Door middel van literatuurstudie is onderzoek gedaan naar effectieve interventies om de valfrequentie bij Parkinsonpatiënten te verminderen. De ziekte van Parkinson is de tweede meest voorkomende neurodegeneratieve aandoening ter wereld. Door het verlies van dopaminerge neuronen in de substantia nigra …

Hielpijn wordt in het overgrote deel van de gevallen veroorzaakt door fasciopathie plantaris. De aandoening, die voorheen bekend was als fasciitis plantaris, veroorzaakt vijftien procent van alle voetklachten die medische hulp vereisen. Hoewel de exacte oorzaak onderwerp van discussie is, speelt degeneratieve …

BACKGROUND: Whether hip range of motion (ROM) is a risk factor for groin pain in athletes is not known. OBJECTIVES: To systematically review the relationship between hip ROM and groin pain in athletes in cross-sectional/case-control and prospective studies. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review, prospectively …

In Dutch policy and at the societal level, informal caregivers are ideally seen as essential team members when creating, together with professionals, co-ordinated support plans for the persons for whom they care. However, collaboration between professionals and informal caregivers is not always effective. …

BACKGROUND: Ankle decision rules are developed to expedite patient care and reduce the number of radiographs of the ankle and foot. Currently, only three systematic reviews have been conducted on the accuracy of the Ottawa Ankle and Foot Rules (OAFR) in adults and children. However, no systematic review …

The Nociception Coma Scale is a nociception behaviour observation tool, developed specifically for patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) due to (acquired) brain injury. Over the years, the clinimetric properties of the NCS and its revised version (NCS-R) have been assessed, but no formal summary …

Cervical spinal manipulation (CSM) and cervical mobilization are frequently used in patients with neck pain and headache. Pre-manipulative cervical instability and arterial integrity tests appear to be unreliable in identifying patients at risk for adverse events. It would be valuable if patients at …

Achtergrond: Family Centered Care is een belangrijk concept in de pediatrische zorgverlening. Een veel-omvattende definitie van Family Centered Care is: ‘’De professionele zorg en begeleiding voor het zieke kind en zijn/haar familie door middel van betrokkenheid, participatie en samenwerking, ondersteund …

BACKGROUND: People with severe or profound intellectual and motor disabilities (SPIMD) encounter several risk factors associated with higher mortality rates. They are also likely to experience a cluster of health problems related to the severe brain damage/dysfunction. In order to earlier detect physical …

Background: This systematic review aimed to describe non-conveyance in ambulance care from patient-safety and ambulance professional perspectives. The review specifically focussed at describing (1) ambulance non-conveyance rates, (2) characteristics of non-conveyed patients, (3) follow-up care after …