Research highlights

The use of resilience in future studies Contributing to the clarification of resilience in older people in order to facilitate the use of resilience in future research and care practice.

Ongoing

'Time to get real!' Using real world data to assess cost-effectiveness Development and evaluation of advanced methods to perform cost-effectiveness studies using real world data.

Ongoing

Precision orthotics: optimizing ankle-foot-orthoses to improve gait in patients with neuromuscular disorders Individually optimizing the ankle-foot-orthosis bending stiffness doubles the effect on walking energy cost reduction, compared to clinically prescribed AFOs in persons with calf muscle weakness.

Completed

HIIT-the track: high intensity interval cycle-ergometer exercise training in people with parkinson’s disease Intensive physical training is promising for promoting neuroplasticity in patients with Parkinson’s disease. High-intensity exercise appears to improve walking, balance and cognition.

Ongoing

Biomarker and Test Evaluation (BiTE) projects A variety of methodological projects around the evaluation of diagnostic and prognostic tests, devices and biomarkers.

Ongoing

Germline biomarkers of melanoma immunotherapy: an international consortium Biomarkers that predict immunotherapy treatment success or risk of toxicity are urgently needed, to increase clinical benefit of metastatic melanoma patients.

Ongoing

New, rational therapy decisions for developmental brain disorders The NWA supported NewTDec* consortium takes on the challenge to inform, perform and monitor rational treatments at the patient ‘N-of-1’ level.

Ongoing

Personalized MS Treatment The MS Center Amsterdam want to enable personalized treatments for people with MS. Therefore it is important to know which patient responds best to which medicine.

Ongoing

EEG controlled triage in the ambulance for acute ischemic stroke Endovascular stroke treatment is effective, but performed in selected hospitals. Pre-hospital identification helps paramedics to choose the right hospital.

Ongoing

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