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Neuroimmune Responses Following Joint Mobilisation and Manipulation in Patients with Neck Pain Comparing the neuroimmune responses of patient groups post-treatment to study how joint mobilization and manipulation induce immediate pain relief in patients with non-specific neck pain.

Ongoing

The Structure, Mechanics and Mechanobiology of Multi-Muscle Tendons Research on multi-muscle tendons,the behavior of their subtendons, composition of the intermediate matrix, and response of tendons to mechanical loading.

Ongoing

Effective Therapy for Osteogenesis Imperfecta Research on how we can treat osteogenesis Imperfecta patients, who can experience hundreds of bone fractures caused by defects in collagen type I.

Ongoing

Exo-Aid to Support Workers Developing and evaluating a model-based human-machine interface for providing the right support for dynamic heavy lifting or static high-precision work.

Ongoing

Optimization of exerCise Therapy in patients with knee Osteoarthritis in a Primary care Setting (OCTOPuS-study): a Randomized Controlled Trial Optimizing current treatment of exercise therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis by applying a stratified approach.and evaluating the (cost-) effectiveness of stratified exercise therapy.

Ongoing

Tailored Injury Prevention in Adapted Sports (TIPAS) The project aims at reducing injuries and their negative consequences in disability sports, through early recognition of health complaints by offering timely tailored preventive advice.

Ongoing

Breaking the High Load in Baseball and Tennis Developing guidelines on the prevention of overload injuries in baseball and tennis, ‘correct’ techniques and a feedback system to support the return-to-sport process.

Completed

Evidence-based classification of vision impairment in Paralympic judo Research on the impact of vision impairment on judo performance and how judokas with vision impairment should be classified for Paralympic competition.

Ongoing

Perturbation-based gait training programme to prevent falls of older adults

Older adults at risk of falling: Can a perturbation-based gait training programme prevent future falls? Developing a treadmill based fall-preventive training programme to investigate the effects on functional balance and gait performance, self-efficacy and physical activity in daily life.

Ongoing

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