BACKGROUND: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the most common chronic pain condition worldwide. Currently, primary care physiotherapy is one of the main treatment options, but effects of this treatment are small. Virtual Reality (VR) could be an adjunct to physiotherapy care, due to its multimodal features. …

Background Fluid therapy is a common intervention in critically ill patients. It is increasingly recognised that deresuscitation is an essential part of fluid therapy and delayed deresuscitation is associated with longer invasive ventilation and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. However, optimal …

In dit scriptieonderzoek zijn oorzaken en gevolgen van schoolverzuim aan de Aventus Entreeschool onderzocht a.d.h.v. de HCD-cyclus (Human Centered Design). Ook zijn er passende interventies gezocht om dit verzuim zo effectief mogelijk te verminderen. Het aandeel niet-westerse studenten is enorm gegroeid. …

De Begeleid Leren-interventie is ontwikkeld om studenten met psychische problemen te ondersteunen bij het volhouden van hun opleiding. In het COMPARE project onderzoeken we het effect van deze op maat gemaakte Begeleid Leren-interventie op het behouden van de opleiding, op studiesucces en op de tevredenheid …

Purpose Early mobilization of critically ill patients improves functional recovery, but is often hampered by tubes, drains, monitoring devices and muscular weakness. A mobile treadmill with bodyweight support facilitates early mobilization and may shorten recovery time to independent ambulation as compared …

Objective:  International guidelines recommend supervised exercise therapy (SET) as primary treatment for all patients with intermittent claudication (IC), yet primary endovascular revascularisation (ER) might be more effective in patients with iliac artery obstruction.  Methods:  This was a multicentre …

Op de sportvelden zijn hersenschuddingen bij kinderen een vaak voorkomend probleem. De gangbare term voor een hersenschudding die is ontstaan naar aanleiding van een sportincident is een sport-related concussion (SRC). Het medisch behandelbeleid na een SRC is erop gericht om de jonge sporter te beschermen …

The adoption of tablets by young children has raised enthusiasm and concern among speech and language pathologists. This study investigated whether tablet games can be used as effectively as real play objects in vocabulary intervention for children with developmental language disorder (DLD). A randomized, …

The general aim of this dissertation is to gain insight into the physiotherapeutic validity of physiotherapy research in subjects with non-specific neck pain. Chapter 1 describes the background of the research and the research questions and gives an overview of the studies performed. Chapter 2 presents …

Low-grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome are seen in many chronic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Lifestyle interventions which combine different non-pharmacological therapies have shown synergizing effects in improving outcomes in patients with other chronic …