J.M.N. Essers

Symbionics project 13523: ADAPT, ADAPTation profile to optimize interaction between user and arm orthosis

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J. Essers, A. Peters, K. Meijer, A. Murgia, People with Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy show larger variations in shoulder muscle synergies than healthy controls during humeral elevation, presented at 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, 2018. Download poster

J. Essers, A. Peters, A. Bergsma, A. Murgia, K. Meijer, Activity monitoring of robotic arm support users in daily life, presented at the Science Day of MUMC+, Maastricht, 2018. Download poster

J. Essers, K. Peters, A. Peters, K. Meijer, A. Murgia, Muscle synergies in people with Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy, presented at the 6th Bio-Medical Engineering conference, Egmond aan Zee, 2017.

J. Essers, A. Murgia, A. Bergsma, K. Meijer. Estimation of deltoid and trapezius muscle activity during reaching with and without an arm support using musculoskeletal modeling, presented at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Milan, 2015. Download poster

J. Essers, A. Murgia, A. Bergsma, P. Verstegen , K. Meijer. An inverse dynamic analysis on the influence of upper limb gravity compensation during reaching, presented at the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics; Seattle 2013. Download poster

McCrum C, Essers JMN, Jie LJ, Liu WY and Meijer K (2016) Commentary: Older adults can improve compensatory stepping with repeated postural perturbations. Front. Aging Neurosci. 8:111. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00111

R. Mesquita,N. Nakken, D. Janssen, E. van den Bogaart, J. Delbressine, J. Essers, K. Meijer, M. van Vliet, G. de Vries, F. Pitta, E. Wouters, M. Spruit, Late-breaking abstract: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in patients with COPD and their resident loved ones, September 2016European Respiratory Journal 48(suppl 60):OA1516, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.OA1516

S.A.A.N. Bolink, H. Naisas, R. Senden, H. Essers, I.C. Heyligers, K. Meijer, B. Grimm, Validity of an inertial measurement unit to assess pelvic orientation angles during gait, sit–stand transfers and step-up transfers: Comparison with an optoelectronic motion capture system, Medical Engineering & Physics, Volume 38, Issue 3, March 2016, Pages 225-231, ISSN 1350-4533

S. Koene, I. Dirks, E. van Mierlo, A. Janssen, K. Meijer, H. Essers, J. Smeitink, A. Bergsma, I. de Groot, G.P.61 - The value of the MOX accelerometer in measuring daily physical activity in children with mitochondrial disease, Neuromuscular Disorders, Volume 25, Supplement 2, October 2015, Pages S204-S205, ISSN 0960-8966

S. van der Weegen, H. Essers, M. Spreeuwenberg, R. Verwey, H. Tange, L. de Witte, K. Meijer. Concurrent validity of the MOX activity monitor compared to the ActiGraph GT3X. DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0097 Mary Ann Liebert, inc.  vol. 21 no. 4  april 2015 TELEMEDICINE and e-HEALTH

A. Murgia, J. Essers, P. Verstegen, K. Meijer. The influence of an arm support mechanism on upper limb joint moments: An inverse dynamic analysis. 2013. Abstract from 4th Dutch Biomedical Engineering Conference, Egmond aan Zee, United Kingdom.

A. Bergsma, L. van der Heide, J. Essers, A. Murgia, D. van der Pijl, E. Cup,G. Gelderblom, P. Verstegen, I. de Groot, K. Meijer. Evaluation of motion controlled arm support. Paper presented at Neurotechnix 2013 International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics, Vilamoura, United Kingdom.

J. van der Weegen, H. Essers, M. Spreeuwenberg, H. Tange, R. Verwey, K. Meijer, L. de Witte. Validation of the It's LiFe! monitoring and feedback tool. ICAMPAM 2013, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Amherst, Massachusetts, USA: UMASS Amherst.

H. Essers, J. Witteveen R. Houben, K. Meijer. Effect of I-Cane use on Upper Extremity Loading; A comparison with the traditional long cane. Report for I-Cane, Research project sponsored by I-Cane Social Technology MKB 102, 2011.