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15 June 2020

Covid-19. Necessity to get back to regular physical activity in nursing homes

How can nursing homes reintroduce regular adapted physical activity for their residents after this confinement?

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02 june 2020

Preventing elderly social isolation

Confinement during this pandemic period had the effect of accentuating social isolation of the most vulnerable. What are now the needs and actions, already necessary before but crucial today, to support our loved ones in nursing homes?

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19 MAY 2020

Experiences with the SilverFit Flow

Kris de Kinderen is a physiotherapist working at De Wever, a care home in the Netherlands. We recently interviewed him, and some of his patients, about their experiences with the SilverFit Flow.

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13 februari 2020

Breathing exercises in visual gaming format

The SilverFit Flow is developed to support patients with their breathing exercises by means of game-based therapy.

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3 december 2019

Exergaming in Older Adults: Movement Characteristics While Playing Stepping Games

A study from Nina Skjæret-Maroni, Elise K. Vonstad, Espen A. F. Ihlen, Xiang-Chun Tan, Jorunn L. Helbostad,and Beatrix Vereijken, Frontiers in Psychology, 2016; 7: 964

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26 September 2019

Exercising with the SilverFit 3D reduces the number of falls

Falling is a major concern for elderly people, and often results in a negative outcome. Van Gastel & Van der Burgt (2012) developed a fall prevention program for the SilverFit 3D, to improve the users’ balance and gait pattern, and to enhance lower extremity muscle strength.

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9 September 2019

Exergames improve frailty status

With 4-17% of the community-dwelling elderly being frail, and 38-53% pre-frail (Collard et al. 2012), the study of Liao et al. (2019) aimed to see what effects overgaming and combined exercise could have on frailty and physical performance of elderly. The results are really encouraging!

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12 september 2019

Cycling with film increases duration of physical activity

Van Santen et al. (2019) investigated the effect of interactive cycling (exergaming) on functioning and well-being of people with dementia. Positive effects were found!

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4 september 2019

Exergames improve balance

Stanmore et al. (2019) looked at the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of exergames to improve balance of elderly aged 55 years and older. The outcomes are very positive!

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27 augustus 2019

Patients exercise more with SilverFit 3D after their amputation

The amputation program on the SilverFit 3D is a good addition to the regular geriatric physio-therapeutic rehabilitation program. This was concluded by the master research project of Anke van Cruchten, geriatric physiotherapist at rehabilitation center Roermond of De Zorggroep, The Netherlands.

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8 July 2019

Intrinsic motivation high with SilverFit 3D

Intrinsic motivation of elderly stays significantly higher over time if balance exercises are performed using the SilverFit 3D.

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9 July 2019

SilverEco Ageing Well Awards: SilverFit finalist

SilverFit finalist of the Ageing Well awards.

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11 june 2019

Crowdfunding for SilverFit Alois

Johnny van Straaten from Apeldoorn started a crowdfunding to provide a sponsored SilverFit Alois to people with (an advanced stage of) dementia.

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28 March 2019

SilverFit Mile update

The new SilverFit Mile update offers a memory workshop and many new biking routes.

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22 february 2019

SilverFit 3D Update

The new SilverFit 3D update has a special focus on Parkinson’s disease. The exercises and settings were in large part built as a result of the SilverFit User Meeting on Parkinson’s (2017).

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  1. Presentation on the scientific evidence of SilverFit systems
  2. Older people exercise dedicatedly at Silverfitness Wijchen
  3. What effect does exergaming have on people with dementia?
  4. Breathing exercises in intensive care
  5. A passion for moving
  6. Muscle atrophy: underdiagnosed, and rarely treated