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This thesis addresses the work participation of young adults with physical disabilities caused by a chronic condition. With increasing numbers of young people with a chronic physical condition living into adulthood, knowledge about the development of work participation in these young adults and the support …

OBJECTIVE: To provide a systematic overview of self-management interventions (SMI) for young people with chronic conditions with respect to content, formats, theories, and evaluated outcomes. METHODS: Embase, Medline, PsycINFO, Web-of-Science, CINAHL, and Cochrane were searched. Reviews' reference …

Main goal of the Sport Physical Education And Coaching in Health (SPEACH) Project is to increase awareness and behavioural change in sport professionals and European citizens towards an active and healthy lifestyle. Sedentariness and physical inactivity are a cross-national problem. Therefore, the Project …

A random control trial investigating the effects of plantar fascia myo-fascial release techniques on sit-and-reach test scores in young adults. No significant differences were observed between the intervention group and control group however there was a trend showing greater improvment in the intervention …

Strength training is a part of the physical therapy for COPD patients, in particular to keep the lungs functioning optimally and to retain the strength of skeletal muscle tissue. It would be interesting to see whether there is a relation between overall body strength and lung capacity. Therefore, we …

Total cholesterol, High density lipoprotein and the ratio between them is compared between a high intensity training group and a low intensity training group consisting of healthy second year physiotherapy students aged 18-29.

The Brain Gain Academy is an extra programme for the children of Leeuwarden to improve their performance in school. Facts have shown that their performance currently is below Dutch standards, this will have to improve. The hypothesis which started this development is: Motivating young primary school …

The aim of this study was to determine the similarities and differences in social network characteristics, satisfaction and wishes with respect to the social network between people with mild or borderline intellectual disabilities (ID), people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and a reference group. …