Darcy Ummels

About the author | 187 A Photo by Franc Coenen About the author Darcy Ummels was born on August 28, 1994 in Ulestraten, the Netherlands. In 2011 she completed secondary school at Stella Maris College Meerssen. She studied physiotherapy at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and graduated in 2015. Thereafter, she studied Human Movement Science at Maastricht University. Darcy graduated as a Master of Science in 2016 with a thesis about the effect of muscle strength and aerobic capacity on post ‐ operative physical activity during hospitalisation in oncology patients. In 2016 Darcy started working at ParaMedisch Centrum Zuid as physiotherapist. Alongside with her work as physiotherapists she started her PhD project at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in 2016 that resulted in this dissertation. This was a collaborative project of the Research Centre for Autonomy and Participation of Persons with a Chronic Illness (Zuyd University), the Department of Family Medicine (Maastricht University) and CAPHRI School (Maastricht University). This dissertation was part of the Brightlands Innovation Programme Limburg Meet (LIME), a programme that facilitates the development of smarter measurement methods and more efficient data collection for better care and health. Currently, her work involves a combination of her work as physiotherapist at ParaMedisch Centrum Zuid, research at the Research Centre for Autonomy and Participation of Persons with a Chronic Illness and lecturing for the academy of physiotherapy of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. The focus of her work is on the dissemination of the findings of this dissertation. The topic she is interested in include activity trackers, eHealth, implementation of eHealth and measuring in daily clinical practice.