposal is triggered by the need to provide well-targeted treatment plans optimizing bimanual motor control, as such improving the child’s participation in daily life. Yet, bimanual motor control is ...
Graph-based model of information diffusion in the human brain for studying event-related potentials KU Leuven
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) are hailed for bypassing defective neural pathways by translating brain activity directly into actions that convey the user's intent. How the kinematics of muscular activity relates to the motor- and somatosensory activity in the brain has been the focus of recent advancements. With such motor BCIs, amputees are able to gain control over a prosthesis and stroke patients to regain control over a paralyzed limb ...
Investigation on a critical time window for gait training in stroke rehabilitation. University of Antwerp
Wearable robots for augmentation, assistance or substitution of human motor functions Hasselt University
Unravelling the neuropeptidergic regulation of ecdysis in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria KU Leuven
Moulting is a routinely occurring post-embryonic developmental event that permits arthropods to grow. During this developmental process, their rigid cuticle or exoskeleton has to be shed, in a process called ecdysis, to make way for a larger covering. The timing of these developmental transitions is dictated by periodic pulses of the ecdysteroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone and intricate interactions among multiple neuropeptide signalling ...
Application of Nonlinear Optics in Entomology KU Leuven
Up until now, insects have almost exclusively been studied with linear optical methods. However, nonlinear optical techniques, such as multiphoton microscopy, offer many advantages. Most importantly, due to the low probability of two photons interacting with a specimen simultaneously, multiphoton microscopy inherently offers optical slicing. It is therefore very easy to create a 3D image of a sample, with minimal loss of signal and a high ...
Identifying the limitations in balance control of elderly using predictive simulations of human posture and gait KU Leuven
Falls in the elderly are a major threat not for only their independency but also because the major cost for the healthcare system. Many researchers use experiments in subjects to study balance reactions and how they decline in the elderly. These experiments describe the changes in their reactions, but it is quit hard to know what they are related to as many aspects of the human body change with aging. We propose that by using computer ...