Meer dan 30 jaar onderzoek suggereert dat een sterk gevoel van verbondenheid met de klas en medestudenten kan bijdragen aan zowel het welzijn als de prestaties van studenten (bijv. Meeuwisse et al., 2010). Toch tonen zowel recente als oudere cijfers uit de Job Monitor (2024; CKMBO, 2023) aan dat er op …

Paralympic wheelchair athletes solely depend on the power of their upper-body for their on-court wheeled mobility as well as for performing sport-specific actions in ball sports, like a basketball shot or a tennis serve. The objective of WheelPower is to improve the power output of athletes in their …

Ouderen bewegen momenteel te weinig. Hoe kunnen we ze uitnodigen tot meer bewegen? Woonzorginstelling Pieter van Foreest en de gemeente Den Haag en Westland willen hiermee aan de slag. Zij willen ouderen woonachtig in een woonzorginstelling zelfstandig in de binnen- en buitenruimte in beweging laten …

Sinds de zomer heeft het Lectoraat Balanced Energy Systems een nieuwe lector in de persoon van Sadegh Seddighi. SAM, het journalistiek podium van de HAN maakte kennis met hem en sprak hem over zijn ambities en drijfveren als lector vanuit de HAN University of Applied Sciences.

In recent decades, the number of cases of knee arthroplasty among people of working age has increased. The integrated clinical pathway ‘back at work after surgery’ is an initiative to reduce the possible cost of sick leave. The evaluation of this pathway, like many clinical studies, faces the challenge …

Background: A Dutch nationwide prospective cohort study was initiated to investigate recovery trajectories of people recovering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and costs of treatment by primary care allied health professionals.  Objectives: The study described recovery trajectories over a period …

Rationale: Sarcopenia and obesity are prevalent conditions and are both associated with negative health outcomes. ESPEN and EASO reached consensus on the definition and diagnostic criteria for sarcopenic obesity (SO) encompassing indicators fat mass, muscle mass, and muscle function. However, few studies …

Rationale: Sarcopenia and obesity are prevalent conditions and often co-occur within the same individual. ESPEN and EASO reached consensus on the definition of sarcopenic obesity (SO), encompassing altered muscle function (MF) and altered body composition (BC). However, both handgrip strength (HGS) and …

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Enhancement through the Power of Big Data in Europe (PIONEER) is a European network of excellence for big data in prostate cancer. PIONEER brings together 34 private and public stakeholders from 9 countries in one multidisciplinary research consortium with the …