Het doel van dit onderzoek was de effecten van huifbedtherapie bij meervoudig gehandicapten beter te onderbouwen. Huifbedtherapie is het behandelen van patiënten, met uiteenlopende aandoeningen, door middel van het huifbed. Het huifbed is een stalen frame waartussen een zeil is uitgespannen. Onder het …

Objective. In this study an experimental set-up for measuring skin microvascular responses of the footsole to changes in externally applied pressure was analysed. Design. A clinical study. Skin microvascular blood flow was measured in healthy volunteers, during and after external mechanical pressure …

Heart-rate changes after transition from a supine to a standing posture were measured in 12 hypertensive and 12 normotensive primigravid women, in their last trimester of gestation. The subjects beat-to-beat heart-rate (HR) changes were recorded on both an ordinary cardiotocograph and on magnetic tape. …

Improving estrus detection accuracy could improve sow conception rates,leading to higher production efficiency. Current observation-based estrusdetection practices are labor intensive and less accurate. Around estrus, bodytemperature and activity change. Therefore in this study a telemetric monitoringsystem …

The last decades, the number of dairy cows per farm has increased and the time spent on individual cows by the farmer has been reduced. To help the farmer detect changes in activity of cows associated with health issues, activity monitoring systems are being developed. The systems can help with daily …