Background: Pancreatic cancer has a dire prognosis and is associated with a high mortality. Palliative patients have special needs and often seek help in integrative oncological concepts (IO) that combine conventional and complementary therapies. Nevertheless there are few recommendations regarding IO …

  „Wir sind auch normale Menschen.“ Mit diesen klaren Worten äußert sich ein Klient in einem der Interviews auf die Frage, wie er gerne von Trainern und Anleitern behandelt werden möchte. Ob Menschen mit körperlichem Handicap tatsächlich von jedem Trainer und jeder Trainerin als gleich und normal angesehen …

We examined the effects of age on automatic and voluntary motor adjustments in pointing tasks. To this end, young (20–25 years) and middle-aged adults (48–62 years) were instructed to point at a target that could unexpectedly change its location (to the left or right) or its color (to green or red) during …

SAMENVATTING We gaan allemaal dood. Een feit waar iedereen zich ergens bewust van is. We denken allemaal dat een ander daar eerder mee te maken krijgt dan wij. Als jongvolwassene staat de dood normaal heel ver van je vandaan. Maar wat als een van je ouders ziek wordt? Sterker nog, wat als deze ouder …

PURPOSE: The Nasality Severity Index 2.0 (NSI 2.0) forms a new, multiparametric approach in the assessment of hypernasality. To enable clinical implementation of this index, the short- and long-term test-retest reliability of this index was explored. METHODS: In 40 normal-speaking adults (mean age 32y, …

Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to assess the short-term effectiveness of short and intensive speech therapy provided to patients with cleft (lip and) palate (C(L)P) in terms of articulation and resonance. Methods: Five Ugandan patients (age: 7.3-19.6 years) with non-syndromic C(L)P …

Introduction The aim of this study is to examine the three interventions present when an adolescent amateur soccer player invokes maximum ‘’shot-power’’ on a soccer/football. Adolescence being defined as sixteen to eighteen years of age, and within a six-week period of time. Interventions consisting …

BACKGROUND: Work schedules contribute substantially to the health and well-being of nurses. Too broad typologies are used in research that do not meet the current variety in work schedules. OBJECTIVE: To develop a newtypology for nurses' work schedules based on five requirements and to validate the typology. …

PURPOSE: The Nasality Severity Index 2.0 (NSI 2.0) forms a new, multiparametric approach in the identification of hypernasality. The present study aimed to investigate the correlation between the NSI 2.0 scores and the perceptual assessment of hypernasality. METHOD: Speech samples of 35 patients, representing …

Standard treatment for large burns is transplantation with meshed split skin autografts (SSGs). A disadvantage of this treatment is that healing is accompanied by scar formation. Application of autologous epidermal cells (keratinocytes and melanocytes) may be a suitable therapeutic alternative, since …