Achtergrond Naar aanleiding van het onderzoek van het Lectoraat IZF (HU) bij hypothyreoïdie patiënten is de enquêtevraag: ‘Hoe voelt hypothyreoïdie voor u?’ uitgewerkt door middel van een kwalitatieve analyse. De oorspronkelijke data betrof 1043 respondenten en 131 pagina’s. Doelstelling Binnen 20 weken …

BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) levels might be a simple overall physical function indicator of recovery in acutely hospitalized older adults; however it is unknown which amount and level of PA is associated with recovery. Our objective was to evaluate the amount and level of post discharge PA and …

Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is traditionally used in the neuromuscular population. There is growing interest of MI-E use in invasively ventilated critically ill adults. We aimed to map current evidence on MI-E use in invasively ventilated critically ill adults. Two authors independently …

Cervical spinal manipulation (CSM) and cervical mobilization are frequently used in patients with neck pain and headache. Pre-manipulative cervical instability and arterial integrity tests appear to be unreliable in identifying patients at risk for adverse events. It would be valuable if patients at …