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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...

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.

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...

Brain stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus?   Imagine sitting at your desk, working in silence, when suddenly you hear a constant beep, murmur or static noise that is absent to your colleagues.

YOGA INTO BREAST CANCER REHAB OR IS IT JUST A HYPE?   Over the past decade, yoga has exploded in popularity through all age groups and thousands of new yoga studios have popped up like mushrooms across the Western world. Today, everybody knows someone who is practising yoga daily.

Will the future physiotherapist be a robot ?   Physiotherapy focusses essentially on the recovery of disorders of human posture and/or movements.

Osteoarthritis: Five facts you didn’t know!       Fact 1: Osteoarthritis is the main cause of pain, disability and decreased daily functioning in elderly affecting over 80% of the population above 55 years.

Movement-evoked pain: a new way of understanding (chronic) pain?      ​Physical activity is known to play an important key role in the treatment of pain conditions and is an effective strategy to relieve pain and improve level of functioning in daily activities in various c...