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Research Group Rehabilitation

The Rehabilitation research group’s most important objective is to stimulate the social participation and quality of life of people with a physical disability or chronic illness. The research group has entered into a partnership with Sophia Revalidatie. It conducts research and launches innovative projects related to participation and quality of life. Participation, (adapted) movement & sports and e-rehabilitation are three important and connected lines of research.

About the research group

In principle, the research group focuses on all rehabilitation target groups, but the ‘participation’ sub-area focuses on children and young people with an acquired brain injury. She is also explicitly involved in devising and carrying out activities.

The research group wants to use research, innovation and knowledge circulation to contribute to targeted improvements and changes in care options and professional training programmes. It draws the attention of higher education students to rehabilitation and has become a regional knowledge and expertise centre with national and international partners.

Team

ir. Martijn van der Ent

Marjolein Jansen

Lando Koppes

Bram Reurings

Petra Siemonsma

Frank Schakel

Wil IJzereef

ir. Martijn van der Ent

Contact:
+31(0)6 - 44 05 80 59
m.vanderent@hhs.nl

Marjolein Jansen

Contact:
m.a.c.jansen@hhs.nl

Lando Koppes

Contact:

l.l.j.koppes@hhs.nl

Bram Reurings

Contact:

a.j.reurings@hhs.nl

Petra Siemonsma

Contact:
siemonsma.p@hsleiden.nl

Frank Schakel

Contact:
f.schakel@basaltrevalidatie.nl

Wil IJzereef

Contact:
w.a.m.ijzereef@hhs.nl

About the professor

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dr. Jorit Meesters

Innovate rehabilitation care to enable patients to receive the best possible care, with the right use of e-health and care technology. That is the ambition of Jorit Meesters, principal researcher at Basalt, expertise centre for rehabilitation medicine and researcher at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and, as of 1 November, also a professor of Rehabilitation and Technology at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). This research group is a joint initiative of Basalt and The Hague University of Applied Sciences for research, knowledge and innovation. Many years of cooperation between these partners in care and education have made it possible to address important challenges, such as staff shortages and the increasing complexity of the demand for care, on the basis of knowledge and experience. Rehabilitation care is increasingly supported by ICT and e-health applications. 
j.meesters@hhs.nl

Research lines

Application of new ICT can play an important role in anticipating the above-mentioned trends and bottlenecks. Information technology (IT) and gaming offer unprecedented opportunities to enrich rehabilitation and chronic care in terms of organisation and supply. Mobile technology (in particular tablets and mobile smartphones, called mobile ICT) is developing rapidly (in terms of ease of use, size, speed, more accessible cost) and offers more and more application possibilities during, alongside and after rehabilitation. The use of this technology can make the daily life of patients and former patients easier and/or more pleasant, and the same applies to their caregivers. Telemedicine will also increasingly support communication with patients, professionals and informal carers. More than 90% of Dutch people have access to the internet and use it on a daily basis. The demand from patients for ICT applications is increasing (survey results). In order to realise these possibilities, vision, policy, cooperation in innovation, implementation and research are needed. This research group focuses on ICT and gaming in the rehabilitation sector, also with a view to improving participation. 
 
The research group is contributing to scientific research at the Sophia Rehabilitation Centre, focusing on NHA, CVA and Child Rehabilitation. Within these lines of research, special attention is paid to Activities and Participation (ICF): e.g. sexuality, exercise and sport, labour.

People with a physical disability or chronic condition, in addition to their functional impairments (e.g. exercise, learning, behaviour), often experience significant limitations in social and societal participation and score lower on quality of life compared to their healthy peers. Partners, parents and informal carers also indicate limitations in participation as the main 'care for later'. The research group focuses on better understanding, measuring and influencing the participation of people with a physical disability and/or chronic disorder, taking into account developments in society and changes in rehabilitation and related care. To this end, the ICF model is used as a framework. 
 
Ongoing projects and studies in the Participation line of research 

  • Take Part 

  • Take Part Next Step 

  • Breinstraat 

  • Studying with a functional disability 

  • Line of Research (Adapted) Sports and Technology 

  • Zuiderpark Sports Campus 

  • Wheelpower 

  • Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and motor learning 

  • Mobility Assistive Technologies Field Lab (MAT Field Lab) 

Completed projects and studies in the Participation line of research 

  • NAH research (2008–2015) 

  • Brains4U (2010–2015) 

  • Environmental interventions           

  • BRAGA (2012–2014)  

  • Friends4Friends/Peer Project (2014–2017)    

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