MOBI lab
Healthy joints are essential for physical functioning throughout life. Among joint diseases, osteoarthritis has the highest prevalence and disability. In the coming decades, osteoarthritis will become the most common chronic disease in the Netherlands. There are still enormous challenges in osteoarthritis, ranging from poor understanding of the disease to insufficient early diagnostics and ineffective and non-personalized treatment strategies.
Shared facility: the MOBI lab
The MOBI lab (MOtion Biomechanics & Imaging) brings technology from Delft to Rotterdam. In this research lab, we combine biomechanical analyses with dynamic X-rays. This allows us to examine very precisely how joints are stressed and will eventually enable doctors to start the right treatment sooner. The unique location, in the middle of the outpatient clinic, allows us to innovate, implement and scale up more quickly. As a result, patients benefit earlier from diagnostic methods and treatments.
Flagship Healthy Joints
This Flagship project, ‘Healthy Joints, ‘ aims to prevent, diagnose and treat osteoarthritis earlier and target personalized management. To achieve this, we must improve our understanding of phenotypes and how these can be detected early. By doing so, we can develop and apply innovative technology at all scales and phases of the disease and develop and test preventive or early-stage personalized interventions. These efforts will be aligned with the stakeholders’ acceptance and behavioural aspects.