Associatie KU Leuven

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Research Group Health & Care

    • Biomedical signal processing:
      • Body mounted sensor technology (accelerometers, electromyography, EEG, ECG…)
      • Non-contact sensing (IR movement sensing, visual and IR residential video, utility monitoring)
    • Longer independent living for the elderly and chronically ill
    • Rehabilitation Technology
      • Design of assessment tools in rehabilitation
      • E-health and tele-rehabilitation
    • Orthopedic Technology
      • Shoe technology for sports and rehabilitation
      • Design and modeling (FEA and musculoskeletal modeling) of orthopedic appliances (orthotics and prosthetics)
  • Maternal care and childcare,
    • Non-pharmaceutical management of pain in children
    • Pre-conceptual care
    • Breast feeding
    • Monitoring in sudden infant death
  • Lab4Food:
    • Food safety (eg. packaging, storage, allergies…)
    • Rheology of Food (eg. swallowing problems…)
    • Food structure (eg. chewing)