Rationale: Lean body mass, including muscle, is known to decrease with age, which may contribute to loss of physical function, an indicator of frailty. Moreover, low muscle thickness is considered an indicator of frailty in critically ill patients. However, little is known about the relationship between …

Rationale: Currently use of muscle thickness measured with ultrasound is suggested as an indicator for overall muscle mass in nutritional assessment. However, not much is known about how the muscle thickness measured in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compares to the muscle …

The aim of this study was to gain insight into the nutritional status, dietary intake and muscle health of older Dutch hip fracture patients to prevent recurrent fractures and to underpin rehabilitation programs. This cross-sectional study enrolled 40 hip fracture patients (mean ± SD age 82 ± 8.0 years) …

Untersuchung nach wie Social Media Marketing zur erfolgreichen Vermarktung von Pferdesportmessen eingesetzt kann werden. Für die Ausarbeitung wurden neben der literarischen Recherche qualitative Interviews mit Marketing Experten geführt sowie eine quantitative Erhebung durchgeführt. Die Experteninterviews …

Fysieke winkels zetten in toenemende mate service robots in als innovatieve technologie om hun dienstverlening te verbeteren. Dit onderzoek onderzoekt hoe consumenten de inzet van een humanoïde robot (Pepper) ervaren wanneer deze hen welkom heet en de weg wijst. Uit een quasi-experimentele video-studie …

L1 grammar teaching worldwide often takes the form of traditional grammar teaching with decontextualized parsing exercises and rules of thumb. Some researchers have proposed enriching such forms of grammar teaching by relating traditional grammatical concepts to underlying metaconcepts from linguistic …

Bij de archeologische opgraving van de oude begraafplaats in de zomer van 2017 te Arnhem bij de Eusebiuskerk zijn verschillende knekelkuilen gevonden, deze dateren uit de 14e tot de 19e eeuw. Knekelkuilen zijn kuilen op begraafplaatsen waarin geruimde graven van individuen werden herbegraven. Twee knekelkuilen …

Frailty is the most common manifestation of serious health issues in the world, and it is becoming more prevalent worldwide as the aging population grows. Changes that occur in an individual during the aging process have physical, psychological, social, and environmental aspects that make an individual …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability and validity of ultrasound for two commonly used types of transducer, using different methods for the estimation of muscle size and echo intensity (EI). METHODS: Fourteen healthy adults were included in this study. Ultrasound images …