Het bereiken van een hoge leeftijd gaat vaak gepaard met gezondheidsproblemen. Een actieve levensstijl is één van de belangrijkste factoren voor gezond ouder worden. Om dit te stimuleren voert het lectoraat Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing van de Hanzehogeschool tal van projecten uit - …

Succesvol werven van deelnemers voor preventieve beweegprogramma’s is lastig. Hogeschool Leiden onderzocht wat goed en wat minder goed werkt, in nauwe samenwerking met 27 eerstelijns fysio-/oefentherapiepraktijken, TNO en de Hanzehogeschool in Groningen.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Studies of healthcare students report increased levels of stress, with academic pressures being the greatest source. The objective of this study was to examine the differences in the overall stress level, stressors, and reactions to stressors between physiotherapy students at …

BACKGROUND: People with Alzheimer's disease (AD) experience, in addition to the progressive loss of cognitive functions, a decline in functional performance such as mobility impairment and disability in activities of daily living (ADL). Functional decline in dementia is mainly linked to the progressive …

Social frailty is a rather unexplored concept. In this paper, the concept of social frailty among older people is explored utilizing a scoping review. In the first stage, 42 studies related to social frailty of older people were compiled from scientific databases and analyzed. In the second stage, the …

Rationale: Sarcopenia is a major problem and is common in community-dwelling elderly. In daily practice, there is need for low cost and easily assessable measurement tools to assess depletion of skeletal muscle (SM) mass, for example as one of the indicators of sarcopenia. Bio-electrical impedance analysis …

This review evaluates the reliability and validity of ultrasound to quantify muscles in older adults. The databases PubMed, Cochrane, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were systematically searched for studies. In 17 studies, the reliability (n = 13) and validity (n = 8) of …

Aim This study aims to investigate the additional value of elderly-therapist communication on the effect of physical therapy treatment to increase the physical activity level of elderly. Conclusion Although the level of evidence is low, in older adults, it is recommended to repeat easy tasks and improve …

OBJECTIVE: PRECIS - 2 is a tool that could improve design insight for trialists. Our aim was to validate the PRECIS - 2 tool, unlike its predecessor, testing the discriminant validity and inter-rater reliability. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Over 80 international trialists, methodologists, clinicians and …

Dit boek geeft fysiotherapeuten een actueel overzicht van kennis en vaardigheden om (kwetsbare) ouderen adequaat te onderzoeken en behandelen. Uitgaande van gezond ouder worden en de daarbij beinvloedende factoren zal de transfer worden gemaakt naar de oudere bij wie het allemaal wat moeizamer en gecompliceerder …