The aim of the study was to investigate whether an increased risk of injury occurrence can be determined through frequent anthropometric measurements in elite-standard youth soccer players. Over the course of one season, we followed 101 male elite-standard youth soccer players between 11 and 19 years …

Objective To determine the effectiveness of a client or care‐provider strategy to improve the implementation of external cephalic version. Design Cluster randomized controlled trial. Setting Twenty‐five clusters; hospitals and their referring midwifery practices randomly selected in the Netherlands. Population Singleton …

Poster presentatie op conferentie Background: Assessments of functional communication skills of children with cerebral palsy (CP), classified with the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS), often differ between the child's school teacher and the speech language therapist (SLT). Assessment …

Human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) can occur via ingestion of indoor dust, inhalation of PBDE-contaminated air and dust-bound PBDEs. However, few studies have examined the pulmonary toxicity of particle-bound PBDEs, mainly due to the lack of an appropriate particle-cell exposure …

The effect of alterations in the processing of proprioceptive signals, on postural control, has been studied using muscle vibration effects. However, reliability and agreement of muscle vibration have still to be addressed.This study aimed to assess intra- and interday reliability and agreement of vibration …

PURPOSE: Advanced radiotherapy treatments require appropriate quality assurance (QA) to verify 3D dose distributions. Moreover, increase in patient numbers demand efficient QA-methods. In this study, a time efficient method that combines model-based QA and measurement-based QA was developed; i.e., the …

Achtergrond - Een fysiotherapeut is een paramedische hulpverlener die zich richt op het bewegen van de mens in de dagelijkse omgeving en maatschappelijke participatie. Een fysiotherapeut moet kunnen screenen, plannen, diagnosticeren, zich bezighouden houden met de organisatie en het verbeteren en behouden …

QUESTION: In adults who experience nocturnal leg cramps, does stretching of the calf and hamstring muscles each day just before sleep reduce the frequency and severity of the cramps? DESIGN: A randomised trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty adults aged …

Doel: In dit artikel wordt onderzoek gedaan naar de beste behandelmethode voor een rotator cuff ruptuur. Er wordt onderscheid gemaakt tussen conservatieve behandeling door middel van fysiotherapie en de operatieve behandelmethode in combinatie met fysiotherapie. Methode: Via internet is gezocht in online …

Het oppervlaktewater en de waterbodem van de Tungelroyse beek in Limburg zijn verontreinigd met cadmium, zink en mangaan. Doel van deze afstudeerscriptie is inzicht verkrijgen in eventuele gevolgen van deze verontreiniging voor mens, plant en dier. Tevens wordt gekeken naar welke gevolgen dit kunnen …