Wereldwijd lijden bijna 590 miljoen mensen aan dysfagie. De gevolgen van dysfagie kunnen fysiek als mentaal verstrekkend zijn voor de patiënt. Onbehandeld kan het leiden tot algehele malaise, uitdroging, ondervoeding, een aspiratiepneumonie en in het ergste geval verstikking. Dysfagie kan behandeld worden …

Echografische spierdikte metingen van de m. rectus femoris kunnen gebruikt worden voor het kwantificeren van spiermassaverlies. Wanneer extensief spiermassaverlies optreedt, kan worden gesproken over sarcopenie. Deze metingen kunnen een goede aanvulling zijn op het diagnosticeren van sarcopenie bij ouderen. …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Malnutrition and sarcopenia are common nutrition (-related) disorders in patients with COPD and are associated with negative health outcomes and mortality. This study aims to correlate ultrasound measured rectus femoris size with fat-free mass and muscle function in patients with …

Study design: Prospective cohort study including patients with shoulder pain in primary care physiotherapy. Background: There is an increased tendency to use diagnostic ultrasound to aid the diagnostic strategy and target treatment. It is a relatively cheap and accessible imaging technique but the implications …

Little is known about muscle in dynamic conditions. This is partly due to the fact that it takes a lot of time to process the images manually. At the Technical University Eindhoven an automated algorithm is being devoloped to reduce the time needed. The aim of this study was to correlate te automated …

Magnetic Resonance guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is een non-invasieve behandelmethode voor symptomatische uterus myomatosus. In dit onderzoek is de voorspellende waarde van multiparametrische MRI karakterisatie onderzocht op het technisch behandelresultaat van MR-HIFU. De SSI en …

Purpose: Measurement of muscle mass is paramount in the screening and diagnosis of sarcopenia. Besides muscle quantity however, also quality assessment is important. Ultrasonography (US) has the advantage over dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and bio-impedance analysis (BIA) to give both quantitative …

Objective To assess if and how primary care midwives adhere to the guideline by addressing transition to motherhood at the first prenatal booking visit and to what extent there was a difference in addressing transition to motherhood between nulliparous and multiparous women. Design Cross-sectional observational …

Current physiotherapy management in patients with shoulder pain is unknown. Additionally, little is known about the effect of diagnostic imaging procedures, especially diagnostic ultrasound, as a relatively new imaging procedure in primary care physiotherapy. The current evidence statement do not makes …