BME leads research project for patients who experience balance problems following a stroke

The Department of BioMechanical Engineering has launched a unique research project called ‘Minor balance problems following a light stroke’ together with Radboudumc and two partners from industry, Motekforce Link BV and 2M Engineering. This research project aims to develop an all-in-one balance gait training method for patients experiencing balance problems following a stroke. Research will use a measuring system to ascertain whether this group of people actually do have minor balance problems. The research teams also wants to examine the way that these balance problems can help to predict how often people fall and how active these people are in their daily lives. This will be compared to healthy people. Ultimately, the results will be used to determine which people could potentially benefit from balance training. Associate professor Alfred Schouten is the lead applicant for this research at 3mE. He works with PhD student Ingrid Schut and co-supervisor Jantsje Pasma on this project.

The research team is still looking for patients for this research project in the Delft or Nijmegen regions who have had a light stroke or TIA more than six months ago and have experienced loss of function and/or muscle weakness in the legs. Whether these symptoms are still noticeable makes no difference for this research. For more information and to register, please contact Femke Hulzinga at Radboudumc: 024-3668426/ E-mail: moveon.reval@radboudumc.nl. Read more here (only in Dutch).

 Looking for people who have had a light stroke or TIA (in Dutch)