Our Research Highlights

Understanding the pathophysiology of osteochondral defects in the ankle from a basic science perspective Most osteochondral defects (OCD) have a traumatic origin. The pathogenesis between a trauma to the development of an OCD remains unknown.

Amsterdam Movement Sciences

Stopping the progression of MS Why do people with MS continue to deteriorate? How can disease progression be stopped? The researchers at the MS Center Amsterdam want to find answers to these questions.

Amsterdam Neuroscience

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.

Amsterdam Neuroscience

Better By Moving: Co-creating interventions to improve physical activity in hospitalized patients There is growing evidence that improving physical activity during hospitalization prevents hospitalization-associated disabilities. This project aims to improve patients' physical activity during a hospital stay.

Amsterdam Movement Sciences

Nationwide study on community-acquired bacterial meningitis: from genetics to therapy Genetic studies have provided important clues to which mechanisms play a role in the response to the bacteria and secondary damage to the brain.

Amsterdam Neuroscience

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.

Amsterdam Neuroscience

The interaction of fatigue and gait problems in children with cerebral palsy This projects aims to better understand the effects of fatigue on gait in order to improve clinical diagnostics for daily-life gait problems in CP

Amsterdam Movement Sciences

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.

Amsterdam Movement Sciences

Metabolic dysfunction and anabolic resistance during inactivity and systemic inflammation In this translational project we aim to investigate the molecular mechanisms of physical inactivity and systemic inflammation on skeletal muscle metabolism.

Amsterdam Movement Sciences

Fatigue, fear of recurrence and depression after cancer: personalized treatment Can cancer survivors with fatigue, fear of recurrence and depression after cancer be more effectively treated if protocols are personalized?

Cancer Center Amsterdam