Clinical trials, including economic evaluations, are conducted on low back pain treatment and chronic benign pain rehabilitation. More recently, a research project has been started on the development of clinical guidelines and the use of restorative technology for upper extremity treatment in spinal cord injury. A few projects are related to the organisation of health care. The use of information and communication technology, aiming at an efficient delivery of rehabilitation care, deserves much attention. Although research is our core activity, transfer of knowledge on rehabilitation and physical medicine is a key element of our mission statement.
Knowledge transfer is implemented through different activities.
Various research projects have led to prototype clinical services that can be routinely used for patient assessment. Typical examples of clinical services offered by RRD on an experimental basis are movement analysis in children with cerebral palsy and patients suffering from stroke. Lumbar dynamometry in patients with chronic low back pain and pressure measurements during activities such as lying, sitting, standing and walking in patients with pain and pressure sores. Our projects in rehabilitation technology aim at development of prototype products. Although RRD will not be a manufacturer of its own products, knowledge can be transferred to commercial partners.