Patient-physiotherapist interactions may affect a person’s physical functioning. Previous studies showed that Physical Therapists (PTs) who believe that specific activities might result in re-injuries are more likely to stimulate patients to stay inactive.

BACKGROUND: Chest physiotherapy is widely used in people with cystic fibrosis in order to clear mucus from the airways. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness and acceptability of chest physiotherapy compared to no treatment or spontaneous cough alone to improve mucus clearance in cystic fibrosis. …

BACKGROUND:: Physical activity is the only nonpharmacological therapy that is proven to be effective in heart failure (HF) patients in reducing morbidity. To date, little is known about the levels of daily physical activity in HF patients and about related factors. OBJECTIVE:: The objectives of this …

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Heeft de manier waarop de zuigmotoriek zich ontwikkelt bij te vroeg geboren kinderen een voorspellende waarde voor de mentale, motorische en taalontwikkeling van op 2-jarige en op 5-jarige leeftijd?

Are sucking skills in a specific period (in weeks post menstrual age, PMA) associated with an abnormal development at age 2? Do preterm infants with abnormal sucking patterns in the early post term period differ in motor skills at age 5 from preterm infants with normal sucking patterns in the same early …

OBJECTIVES: (1) To study the natural decline in functional capacity (FC) of healthy aging workers; (2) to compare FC to categories of workload; and (3) to study the differences in decline between men and women. DESIGN: Cross-sectional design. SETTING: A rehabilitation center at a university medical center. …

In very old and/or frail older people living in long-term care facilities, physical inactivity negatively affects activities of daily living. The main reason to assess older adults' perceived fitness is to establish the relation with their beliefs about their ability to perform physical activity adjusted …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between sucking patterns and the quality of fidgety movements in preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: We studied the sucking patterns and fidgety movements of 44 preterm infants (gestational age <35 weeks) longitudinally from 34 weeks' postmenstrual age up to 14 weeks …

Presentatie 25-10-2012