Abstract Background Visuospatial neglect (VSN) is a cognitive disorder after stroke in which patients fail to consciously pro cess and interact with contralesional stimuli. Visual Scanning Training (VST) is the recommended treatment in clinical guidelines. At the moment, several mixed reality versions …

Balance deficits play a major role in patients who have suffered strokes. It is estimated that 30% of patients cannot walk independently 6 months post-stroke, usually caused by impaired standing balance due to hemiplegia or hemiparesis that is experienced. Balance as a whole is a key factor when it comes …

Objective Repeated practice, or spacing, can improve various types of skill acquisition. Similarly, virtual reality (VR) simulators have demonstrated their effectiveness in fostering surgical skill acquisition and provide a promising, realistic environment for spaced training. To explore how spacing …

Presentatie en demo tijdens de Masterclass Acute Zorg van de Hanzehogeschool, Academie voor Verpleegkunde en Gezondheidsstudies

Vallen is een veelvoorkomend probleem onder ouderen door balansstoornissen. Om de balans te bevorderen gebruikt men binnen de fysiotherapie al jarenlang traditionele balansoefeningen. Afgelopen jaren wordt steeds meer gebruik gemaakt van virtual reality (VR) voor balanstraining. Het is nog niet duidelijk …

Virtual training systems provide highly realistic training environments for police. This study assesses whether a pain stimulus can enhance the training responses and sense of the presence of these systems. Police officers (n = 219) were trained either with or without a pain stimulus in a 2D simulator …

Demo sessie tijdens VR-proeverij Health Hub Roden, georganiseerd door "Technologie en Zorg Academie" en "Zorgplein Noord"

Abstract Background People with epilepsy and mild intellectual disability have a limited adaptive capacity resulting in difficulties in communication and social skills. Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to help this group of people to learn how to manage difficult situations. SEIN (Expertise Center …

In deze presentatie geef ik een kort overzicht van het onderzoek dat binnen het lectoraat User-Centered Design (onderdeel van het lectoraat Digitale Transformatie) aan de Hanzehogeschool Groningen wordt gedaan. Daarbij zal ik twee onderzoeksprojecten nader toelichten waarin we kijken naar hoe nieuwetechnologieën …