Our research projects include both basic and applied research at the intersection of health, social care, and digital technologies.
Projects
AVATAR
Augmented and virtual reality to support prosthetic rehabilitation
SONIGAIT II
Using a sensor-equipped insole to detect changes in gait pattern of elderly people for preventive therapeutic use
VeRgonomiX: virtual reality in ergonomics
Using Virtual Reality for the ergonomic workplace design as well as for consulting and training about ergonomic work processes
IntelliGait – Intelligent Gait Analysis
Automatic gait pattern analysis for robust classification of functional deficits. Intelligait aims at developing automated methods to analyze and classify gait patterns.
Evaluating technical measuring accuracy
Evaluating the technical measuring accuracy of a 3D monitoring system for the continuous tracking of lumbar spine movements
Umbrello
The interdisciplinary project UmBrello investigates the feasibility of a communications- and service platform for elderly citizens in rural areas.
KAVA-Time – How man and machine analyze data
Knowledge-Assisted Visual Analytics Methods for Time-Oriented Data. New methods will take advantage of explicit expert knowledge in the Visual Analytics process of data.
Reliability of a monitoring system
Reliability of a monitoring system for continuous tracking of sagittal lumbar spine movements
The Children's KNEEs Study
The aim of the Children’s KNEEs Study is to analyze altered biomechanical movement strategies in obese children during walking and stair climbing and to develop a specific training program for them.
BRELOMATE 2
BRELOMATE 2 aims at creating a user friendly and inexpensive centerpiece of an information, communication and gaming platform for elderly people.
CARMA -Center for Applied Research in Media Assisted Healthcare for Motion and Activity
Establishing and sustainably positioning a centre for applied research into media-supported healthcare with a focus on exercise and activity
BRELOMATE
The project BRELOMATE aims at providing socially isolated senior citizens with all the possibilities offered by existing information services and social networks on the Internet.