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Gründemann, Axel (author)This paper investigates the effect of intrinsic muscle stiffness on neural control parameters in biological musculoskeletal control of stabilisation or reaching tasks. Current model implementations of intrinsic muscle properties are highly simplified, limiting their accuracy in replicating experimental short-range stiffness (SRS) behaviour,...master thesis 2023
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Zielstra, Lennart (author)Stroke patients can have spastic paresis of the lower leg, impeding an ankle which hinders gait. A novel orthosis has been developed which counteracts this impediment to the ankle. It is expected that gait training will improve stroke patients' use of the orthosis by increasing their ankle dynamics. Gait training with biofeedback, which is based...master thesis 2023
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Schuurbiers, Stefan (author)Of all reported cases, muscular pain in the arms is the second main cause of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in European workers. The most popular prevention method for shoulder-related WMSDs are passive shoulder exoskeletons, as of their light weight and ease of use. Yet, due to their static force-angle characteristic, passive...master thesis 2022
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Hutchinson, Kim (author)Falls are a significant cause of injury-associated deaths. In cases where the events leading up to a fall are unclear, a forensic investigation may be required to uncover the cause. During the forensic reconstruction process, tools for objective scenario evaluation are needed. Computer simulations appear to be a promising tool for reconstructing...master thesis 2022
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Radhamohan Menon, Akshay (author)Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is characterized by sensory and motor deficits. Tremor is a frequent and severe symptom in patients suffering from CIDP. There is limited and contradictory data regarding the effect of tremor on treatment of the underlying polyneuropathy, and on treatment specifically aimed at neuropathic...master thesis 2022
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Greveling, Stan (author)The Delft Hand and Wrist model is a recently created musculoskeletal model in the OpenSim environment. The current model lacks a validation of the thumb muscles. Therefore, the main goal of this work is to perform a quantitative trend validation by analyzing the correlation between experimentally measured muscle activity data and muscle forces...master thesis 2022
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Mora Vilaseca, Núria (author)Most of the characterisation of muscle activation patterns while cycling has been performed using indoor trainers. Little research has analysed whether the same pattern is used when cycling outdoors in road conditions. Therefore, this study compares lower limb muscle activity during cycling outdoors and using indoor trainers. Eight trained...master thesis 2021
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Vasileiou, Christos (author)Tendon-driven soft exosuits have gained much attention in recent years due to their ability to support people with mobility problems during daily life activities. A task that is particularly assisted by such robotic systems, due to its challenging nature, is stair climbing. However, assisting foot clearance during the swing phase of stair...master thesis 2021
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Assis de Souza, Alvaro (author)Parkinson’s Disease (PD), Essential tremor (ET), and dystonia are movement disorders often misdiagnosed as one another and commonly present tremor as one of their motor symptoms. Rates of misdiagnosis between 30 and 50% of ET patients have been reported, where dystonia and PD are the most common missed diagnoses. Additionally, up to 50% of...master thesis 2021
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Martens, Savine (author)The automotive industry is foreseeing a future where driver and car will form a synergy, by allowing the car to predict the driver’s intent. Nissan has already successfully predicted the intent to make lane changes in a driving simulator with just six electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes on the movement related cortical potential using...master thesis 2021
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Klevering, Stijn (author)Tele-impedance can increase interaction perfor- mance between a robotic tool and unstructured/unpredictable environment during teleoperation. However, the existing tele- impedance interfaces have several ongoing issues, such as long calibration times and various obstructions for the human oper- ator. In addition, they are all designed to be...master thesis 2021
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Vermeulen, Jeroen (author)Purpose – The entropy algorithm is a recently developed statistic for quantifying the complexity of time series data. To date, research of biomechanics and motor control discussed whether entropy algorithms could be used as a convenient tool to identify healthy gait function, to evaluate outcomes of physical therapies and to monitor the...master thesis 2021
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Santini, Francesca (author)Introduction: Pes equinus with increased ankle joint stiffness is a common impairment in stroke and Cerebral Palsy (CP) patients with structural and/or neural deficits of the ankle muscles. Equinus gait is characterized by toe-strike, abnormal ankle plantarflexion and decreased ankle range of motion (ROM). A new ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) with...master thesis 2020
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Liuzzi, Peppe (author)Biologically inspired neural networks are a promising approach to understand the causes and improve the treatments of brain damage. Parkinson's disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects mainly movements, speech and cognitive problems. It symptoms cannot be cured, though medications can significantly improve the condition....master thesis 2020
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Cueto Fernandez, Judith (author)Advanced anatomical knowledge and understanding of the muscles involved in various movements are crucial for medical practitioners to reach the correct diagnostic and successfully predict surgery outcomes. To acquire this knowledge, 3D graphical anatomical models which are displayed stereoscopically can effectively supplement cadaveric...master thesis 2020
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Pries, Rosanne (author)Bimanual coordination is essential for the performance of daily activities, but the underlying motor control mechanisms are not yet fully understood. The goal of the present study is to identify the contribution of contralateral responses in the wrist joints to the performance of a bimanual task. Contralateral responses could possibly be used in...master thesis 2020
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Dekker, Melina (author)Freezing of Gait (FoG) is a debilitating walking problem affecting over 50\% of Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients. Rhythmic cues during FoG can help patients to resume walking. FoG can be detected from lower limb acceleration data, but current detection algorithms lack context, resulting in false positive detection and initiation of cues when...master thesis 2020
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Waasdorp, Rick (author)Muscles generate force and enable movement. After excitation of a muscle the muscle fibers contract. Methods to assess muscle contraction in vivo are scarce. Electromechanical delay (EMD), defined as the time lag between muscle excitation and contraction onset, has been proposed as a measure for contraction efficiency, but provides limited...master thesis 2019
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van Adrichem, Bram (author)Humans continuously adapt to new sensorimotor environments, wherein we create motor commands to execute movements properly, such as picking up the telephone or riding a bike. Generalization of motor commands means that a learned movement, such as grasping a bottle, transfers to similar but new environments, such as grasping a carton of milk....master thesis 2019
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Fernandez Santoro, Elias Mateo (author)The olivocerebellar system plays a central role in motor learning, crucially contributing to the coordination, precision and accurate timing of movements. The system is formed by Purkinje cells (PC), the Deep Cerebellar Nucleus (DCN) and Inferior Olive (IO). Its input activate the PC which produces simple (SS) and complex spikes (CS). The latter...master thesis 2019
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