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LATEST NEWS June 2020
COVID-19 special edition: To a new quality of life (2)
SPRINT partners design unique healthcare innovation improving the quality of life of corona patients and their caregivers. ■ Beatrixoord, location Haren, designed a COVID-19 recovery protocol to successfully reintegrate corona-cured UMCG employees into the workplace.
■ Master’s students Floris Idema and Tom Buitink, Biomedical Technology, University of Groningen (UG), are researching a renewable and transparent mouth mask. ■ Lode B.V. developed a bycicle ergometer for rehabilitation at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). ■ Read the stories in this second COVID-19 special edition of the SPRINT newsletter.
Ton Rademaker(l) and his team are proud of their IC-bicycle ergometer
CENTER OF RESEARCH EXCELLENT SPRINT HATCHING PLACE FOR MEDTECH START-UPS
More and more students and PhDs choose for entrepreneurship after their studies. Connecting science to society. The Groningen MedTech spin-offs Ivy Medical and geriaMOVE originated from the knowledge base of IMDI-SPRINT and UMCG. In collaboration with the University of Groningen, Ivy Medical is developing a portable IV drip to replace the well-known IV pole. GeriaMOVE is developing a serious game that, in a playful way, invites people to train their lower leg muscles in preparation for abdominal surgery. In the video below, they introduce themselves.
The various new technologies will be developed in close cooperation with: Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Universiteit Twente, and a variety of companies and institutions.
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Current projects
Exergaming for balance training of elderly citizen
Given current demographic developments, the number of elderly and will increase rapidly in the coming years. Falls are amongst the most frequent reasons for medical intervention in the elderly and are a major threat to their health and independence and medical costs are high and rising. Thirty-two ...
Intuitive Natural Prosthesis UTilization (INPUT)
Prosthetic users are frustrated with the technology available on the market today. The main objective of INPUT is to translate clinically relevant research results on advanced upper limb prosthetic control made in the past from the laboratory to an everyday usable solution for end-users straight aft ...
A new leg-prosthesis to improve the lateral balance of amputees
The gait of amputees is different from that of normal healthy individuals. The combination of adding a passive aid and a lack of active control over this aid leads to certain restrictions. One of those is the inability to move the pressure point underneath the foot during walking with a prosthesis ( ...
SPRINT @work
Demographic ageing in the Western world means that the average age of the working population is increasing. This has major consequences for the labour process. Growing older is linked to physical and cognitive changes which can influence the performance of tasks. It’s no coincidence that the Europea ...
The Ideal Prosthesis Selection (TIPS)
Around 700 transfemoral amputations take place in the Netherlands on a yearly basis . Recently, more and more emphasis is being placed on justifying the indication when prescribing prostheses. However, an evidencebased indication is not always possible because little is known about what type of pros ...
Orthosis for treatment of Osteoarthritis of the knee
There is no cure for osteoarthritis for the knee yet. Articular cartilage has a poor self regenerating capacity. Even a prolonged period of non-weight bearing does not help. The ultimate treatment option is total knee prosthesis surgery, which is a radical procedure with risks of complications. Tota ...
An in-room exercise machine for elderly (LEMED)
The segment of the population over age 65 will increase to 25% from the current 12%. This reorganization of population structure suggests that there will be many old adults who will live for a long time. Many old adults lose their independence due to the evolution of mobility disability, i.e., inabi ...
Self Administered Functional walking Exercise (SAFE)
Ageing is linked to a decrease in fitness and mobility and increases the risk of a Stroke. In Europe, it is estimated that there are 1.13 million people suffering from a Stroke. In the Netherlands this value is approximately 215.000. It is expected that this population has increased in size with 43 ...Making orthopaedic shoes lighter
Wearing orthopaedic shoes helps to minimize the effects of arterial disease/diabetes. Diabetes first presents in the feet of clients and proper orthopaedic shoes can delay the negative effects of the condition, but it is important that clients make optimum use of these shoes. An ageing population an ...
Exergaming for children with motor disabilities
Children with a motor disability often come up against physical barriers. Many of them cannot take part in regular games and sports, and risk becoming less physically fit than their non-disabled peers. This in turn increases their health risks in later life. Exergames (exercise and gaming) encourage ...
Training with arm prostheses in a virtual environment
The introduction of myo-electrically controlled hand prostheses with multiple grips has accelerated the development of lower arm prostheses in the last few years. The handling options of users are greatly extended by these, because of the greater number of movement patterns that can be executed. ...
Symbionics: Co-Adaptive Assistive Devices
Increasingly many people rely for their independence on “assistive devices”, i.e. mechatronic systems that are wearable and improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. Traditionally, these assistive devices are adapted to the patient upon delivery. However, during their use, th ...
Intelligent Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO) for slack paresis
To prevent drop foot, an ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) is often prescribed. This is a device that is placed around the ankle and is often made of polypropylene. Human gait is supported by providing functionality to the ankle that normally is done by the dorsiflexor muscles. The dorsiflexor muscles are u ...
Sensor preventing overloading during rehabilitation
When a patient has received an operation on a leg, rehabilitation is necessary for that patient. During this period of rehabilitation it is important that the patient continues to move. The movement accelerates the recovery prices. The load on the leg however, must remain relatively low. If too much ...
Alternative wheelchair drive mechanisms: development, operation and physical effort
An estimated 1% of the Dutch population (some 160,000 people) use a wheelchair as their primary means of daily transport. The majority of wheelchairs are manually propelled, usually by turning the hand rims of the rear wheels. However, propelling a wheelchair by hand is an inefficient process with o ...
Cyclist Road-User Interaction Support (CRUISer)
Elderly people ride bicycles more frequently and keep up cycling longer than before – a positive development, as cycling benefits our health and quality of life and plays a crucial role in staying mobile. However, older cyclists are at a higher risk of falling and injuring themselves in the process ...