Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Enhancement through the Power of Big Data in Europe (PIONEER) is a European network of excellence for big data in prostate cancer. PIONEER brings together 34 private and public stakeholders from 9 countries in one multidisciplinary research consortium with the …

Background In a global effort to design better hospital buildings for people and organizations, some design principles are still surrounded by great mystery. The aim of this online study was to compare anxiety in an existing single-bed inpatient hospital room with three redesigns of this room in accordance …

Dit project is uitgevoerd in samenwerking met De ProtheseAcademie ten behoeve van prothesecomfort. De ProtheseAcademie is een koepelorganisatie voor belanghebbende partijen in de prothesiologie met als doel de kennis en expertise over prothese gebruik te bundelen. Het resultaat hiervan moet een verbetering …

Objective To determine the effect of a multidisciplinary lifestyle program in patients with RA with low–moderate disease activity. Methods In the ‘Plants for Joints’ (PFJ) parallel-arm, assessor-blind randomized controlled trial, patients with RA and 28-joint DAS (DAS28) ≥2.6 and ≤5.1 were randomized …

Many ARM Cortex-M-based microcontrollers include tracing features which allow monitoring hardware events (e.g. exceptions occurring, a specific instruction being executed or a specific address range being accessed by the CPU). Tracing enables non-intrusive insight into software execution (i.e. software …

The retirement phase is an opportunity to integrate healthy (nutrition/exercise) habits into daily life. We conducted this systematic review to assess which nutrition and exercise interventions most effectively improve body composition (fat/muscle mass), body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference …

Borstkanker is wereldwijd de meest gediagnosticeerde vorm van kanker, en de behandeling ervan kan leiden tot complicaties, waaronder lymfoedeem. Lymfoedeem is een aandoening waarbij er zwelling optreedt in de arm als gevolg van verminderde lymfedrainage na een chirurgische behandeling van borstkanker. …

In dit afstudeerproject is er een gestandaardiseerd productieproces en product ontwikkeld voor het maken van ingemeten handbike handvatten. In de analyse fase is er onderzoek gedaan naar de eisen en functionaliteiten van de handvatten. Er is onderzoek gedaan naar de relevante antropometrie en anatomie …

Background Providing individualized care based on the context and preferences of the patient is important. Knowledge on both prognostic risk stratification and blended eHealth care in musculoskeletal conditions is increasing and seems promising. Stratification can be used to match patients to the most …

BACKGROUND: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the most common chronic pain condition worldwide. Currently, primary care physiotherapy is one of the main treatment options, but effects of this treatment are small. Virtual Reality (VR) could be an adjunct to physiotherapy care, due to its multimodal features. …