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US (Oregon) news item on SilverFit |
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
Fox news in Oregon has made this very nice news item on the SilverFit (known as OmniVR in the US) being used in a facility in Portland.
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SilverFit to develop rehabilitation games with Hocoma |
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
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SilverFit is proud to announce that we have signed a partnership with Hocoma, the leading company in functional robotics rehabilitation for neurological movement disorders. SilverFit and Hocoma will join forces to develop virtual rehabilitation game modules for new Hocoma products.
Hocoma is the leader in functional robotic rehabilitation therapy for neurological movement disorders. The Swiss based medical technology company develops innovative therapy solutions working closely with leading clinics and research centers. Hocoma is famous for the Lokomat system, used for robotic treadmill training of neurological patients, as well as for the Armeo product range for upper extremity rehabilitation of which both provide Augmented Feedback, a virtual reality training environment. A further product, Erigo helps mobilize neurological patients in the early phase of rehabilitation or of long bed rest patients.
We hope the collaboration between SilverFit and Hocoma will enable doctors and therapists around the world to provide their patients with an even more motivating and interactive therapeutic experience. |
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SilverFit has two new employees |
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
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We are happy to announce that Silverfit again has two new employees! Both have worked at SilverFit before.
Danielle van de Wijngaarden will strengthen our team as a graphic designer. She recently gratuated from Graphic School in Rotterdam, where she studied Animation. She has always had a passion for games. Her inspiration comes from her daily life. We are sure that SilverFit will be a wonderful inspiration for Danielle and that she will develop many beautiful games for our company!
Tooba Rezaei has her own graphic design company and works for SilverFit. In the past, she has worked for SilverFit and she now again will strenghten our team. This time, she will be working on a home version of the SilverFit that we are planning to launch in the future. Tooba is a talented graphic designer who really adds effects to her work: landscapes seem to be three dimensional, the fox has the purfect fur, etc. We are happy to welcome her back ! |
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 |
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SilverFit has just completed a visit to China. We were invited by Jiangsu Tianrui, a leading company in the field of rehabilitation in China, located in Lyanyungang. Professor Rademaker from the Avans University joined the visit, as he was invited as a guest speaker at the Beijing Geriatric Conference. We were honoured to meet distinguished Chinese professors and leading managers in the field of rehabilitation from Beijing and many other cities in China. We experienced a very positive response to the SilverFit product and hope to be able to place more SilverFits in China in the near future. |
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Creating a virtual therapy room |
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Monday, 17 May 2010 |
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SilverFit has created a number of complete virtual rehabilitation facilities. These facilities contain a broad range of physiotherapy equiment equipped with virtual rehabilitation games: a biketrainer, a treadmill, balance trainers, pulleys and legpresses can all be equipped with motivating and relevant games. We have listed a number of options in this new part of our website. |
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Monday, 3 May 2010 |
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We have added a new section to our website in which we will regularly interviews with therapists and other SIlverFit users. The first interview can be found here. |
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Tuesday, 27 April 2010 |
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We have started publishing a SilverFit newsletter; so far it is only available in Dutch, but we are working on the English translation. You can subscribe to the newsletter by sending an email to
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with the subject: subscribe to newsletter. |
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SilverFit is growing: two new faces! |
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 |
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We are very happy to announce that two new people have joined our team this month. Rhana Tersteeg joins us as head of marketing and communication. She will be responsible for brochures, clinical information, the website, the manual, and all the other items we are developing to inform and serve our customers. Rhana has studied Chinese language and culture in Leiden and Beijing and International Business in Maastricht. She has a very strong background in international marketing, especially for the Asian market where SilverFit is currently growing rapidly. Maarten Wesselius joins us as a programmer. Maarten has studied Media and Information Technology at Delft Technical University and Media Technology in Leiden. Maarten has created a number of very creative projects during his studies that cross the boundaries between art, computer games, and music. We are very inspired by his ideas and abilities and believe he will provide a strong contribution to future game projects at SilverFit! |
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Clinimetric potential of SilverFit |
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Thursday, 15 April 2010 |
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In collaboration with Avans University, SilverFit is doing research to determine whether the scores people achieve in the SilverFit games have any clinical relevance. Prof. Arno Rademaker, together with his students Johnny de Deugd, Jasper Willemse and Sammy Hoogendoorn have just completed a 6-month research project with total hip patients. The results are very encouraging. The main ideas and results so far have been summarized in a brochure that can be downloaded here. |
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Youtube video: the SilverFit in use in Utrecht |
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Wednesday, 7 April 2010 |
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This short Youtube movie made by our customer Aveant in Utrecht shows the SilverFit in action. The video is in Dutch only! |
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 |
The newest version of the SilverFit manual is now online and can be downloaded here. The file is rather big so please wait a few seconds for it to open.
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Virtual fitness centre opened in Veghel |
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 |
Our customer BrabantZorg has opened a beautiful new virtual fitness centre in their care hotel at the Reigerdonk in Veghel in the Netherlands. SilverFit has helped to design and realise this centre. Beside the SilverFit, participants can exercise on a Wii Fit, an interactive threadmill, interactive bicycles and other equipment. On March 20th the facility will host an Open House. You are welcome to visit!
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
A short TV news item covering the use of the SIlverFit at our customer Aveant in Utrecht-- the link is in Dutch only!
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SilverFit in Dutch innovation top100 |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
SilverFit has been nominated for the Innovation Top-100, a yearly ranking of the most innovative companies in the Netherlands. We'll hear on the 25th of May what our final ranking is...
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Monday, 8 March 2010 |
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Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. A new release of the SIlverFit software has been published today. The new release contains two new games: the volleyball game and the funfair game. The volleyball game is an exercise for two patients who can sit or stand in front of the screen. Their challenge is to play a game of volleyball by moving their arms in time to hit the ball. They can play competitively or collaboratively. The funfair game is also an exercise to be done seated. This exercise has been developed to react to any movement the patient may make; by moving the arms, the torso, or even just the head exactly at the right time the patients tries to hit wooden animals with a ball and win prizes in a funfair ride. The game is very well suited to people with very little function. Apart from these two new games, the new release contains an improved patient management system as well as numerous updates, adjustments and patches to existing games. |
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Inaugural lecture dr. Rademaker |
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Friday, 5 March 2010 |
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Breda. On Friday 5th of March dr. Arno Rademaker will give his inaugural lecture as professor at the Avans University in Breda. Dr. Rademaker's research interest is the development of health innovations in geriatric care; virtual therapy is one of his focus areas. SilverFit would like to congratulate dr. Rademaker with his new chair! |
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Gymna is now our distributor for Belgium |
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Wednesday, 3 March 2010 |
Bilzen. As of today, Gymna is our new distributor for Belgium. SilverFit is very pleased that Gymna will take on the distribution of our product in Belgium. Their professional organization will enable us to ensure high standards of service to all of our Belgian customers. More information on Gymna is available here. You can also see the SilverFit in action at Residentie Christoff near Bruges.
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City alderwoman Heerkens opens SilverFit Breda |
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Monday, 1 March 2010 |
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Breda, march 1, 2010. The local tenant committee Team 't Ahorntje, Tuinzigt has organized a festive opening of the SilverFit in the Westerwiek skilled nursing facility in Breda, the Netherlands. Team 't Ahorntje has worked in a very driven and passionate way to enable the placing of the SilverFit. Alderwoman Marja Heerkens of Breda will offically open the SilverFit. Afterwards, there will be a party for residents of the Westerwiek house and the surrounding area. |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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Alphen aan den Rijn, 1st of march. The english version of the website has just been put online as well (the Dutch one was finished on february 19th). We welcome any feedback on how we could make the site better:
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SilverFit wins Izovator award |
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Thursday, 26 November 2009 |
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Hilversum, The Netherlands, 17 december 2009. SilverFit wins the Izovator award for best health care innovation in 2009. The jury believes that SilverFit has developed a very effective method that is in tune with current trends. The jury also expressed a lot of convidence in the entrepreneur and the way in which the initiative has been presented. |
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Rolf van der Burgt wins quality prize |
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Saturday, 21 November 2009 |
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Roosendaal, the Netherlands, december 2009. Our partner Rolf van der Burgt, physiotherapist at Groenhuysen, has received the quality prize of the Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy, chapter South-West. The key reasons for awarding this prize were: his work for the development of the SilverFit system, his publication on the SilverFit in a professional journal, and his contribution to the research on the effects of therapy with the SilverFit. |
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SilverFit wins Dutch Game Award |
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 |
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Amersfoort, the Netherlands, 12 november 2009. SilverFit has won the Dutch Game Award for Best Serious Game 2009. These are awarded for the best computer games developed in the Netherlands. |
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