Mini-symposium: Boosting Performance With High-End Interactive Gait Rehabilitation Technology

Описание: During the Dutch Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (DCRM) 2021, Dutch and Belgian members of the HEIGaRT (High-End Interactive Gait Rehabilitaton Technology) User Group presented how advanced treadmill technology is used to boost performance in patients and healthy individuals.
Chairs: Dr. Maarten Prins (Military Rehabilitation Center), chair of the HEIGaRT usergroup and Dr. Noël Keijsers (Maartenskliniek), senior member of the HEIGaRT user group

Speakers:
• Anke van Bladel (Ghent University Hospital) - Full body movement analysis of stroke patients when walking on a self-paced treadmill.
• Ilona de Rooij (Revant / UMC Utrecht Brain Center) - Walking in relation to participation after stroke; is virtual reality training of added value?
• Eline Zwijgers (Maartenskliniek) - Walking adaptability training compared to endurance-and-resistance training in people with incomplete spinal cord injury
• Juha Hijmans (Groningen University Medical Center) - Gait retraining in running related injuries.
• Marissa Gerards (Maastricht University Medical Center) - Perturbation-based balance training to improve balance control and reduce falls in older adults.

Learning objectives:
• Give an overview of the possibilities of high-end interactive gait rehabilitation technology
• Present the results of intervention studies that aimed to enhance performance in stroke patients, patients with incomplete spinal cord injury and patients with running related injuries
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these interventions compared to conventional interventions