Hydrotherapie en aquajoggen wordt voor de behandeling van mensen met gewrichtsklachten en sporters met blessures al langer toegepast. De toepassing bij obesitas is relatief nieuw en nog niet eerder onderzocht. Toch is de behandeling in water een oude methode: baden werd door Hippocrates al aanbevolen …

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In recent years, the number of publications on innovation in the construction industry has increased. Many of these documents address qualitative issues, e.g. policies for innovation and present case studies. A more quantitative approach is taken in this paper, which is the continuation of a previous …

SAMENVATTING Inleiding In dit verslag wordt een literatuuronderzoek beschreven over: wat valt er te leren uit de beschikbare wetenschappelijke literatuur over het effect van het beoefenen van topsport op de integriteit van gewrichten van de onderste extremiteit op lange(re) termijn? De sporten die …

Objective: Psychophysical lift capacity tests are lifting tests in which the performance, expressed in Newtons, is divided by the perceived exertion, expressed on a Borg scale. The aim of this study was to analyse test-retest reliability of psychophysical lift capacity tests. Subjects: Patients with …

Several models in data analysis are estimated by minimizing the objective function defined as the residual sum of squares between the model and the data. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a least squares estimator is that the objective function attains its infimum at a unique …

BACKGROUND: Chest physiotherapy is widely prescribed to assist the clearance of airway secretions in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices provide constant back pressure to the airways during expiration. This may improve clearance by building up gas behind mucus …

The Dutch approach to genomics and society is taken as an example to show that the dream of achieving a symmetrical dialogue between social and bioscientists is not easily realized. Dutch social science and genomics experts aspired to create a bottom-up network for society and genomics that would enable …

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BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis is an inherited life-limiting disorder, characterised by pulmonary infections and thick airway secretions. Chest physiotherapy has been integral to clinical management in facilitating removal of airway secretions. Conventional chest physiotherapy techniques (CCPT) have depended …