Lopend onderzoek: Voorstelling van het onderzoek over de periode april 2007 – juni 2011. Koninklijke Visio, locatie De Brink is een expertisecentrum dat gespecialiseerd is in de zorg- en dienstverlening voor mensen met een (zeer) ernstige verstandelijke en visuele beperking. Voor mensen met beperkingen …

Because physical fitness and health are related to physical activity, it is important to gain an insight into the physical activity levels of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). The purpose of this study was to examine heart rate patterns to measure the activity levels …

Background  The purpose of this study is to describe feasibility and test–retest reliability of the six-minute walking distance test (6MWD) and an adapted shuttle run test (aSRT) in persons with severe intellectual and sensory (multiple) disabilities. Materials and Methods  Forty-seven persons with severe …

Caregivers of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) often describe the quality of the daily movements of these persons in terms of flexibility or stiffness. Objective outcome measures for flexibility and stiffness are muscle tone or level of spasticity. Two instruments used …

If being physically fit is of the outmost importance, then what can be said about the fitness of persons with severe or profound intellectual, visual and motor disabilities? Exactly how could their level of physical fitness be measured? Formulated differently, if a person sees little to nothing and in …

Voor mensen met (zeer) ernstige verstandelijke, visuele en in veel gevallen ook motorische beperkingen, is voldoende beweging en gezondheid niet vanzelfsprekend. Daarom is Koninklijke Visio De Brink al vanaf 2006 actief in het stimuleren van een gezonde leefstijl van haar cliënten, zodat zij optimaal …

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and reliability of the modified Berg Balance Scale (mBBS) in persons with severe intellectual and visual disabilities (severe multiple disabilities, SMD) assigned Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) grades I and II. …

To date, it is unknown whether waist circumference can be measured validly and reliably when a subject is in a supine position. This issue is relevant when international standards for healthy participants are applied to persons with severe intellectual, sensory, and motor disabilities. Thus, the aims …

BACKGROUND: Anthropometric measurements are widely used to reliably quantify body composition and to estimate risks of overweight in healthy subjects and in patients. However, information about the reliability of anthropometric measurements in subjects with severe intellectual and sensory disabilities …

Op het gebied van aanbesteden is er de laatste decennia en met name de laatste 5 jaar, veel veranderd. Er vond een toename plaats in het gebruik van innovatieve contractvormen. Het gebruik van innovatieve contractvormen was na 2002 in het slop geraakt door de parlementaire enquête bouwnijverheid. Het …