Binnen de Sint Maartenskliniek kunnen revalidanten met niet-aangeboren hersenletsel deelnemen aan de interventie Fit-stroke waarbij wordt gewerkt aan de balans, het lopen en de complete conditie. Naast de interventie Fit-stroke volgen de revalidanten ook een traject bij de logopedie, die de revalidant …

Introduction: Sensor-feedback systems can be used to support people after stroke during independent practice of gait. The main aim of the study was to describe the user-centred approach to (re)design the user interface of the sensor feedback system “Stappy” for people after stroke, and share the deliverables …

Stroke is the second most common cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide,1,2 with the burden expected to increase during the next 20 years.1 Almost 40% of the people with stroke have a recurrent stroke within 10 years,3 making secondary prevention vital.3,4 High amounts of …

When firefighting, the combination of exposition to high temperatures, high physical demands and wearing (heavy and insulated) personal protective equipment lead to increased risk of heat stress and exhaustion in firefighters. Heat stress can easily evolve into a life-threatening heat stroke. Once heat …

Worldwide, cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) or stroke are the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability (Johnson, Onuma, Owolabi, & Sachdev 2016). The people who survive will most likely enter rehabilitation to improve or learn how to live with the consequences of a stroke. …

Objective After a stroke event, stroke patients have a reduced ability of walking and their cardiorespiratory fitness, aerobic load and oxygen uptake (V̇O2 peak) is also lowered. A demand to be able to participate in society again for stroke patients is the ability to walk independently whereas these …

Die vorliegende Arbeit hat zum Ziel, einen Überblick über das Auftreten von Dysphagien bei Patienten nach Extraktion zu schaffen um eine effiziente Risikoab-schätzung und Aspirationsprophylaxe zu gewährleisten. Hierfür wurden retrospek-tiv von 301 Patienten Daten aus der klinischen Routine, dem Stroke-Regis-ter …

Phantom limb pain following amputation is highly prevalent as it affects up to 80% of amputees. Many amputees suffer from phantom limb pain for many years and experience major limitations in daily routines and quality of life. Conventional pharmacological interventions often have negative side-effects …