PURPOSE: Patients with chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) report symptoms and disability. Neither the relationship between self-reported disability and functional capacity, nor its predictors have been investigated in patients with WAD. This was the purpose of this study. METHOD: This was a …

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) have a high prevalence with over 75% of the Dutch adults reporting one or more complaints in the past 12 months. In a large population-based study back pain was most prevalent (44%), followed by complaints of neck (31%), shoulder (30%), and arms (23%). The high occurrence …

BACKGROUND: Complaints of the arm, neck, or shoulder (CANS) have a multifactorial origin and cause considerable work problems, including decreased work productivity, sickness absence, and, ultimately, job loss. There is a need for intervention programs for people with CANS. Self-management is an approach …

Background: Cervical dystonia is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions of the neck and abnormal head positions that affect daily life activities and social life of patients. Patients are usually treated with botulinum toxin injections into affected neck muscles to relief pain and improve control …

In samenwerking met het Paramedisch Centrum Sittard-zuid is de volgende vraagstelling in het afstudeerproject onderzocht: Wat is de invloed van de DVD “nekklachten de baas”, vergeleken met huiswerkoefeningen op papier, in de eerste zes weken na het behandeltraject bij patiënten met aspecifieke nekklachten …

Aanleiding: Bij vrouwen met chronische nekklachten zijn de diepe en superficiale cervicale flexoren verzwakt. De beste therapie hiervoor is nog onduidelijk. Er worden verschillende onderzoeken gedaan naar actieve oefentherapieën, zoals craniocervicale flexie (CCF) training en globale krachttraining van …

Background: There are many ways clinicians measure pain intensity in patients with musculoskeletal conditions, such as a Whiplash Associated Disorder. Objective: To assess if some ratings of pain are scored systematically higher than others and whether this pattern changes with increasing symptom duration …

Achtergrond: Lage rugpijn en nekpijn zijn veel voorkomende klachten onder de Westerse bevolking. Fysiotherapeuten komen hier vaak mee in aanraking. Oefentherapie is een veel gebruikte therapie bij deze klachten. Het knelpunt bij oefentherapie is vaak dat patiënten hun huiswerkoefeningen niet of nauwelijks …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the DASH is not only a valid and responsive instrument to measure patients with shoulder, arm, and hand complaints, but also to evaluate patients with neck complaints.

A wide variety of risk factors for the occurrence and prognostic factors for persistence of non-specific musculoskeletal pain (MSP) are mentioned in the literature. A systematic review of all these factors is not available. Thus a systematic review was conducted to evaluate MSP risk factors and prognostic …