PURPOSE: The early detection of a decline in daily functioning of independently living older people can aid health care professionals in providing preventive interventions. To monitor daily activity patterns and, thereby detect a decline in daily functioning, new technologies, such as sensors can be …

PURPOSE: Establishing construct validity of the ACS-NL in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHOD: Discriminative validity was established in 191 community-dwelling individuals with PD using an extreme groups design (Hoehn and Yahr stages 1 and 3). Convergent validity was determined by relating …

Ruim 40% van de Nederlandse bevolking ervaart ten minste eenmaal in het leven psychische problemen, waarvan het merendeel zorg in de vorm van ambulante begeleiding ontvangt. De noodzaak tot bezuinigingen op kosten voor geestelijke gezondheidszorg (GGZ) leidt ertoe dat het aantal bedden in de GGZ wordt …

Op 8 maart van dit jaar hield Margo van Hartingsveldt, als opleidingsmanager Ergotherapie en lector Ergotherapie Participatie en Omgeving verbonden aan het kenniscentrum ACHIEVE van de faculteit Gezondheid van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam, haar lectorale rede. In dit artikel voor Ergotherapie Magazine …

When children are not ready to write, assessment of fine motor coordination may be indicated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate which fine motor test, the Nine-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) or the newly developed Timed Test of In-Hand Manipulation (Timed-TIHM), correlates best with handwriting readiness …

We investigated the predictive value of a new kindergarten assessment of handwriting readiness on handwriting performance in first grade as evaluated by the Systematic Screening for Handwriting Difficulties (Dutch abbreviation: SOS). The kindergarten assessment consisted of the Writing Readiness Inventory …