Cervical spinal manipulations (CSM) are frequently employed techniques to alleviate neck pain and headache. Minor and major complications following CSM have been described, though clear consensus on definition and the classification of the complications had not yet been achieved. As a result, incidence …

Objectives: Successful implementation of preconception and interconception care contributes to optimizing pregnancy outcomes. While interconception care to new mothers could potentially be provided by Preventive Child Health Care services, this care is currently not routinely available in the Netherlands. …

Spraak-, taalproblemen zijn de meest voorkomende ontwikkelingsproblemen bij jonge kinderen. De eerste beschrijving van deze problematiek dateert uit 1822. Van toen tot nu zijn er veel labels en definities beschreven. Mede door het ontbreken van een heldere definitie en heldere criteria worden kinderen …

Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van het Kennisnetwerk Affectregulerende Vaktherapie. Dit is een methode voor kinderen/ jongeren tussen de 4 en 12 jaar die last hebben van emotionele- en gedragsproblemen die voortkomen uit een problematische gehechtheid, trauma, autisme (ASS), ADHD of laag verstandelijke …

Het zorginstituut Nederland heeft laten weten dat vaktherapeuten tot 2020 de tijd hebben om bewijs te leveren voor de effectiviteit van vaktherapie. Om de effectiviteit te meten moeten eerst interventiebeschrijvingen gemaakt worden. Om daar een bijdrage aan te leveren is in dit onderzoek onderzocht …

BACKGROUND: The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS) has been translated into different languages, and several studies on its measurement properties have been done. PURPOSE: The purpose of this review was to critically appraise and compare the measurement properties, when possible, of all language …

Health care insurers play a vital role in the implementation of eHealth and other care innovations within the health care sector. Yet, very little is said in the literature about how innovations are being evaluated by insurers, and what criteria are being used to do so. This paper describes the results …

Introduction: Throughout life, a patient with severe haemophilia is confronted with many treatment-related challenges. Insight into self-management and non-adherence could improve the quality of care for these patients. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the current evidence on self-management …

When risky child and family circumstances cannot be resolved at home, (temporary) 24-h out-of-home placement of the child may be an alternative strategy. To identify specific placement risks and needs, care professionals must have information about the child and his or her family, care history, and social-cultural …

RATIONALE: Currently there is no consensus on protein requirements for obese older adults during weight loss. Here we explore the potential use of a new method for assessment of protein requirements based on changes in appendicular muscle mass during weight loss. METHODS: 60 obese older adults were subjected …