Background: The diagnosis of sarcopenia is essential for early treatment of sarcopenia in older adults, for which assessment of appendicular lean mass (ALM) is needed. Multi-frequency bio-electrical impedance analysis (MF-BIA) may be a valid assessment tool to assess ALM in older adults, but the evidences …

BACKGROUND: It is difficult to diagnose constipation for people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities. Definitions for this are ambiguous, and the symptoms and signs are often unnoticed. The aim of this study is to identify clear definitions of constipation for people with different levels …

Dit onderzoek is in opdracht voor het REA-College in Leiden. Het REA-College in Leiden verzorgt beroepsopleidingen op maat en biedt ondersteuning bij het vinden van een baan voor volwassenen met een beperking en afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt. In het specifiek gaat dit onderzoek over volwassenen met de …

Pijn op de borst is een veel voorkomende gezondheidsklacht bij patiënten die contact opnemen met de medische hulpdiensten. Daarnaast is het een veelvoorkomende reden om patiënten door te verwijzen naar het ziekenhuis. Bij patiënten met pijn op de borst bestaat de kans op een myocardinfarct. Echter het …

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 …

In practice, faults in building installations are seldom noticed because automated systems to diagnose such faults are not common use, despite many proposed methods: they are cumbersome to apply and not matching the way of thinking of HVAC engineers. Additionally, fault diagnosis and energy performance …

The Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) sector is responsible for a large part of the total worldwide energy consumption, a significant part of which is caused by incorrect operation of controls and maintenance. HVAC systems are becoming increasingly complex, especially due to multi-commodity …

Background and objective: Serious pathologies of the neck can potentially result in cranial nerve palsy. Knowledge about cranial nerve examination (CNE) seems sparse, and its use is still unknown. We aim to investigate the knowledge, skills, and utilization of CNE of Italian physiotherapists. Materials …

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