Background In adolescents with non-pathological and pathological joint hypermobility, gait deviations have been associated with pain and fatigue. It remains unclear what distinguishes the non-pathological form of joint hypermobility (JH) from pathological forms (i.e. hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome …

Aanleiding: Motion capture is een waardevol meetinstrument binnen de bewegingsanalyse. Markerless motion capture is een betaalbare variant van motion capture die de laatste jaren veel ontwikkeld is. Dit type motion capture bespaart onderzoekers veel tijd in de voorbereiding en dataverwerking en kan soms …

Background Objective gait analysis that fully captures the multi-segmental foot movement of a clubfoot may help in early identification of a relapse clubfoot. Unfortunately, this type of objective measure is still lacking in a clinical setting and it is unknown how it relates to clinical assessment. Research …

We report on the calibration and testing of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based 2D-shape sensing strip for real-time monitoring of the position and orientation of the human spine during gait. The strip is evaluated for its use as an input for control of an exoskeleton for patients with spinal cord injury. …

Wearable inertial sensors (WIS) facilitate the preservation of the athlete-environment relationship by allowing measurement outside the laboratory. WIS systems should be validated for team sports movements before they are used in sports performance and injury prevention research. The aim of the present …

Hamstringblessures ontstaan veel tijdens maximaal sprinten en niet tijdens submaximaal sprinten, dit kan verschillende oorzaken hebben. Er wordt gedacht dat een van die oorzaken de kanteling van het bekken is in het sagittale vlak, omdat de kanteling van het bekken een rol speelt in de lengte van de …

Background: Development of more effective interventions for nonspecific chronic low back pain (LBP), requires a robust theoretical framework regarding mechanisms underlying the persistence of LBP. Altered movement patterns, possibly driven by pain-related cognitions, are assumed to drive pain persistence, …

In wheelchair sports, the use of Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) has proven to be one of the most accessible ways for ambulatory measurement of wheelchair kinematics. A three-IMU configuration, with one IMU attached to the wheelchair frame and two IMUs on each wheel axle, has previously shown accurate …

In sports, inertial measurement units are often used to measure the orientation of human body segments. A Madgwick (MW) filter can be used to obtain accurate inertial measurement unit (IMU) orientation estimates. This filter combines two different orientation estimates by applying a correction of the …

Het objectiveren van de bewegingsuitslag (ROM) in gewrichten is een belangrijk onderdeel binnen de fysiotherapie. Het meest gebruikte valide meetinstrument, de goniometer, is onhandig in het gebruik waardoor vaak gekozen wordt voor een visuele inschatting welke erg onbetrouwbaar is. Smartphones nemen …