Background: Decline in physical activity and functioning is commonly observed in the older population and might be associated with biomarkers such as Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs). AGEs contribute to age-related decline in the function of cells and tissues in normal aging and have been found …

Het gebruik van groenbemestermengsels is toegenomen en er is geen complete kennis over de interacties tussen de soorten groenbemesters. Daardoor is het niet duidelijk wat de gevolgen zijn voor de Nederlandse bodemvruchtbaarheid. De hoofdvraag van dit literatuuronderzoek luidt: In hoeverre is de bestaande …

Masterclass Motorische stoornissen bij dementie

This international joint research group (IJRG) Movement-Related impairment in Ageing, in short ‘Move in Age’, is an initiative of the Frailty in Ageing research group (FRIA) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine of the University Medical …

Dit onderzoek gaat over gebruikerservaringen, het gaat ook over roken en het gaat over stoppen met roken. Dat laatste is voor veel gebruikers blijkbaar moeilijk en daarom wordt op verschillende manieren ondersteuning geboden aan mensen die willen stoppen met roken. Een daarvan is Blended Smoking Cessation …

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Paratonia is a distinctive form of hypertonia, causing loss of functional mobility in early stages of dementia to severe high muscle tone and pain in the late stages. For assessing and evaluating therapeutic interventions, objective instruments are required. Objective: …

BACKGROUND: People with Alzheimer's disease (AD) experience, in addition to the progressive loss of cognitive functions, a decline in functional performance such as mobility impairment and disability in activities of daily living (ADL). Functional decline in dementia is mainly linked to the progressive …

Paratonia, a distinctive form of hypertonia in patients with dementia, causes loss of functional mobility in early stage dementia to severe contractures and pain in the late stages. The pathogenesis of paratonia is not well understood. Patients in early stage dementia with diabetes mellitus showed a …