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Astrid Lahousse recently published a new paper!  Lifestyle and Pain following Cancer: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions   Astrid Lahousse, Eva Roose, Laurence Leysen, Sevilay Tümkaya Yilmaz, Kenza Mostaqim, Felipe Reis, Emma Rheel, David Beckwée and Jo Nijs   

Wij werven aan!   Er zijn 3 nieuwe vacatures (zelfstandige kinesitherapeuten voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek, pre-doc en post-doc). Meer informatie over de verschillende vacatures vind je hieronder.  

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New paper published about COVID-19 recovery.  The Effect of physical therapy on impairments in COVID-19 patients from intensive care to home rehabilitation: A rapid review  Ruben Debeuf, Eva Swinnen, Tine Plattiau, Ann De Smedt, Elisabeth De Waele, Stijn Roggeman, Marc Schiltz, D...

Eva Swinnen and Nele Adriaenssens recently published a new paper!  Effectiveness of an Interprofessional Education Model to Influence Students' Perceptions on Interdisciplinary Work    Eva Swinnen, PhD, Maaike Fobelets, PhD, Nele Adriaenssens, PhD, Ellen Vandyck, MSc, Guido...

Mahyar Firouzi recently published a new paper!   IMPLICIT LEARNING OF PERCEPTUAL SEQUENCES IS PRESERVED IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE  Mahyar Firouzi, Kris Baetens, Eva Swinnen, Catalina Duta, Chris Baeken, Frank Van Overwalle, Natacha Deroost    Objective: Various s...

Mahyar Firouzi recently published a new paper!       Registered report: Does transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary motor cortex improve implicit motor sequence learning in Parkinson's disease?   By Mahyar Firouzi, Kris Baetens, Eva Swinne...

RERE members Mahyar Firouzi and Emma De Keersmaecker are going to the finals!   Each year the Vrije Universiteit Brussel organizes a competition between doctoral researchers of the university, called the PhD derby.

Laurence Leysen recently published a new paper!       The mediating effect of pain catastrophizing and perceived injustice in the relationship of pain on health-related quality of life in breast cancer survivors   By Leysen, L., Cools, W., Nijs, J.,

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ROBOTIC GAIT REHABILITATION     Gait rehabilitation robots are booming   If you work in physical rehabilitation, it is generally accepted that three elements are key for optimal gait recovery following a stroke: high intensity, high number of repetitio...

New Cochrane protocol available!   Congratulations, Emma De Keersmaecker and colleagues!   A new Cochrane intervention-protocol on the effectiveness of virtual reality compared with alternative or no intervention in people with Multiple Sclerosis can now be accessed onl...

Commentary about the benefits of robotic gait rehabilitation in cerebral palsy by Eva Swinnen and Nina Lefeber.   Benefits of robotic gait rehabilitation in cerebral palsy: lessons to be learned   Eva Swinnen and Nina Lefeber (RERE, VUB)  There is now evidence that gait...

Mahyar Firouzi recently published a new paper!    Transcranial direct-current stimulation enhances implicit motor sequence learning in persons with Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment   By Mahyar Firouzi, Karlijn Van Herk, Eric Kerckhofs, Eva Swinnen, Chr...

Muscle strengthening in patients with motor or neuromuscular disorders, let's play the Ghostly game!       Patients with motor or neuromuscular disorders are often treated by a physiotherapist. But that is not always enough for successful rehabilitation.

Stroke-induced muscle wasting:  What? How? and Why?      WHAT is stroke-induced muscle wasting?  Stroke is one of the leading causes of physical disability in the adult population.

Clinical commentary about powered exoskeletons for walking in multiple sclerosis.

Lynn Leemans recently published a new paper!    Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and heat to reduce pain in a chronic low back pain population: a randomized controlled clinical trial   By Lynn Leemans, Ömer Elma, Jo Nijs, Timothy Wideman, Carolie Si...

David Beckwée recently published a new paper!    Muscle changes after stroke and their impact on recovery: time for a paradigm shift?

Active ageing and volunteering: a "match made in heaven" to counter frailty in older adults?       Frailty: a major burden that affects quality of life of older adults     Frailty is a complex geriatric syndrome that results from a multisystem reductio...