Roessingh Research and Development (RRD) is an impact lab for personalized health technology within the context of movement (rehabilitation and sports) and health management (chronic disorders and healthy ageing). RRD provides scientific research on innovative healthcare technology with an end-user focus. We use the needs of the end-user as a starting point in the development of technology and ensure that the technology fits the healthcare context. So that technology is actually and optimally used and contributes to sustainable healthcare.
Roessingh Research and Development is part of Roessingh Center for Rehabilitation, one of the largest rehabilitation centres in the Netherlands, and has strong links with the University of Twente. This offers RRD a unique combination of scientific, technological and clinical knowledge. In addition, our cooperation network consists of healthcare institutions, patient associations, developers of healthcare technology and knowledge institutes.
RRD has extensive experience in many aspects of the development of innovative technology-supported health and care services; from initial scenario development and requirements elicitation with all stakeholders, technology development (ambulant sensing, IT services platform, Decision Support, personal context-aware coaching systems), user studies focused on usability, trust, acceptance and user satisfaction, large-scale clinical evaluation studies up to implementation of new services in daily clinical practice, and Social Return on Investment (SROI) analyses. These research and development activities are for a large part focused on health innovations for people with chronic diseases.
Gerdienke Prange, PhD, is a senior researcher at Roessingh Research and Development. She studies the interaction between rehabilitation technology and its users and evaluates its effect in people with movement limitations. She is involved in multiple European and national projects, where she coordinates testing of prototypes or market-ready medical devices with patients, such as a soft-robotic glove, exoskeletons and sensorised objects. She also contributes to transfer of scientific knowledge to practice, by joining forces with clinical expertise at Roessingh Diagnostic Center and Roessingh’s Innovation Lab to implement technological innovations in the rehabilitation center.