Introduction: Reference values for cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters provide the comparative basis for answering important questions concerning the normalcy of exercise responses in patients, and significantly impacts the clinical decision-making process. Areas covered: The aim of this …

PURPOSE: Clinical examination is often the first step to diagnose shock and estimate cardiac index. In the Simple Intensive Care Studies-I, we assessed the association and diagnostic performance of clinical signs for estimation of cardiac index in critically ill patients. METHODS: In this prospective, …

Inleiding − Tendinosis calcarea, beter bekend als peesverkalking, is een veel voorkomende schouderklacht bij mensen van 30 jaar en ouder. Locale hypoxia en littekenweefselvorming worden verondersteld als mogelijke oorzakelijke factoren. De klinische kenmerken van tendinosis calcarea zijn naast vermindering …

In Nederland leven ruim 230.000 mensen met hartfalen (HF). Patiënten met HF moeten zich aan verschillende strenge leefregels houden. Deze strenge leefregels uiten zich in verscheidene vormen van self-care gedrag. Self-care gedrag wordt binnen hartfalen gedefinieerd als een naturalistisch besluitvormingsproces …

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common rheumatic disease of the musculoskeletal system, with the knee as the most affected joint. The number of people with OA of the knee is likely to increase due to the ageing society and the obesity epidemic. The predominant clinical symptom of knee OA …

Background: The objective of this study was to derive evidence-based physical activity guidelines for the general Dutch population. Methods: Two systematic reviews were conducted of English language meta-analyses in PubMed summarizing separately randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies …

Abstract Background: The shortage of nursing professionals is of growing concern. The causes of this include the demanding physical and mental workload, leading to a dropout of nurses that may start during their education. However, it is unclear to what extent nursing students already perceive a physical …

Although homelessness is inherently associated with social exclusion, homeless individuals are rarely included in conventional studies on social exclusion. Use of longitudinal survey data from a cohort study on homeless people in four major Dutch cities (n = 378) allowed to examine: changes in indicators …

Introduction: Intractable epilepsy can be treated with the Ketogenic diet (KD). One of the side-effects of the KD is poor bone health. Experience from the Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital (EMCS) shows that the status of bone mineral density (BMD) is unknown in many cases. This makes it difficult …

Inleiding: Het aantal 65+’ers met dementie die een heupfractuur oplopen zal door de vergrijzing tot het jaar 2040 toenemen. Door deze toename zal de vraag naar fysiotherapie voor deze doelgroep stijgen. Het is daarom voor fysiotherapeuten van belang om te weten wat de recente bevindingen zijn over de …