Background: In the Netherlands, most patients with severe mental illness (SMI) receive flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) provided by multidisciplinary community mental health teams. SMI patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are sometimes offered evidence-based trauma-focused …

Background Several studies in recent decades have examined the relationship between proprioceptive deficits and neck pain. However, there is no uniform conclusion on the relationship between the two. Clinically, proprioception is evaluated using the Joint Position Sense Error (JPSE), which reflects …

Primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programs effectively reduce ACL injury risk in the short term. Despite these programs, ACL injury incidence is still high, making it imperative to continue to improve cur- rent prevention strategies. A potential limitation of current ACL injury …

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programs have been successful in the short term. Motor learning strategies with an internal focus (IF) to body movements have traditionally been utilized, but may be less suitable than an external focus (EF) for the acquisition and control of complex …

Guest lecture for The Hague UAS international students group to explain designprinciples of a game for a specific target group (children with a visual impairment).

Guest lecture on December 3, 2013 for an international group of students from The Hague University to illustrate design principles of a game for a specific target group (children with visual impairments).

Background: Psychomotor therapist Kees van de Bos invented a new aggression movement module. To complete his research the therapist was in search of a reliable measuring instrument. In several studies with forensic psychiatric groups self-report lists are used as a measuring instrument. However it appeared …

BACKGROUND Patients experience a difference in the structure provided by the Dutch Asthma centre Davos (Nederlands Astmacentrum Davos; NAD) and the structure of their own environment in the Netherlands. They therefore find it difficult to transfer the 'new' behavior patterns and the knowledge they gained …

This paper aims to answer the following question: Does the body awareness of students of Psychomotor Therapy alter to a greater extent than that of students of SPH (Residential Social Work and Pedagogical Services), Business Economics and Communication? Does gender influence body awareness? Motive: Literature …

Many tests, theories and treatments have been developed in order to help people who are diagnosed with autism. During therapy many positive effects of these theories are noticed. However, clients with autism seem to have difficulties to apply the learned behavior in real life. Which is not only frustrating …