http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Delft University of Technology TU Delft is developing a special respirator for children with a neuromuscular disease. The Sporters in Actie foundation collected €100,000 for research on this breathing mask during the 'Greatest Golf Tournament in the World' in Zoetermeer on Saturday 6 April. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-respirators-children-neuromuscular-diseases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:40:01 EST news285229067 If designers want to develop effective products for children with autism, they first need to immerse themselves in the group they are targeting. This is the claim made by Helma van Rijn, who will be awarded her PhD for her thesis on this subject at TU Delft on Tuesday 18 September. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-five-step-approach-children-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:36:08 EST news275132160 The development of body-powered prosthetic hands has stagnated for over twenty years. That is the main conclusion of a study by researchers from TU Delft and the University of Groningen into this type of prosthesis, which is published in the American Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-prosthetic-stagnated-years.html Other Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:04:18 EST news258717836 (PhysOrg.com) -- Combating phobias and psychotic disorders using virtual technology. This is what the work of TU Delft researcher Willem-Paul Brinkman involves. In the latest edition of Delft Outlook, TU Delft?s science magazine, Brinkman shows how this method can provide solutions for such problems as fear of flying and, in the longer term, possibly also for social disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-therapy-avatars.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:00:01 EST news223282200