The BruBotics Rehabilitation Research Center was set-up primarily to support the research conducted by the BruBotics-VUB groups, and the fellow originators of the BRRC project. The lab is however also available for use by third parties.
Reserve the lab
To request a reservation of the lab and/or its equipment, we invite you to visit the reservation section of the website, or to contact us to learn more about the possibilities.
VUB researchers
The BRRC is recognised as a VUB core facility, meaning that all VUB research groups have priority access at preferential rates.
Available infrastructure
VUB-researchers can make use of:
- Rent the full lab + a dedicated technician to help perform the measurements and necessary analyses (the default option).
- Rent specific equipment, if previous experience with the devices can be shown.
services
We can provide:
- Gait analyses
- Physiological measurements & analyses
External researchers
The main objective of the BRRC is supporting rehabilitation (technology) research.
The lab is therefore available for studies performed by external researchers from other institutions.
Available infrastructure
- Rent the full lab + a dedicated technician to help perform the measurements and necessary analyses (the default option).
- Rent specific equipment, if previous experience with the devices can be shown.
- In exceptional cases we can also provide the option to rent the lab + the Ekso exoskeleton + a certified clinician to operate it.
Services
We can provide:
- Gait analysis.
- Physiological measurements & analyses.
- Support with setting-up trials.
Companies
The BRRC and its team are available and have experience with conducting clinical trials.
The BRRC is also an ideal place to showcase your technologies, or to conduct experiments and tests with or without patients. The RERE research group is happy to discuss the options with you.
Services:
- Conduct clinical trials on rehabilitation technologies and medical devices. While we focus mostly on neurological rehabilitation, other areas are also possible. For instance, BruBotics conducts the clinical testing of Axiles Bionics' ankle-foot prostheses. We can assist with recruiting patients as well as with setting-up the trials.
- We also offer gait analyses and other biomechanical and physiological measurements.
Clinicians
Over time, the BRRC aims to share its expertise and experience through expert academies.
In the meantime, the lab is available for use by healthcare professionals and clinicians, in particular to conduct gait or other biomechanical analyses on patients.
Therapy with the Ekso system is currently restricted to the UZ Brussel only.
Services
We can provide:
- Gait analysis.
- Biomechanical and physiological measurements & analyses.
Patients
The BRRC has established a close collaboration with the university hospital UZ Brussel, to enable patients to benefit directly from the state-of-the-art equipment available in the lab.
Services:
The lab provides gait analyses to the clinicians and the Ekso exoskeleton is used by the patients of the Rehabilitation department of the hospital.
For all inquiries as a patient, we refer you to the UZ Brussel department of Rehabilitation:
https://www.uzbrussel.be/web/fysische-geneeskunde-revalidatie/afspraak-maken