Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) indicate that power training has the ability to improve muscle power and physical performance in older adults. However, power training definitions are broad and previously-established criteria are vague, making the validity and replicability of power training interventions …

Arts in Health, also known as Arts for Health, is an umbrella term used to describe the domain of using the arts to enhance our (mental) health and well-being. It involves a heterogeneous range of professionals who use the arts in various ways, with different goals and outcomes. The practices of these …

Rational prescribing is essential for the quality of health care. However, many final-year medical students and junior doctors lack prescribing competence to perform this task. The availability of a list of medicines that a junior doctor working in Europe should be able to independently prescribe safely …

This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the institutional medical ethic committee (number CWO -1911) and funded by Altrecht Mental Health Care. All participants of this study signed informed consent. The participants of this study did …

Background: Innovative technologies such as game consoles and smart toys used with games or playful approaches have proven to be successful and attractive in providing effective and motivating hand therapy for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Thus, there is an increased interest in designing and implementing …

Creative arts engagement has been shown to be related to maintaining wellbeing in older adulthood (Tymoszuk et al., 2019). For people living with dementia, music can be engaging and rewarding (Baird & Thompson, 2018), and is often presented as a therapeutic activity. It is theorised that music’s capacity …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? • Mentalizing is the capacity to understand both one‘s own and other people‘s behaviour in terms of mental states, such as, for example, desires, feelings and beliefs. • The mentalizing capacities of healthcare professionals help to establish effective …

Background: Many international clinical guidelines recommend therapeutic exercise as a core treatment for knee and hip osteoarthritis. We aimed to identify individual patient-level moderators of the effect of therapeutic exercise for reducing pain and improving physical function in people with knee osteoarthritis, …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are by far the leading cause of death due to non communicable diseases in the world. The development of CVDs in many cases is caused by atherosclerosis. In atherosclerosis, plaques in blood vessels are formed by the excessive accumulation of lipids in the endothelial lining. …

Balance deficits play a major role in patients who have suffered strokes. It is estimated that 30% of patients cannot walk independently 6 months post-stroke, usually caused by impaired standing balance due to hemiplegia or hemiparesis that is experienced. Balance as a whole is a key factor when it comes …