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Teamwork makes the dream work... 💪 Preparing our upcoming symposium on the 26th of April in Hasselt. See you there?🧐 Stay tuned for more info #FIRRI2024#rehab 🎉

🌟 A huge thank you to everyone for an amazing day at the Mobilise-D Conference 2024 🎉 We're thrilled with the insightful discussions and ready for an evening networking event at the Scottish National Gallery. Let's connect and continue shaping the future of healthcare together!

🎉Congratulations to Paulien Mellaerts who won the “Best presentation award” at the 2024 congress of the Flemish Interuniversity Research for Rehabilitation in Internal diseases @FIRRI_flanders with her research on the one-minute sit-to-stand test in #COPD.

🚀 Ready to tackle fatigue in internal disorders? FIRRI presents an exciting webinar: 📅 Date: May 16, 2024 🕕 Time: 18:00 – 19:15 CEST 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/G2Bfycg58Y4h8o… More info 👉 firri.be #FIRRIWebinar

Very thankfull to get this learning experience! 🫁 FIRRI

What a great experience attending the Mobilise-D final meeting in Berlin!

Another exciting day at the ERS Congress! 🤩

💡New publication💡 The one-minute sit-to-stand test effectively captures the effects of #pulmonaryrehabilitation and relates to physical activity in patients with #COPD. The paper is now available online 👉🏻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11… KU Leuven PhysioTher Thierry Troosters Heleen Demeyer

The one-minute sit-to-stand test: A practical tool for assessing functional exercise capacity in patients with COPD in routine clinical practice Paulien Mellaerts journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… Mick Steiner @Greening_COPD Samantha Harrison Tom Ward Enya Daynes

Don't miss the Belgian Respiratory Society Respiratory Physiotherapy Day! Learn about the latest advancements in the field of respiratory physiotherapy and share knowledge with fellow professionals 🫁 📅Date: December 7 📍Location: Mons 📜Preliminary programme now available! See you there!

🌍 Today, on #WorldCOPDDay 🫁, we raise awareness about the global impact of #COPD. At UZ Leuven, patients and healthcare providers participated in the bike challenge to promote awareness for pulmonary rehabilitation and COPD 🚴‍♀️

🚨 New study alert! A recent RCT shows that both high-intensity & sham IMT lead to significant improvements in respiratory muscle strength (PImax) & weaning success in ICU patients with weaning difficulties. 🔗 Read more: atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rc… #Weaning #IMT #CriticalCare

Meet our team! Say hello to Paulien Mellaerts, PhD student at KU Leuven! Paulien is exploring the use of surface electromyography to detect contractile #musclefatigue in patients with #COPD following rehabilitation 🫁 Exciting work ahead! 🦵⚡🔬 Find out more! researchgate.net/profile/Paulie…

SAFE THE DATE!! 🚨🚨 First webinar of the year: Breathlessness in Internal Diseases! 🫁 📅 12th of February, 2025, 6.00-7.15 PM Keep an eye open for our 2 speakers 👀 Registration: forms.gle/zW1sQAW6dXnJgD…

Cheers to an amazing year ahead for FIRRI in 2025! 🥂 We’re expanding collaborations with research groups across Belgium 🇧🇪 and keep exchanging scientific knowledge 🔬. We’ll be hosting 2 webinars and a symposium “From Aging to Infinity: Innovations in Rehabilitation and Beyond”.

Celebrating 600 years of KU Leuven! 🎓 We gave visitors a behind-the-scenes look at our work in respiratory rehabilitation, exercise training, and physical activity coaching 🫁💊