Background and objective: Hospital and home care nurses and nursing assistants do not provide optimal nutritional care to older adults, which is due to several factors that influence their current behaviour. To successfully target these factors, we developed a microlearning intervention. The next step …

Duurzamer boodschappen doen: veel mensen willen het, weinig mensen doen het. Hoe komt dit? Simpel gezegd zit er een kloof tussen de waarden van mensen en hun daadwerkelijk gedrag. Een mogelijke oplossing om deze kloof te dichten is effectieve communicatie over de duurzaamheid van producten.

Background: Development of more effective interventions for nonspecific chronic low back pain (LBP), requires a robust theoretical framework regarding mechanisms underlying the persistence of LBP. Altered movement patterns, possibly driven by pain-related cognitions, are assumed to drive pain persistence, …

BACKGROUND & AIM: Malnutrition adversely influences a broad range of physical and psychological symptoms. Although polypharmacy is often mentioned to be associated with malnutrition, especially in older people it is unclear to what extent. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the extent …

We aimed to assess the association between gastrointestinal (GI) injury, complaints, and food intake in 60-km ultramarathon runners. Thirty-three ultramarathon runners provided pre- and post-race blood samples for assessment of GI injury by intestinal fatty-acid binding protein (I-FABP), and inflammatory …

PURPOSE: To investigate the reliability and validity of the Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform System of Task Analysis (PRPP-Assessment) by parent-provided videos of children with mitochondrial disorders. METHODS: Videos of 13 children performing 3-7 activities each were the subject of study, resulting …

BACKGROUND: A stratified approach to exercise therapy may yield superior clinical and economic outcomes, given the large heterogeneity of individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness during a 12-month follow-up of a model of stratified exercise therapy compared …

QUESTION: In people with knee osteoarthritis, how much more effective is stratified exercise therapy that distinguishes three subgroups (high muscle strength subgroup, low muscle strength subgroup, obesity subgroup) in reducing knee pain and improving physical function than usual exercise therapy? DESIGN: …

Momenteel zijn behandelingen voor hielklachten veelal gericht op inlegzolen en fysiotherapeutische oefeningen. Deze oplossingen bieden weliswaar verlichting bij het lopen maar behandelen de hielklachten zelf echter niet. In deze retrospectieve studie is het loopgedrag van 63 patiënten met (chronische) …

Doel: De laatste jaren is esports (competitief computer games spelen) enorm gestegen in populariteit. Uit onderzoek is gebleken dat 40% van de esports atleten musculoskeletale (MSK) pijn ervaart (Lindberg, et al., 2020). Uit onderzoek van DiFrancisco-Donoghue, Werner, Douris, & Zwibel (2020) is gebleken …