Bram Onneweer
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About
Bram Onneweer is a researcher at the forefront of rehabilitation robotics, specializing in soft-robotic assistive technologies and quantitative motor impairment assessment. His work centers on developing wearable soft-robotic gloves that support hand function during activities of daily living for individuals with impaired grip strength, addressing a critical need in neurorehabilitation and hand therapy. Onneweer’s major contributions include leading the iHand multicenter clinical trial, which investigates the therapeutic effects of a soft-robotic glove on hand function after home use, with preliminary results showing promising improvements in grip strength and daily activity performance. His research has garnered over 50 citations, with his most-cited paper on the therapy effect of a wearable assistive soft-robotic glove receiving 15 citations in 2024. Beyond glove development, Onneweer has innovated in quantifying upper limb motor impairments through system identification techniques and admittance-controlled haptic devices, providing more reliable and valid assessments than traditional clinical scales. His notable achievements include developing a single device to quantify elbow motor impairments and demonstrating how delays in haptic devices affect perceived mass, advancing both clinical rehabilitation and haptic technology design.
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