Hip arthroscopies are often used in the treatment of intra-articular hip injuries. Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) are an important parameter in evaluating treatment. It is unclear which PRO questionnaires are specifically available for hip arthroscopy patients. The aim of this systematic review was …

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 …

Background Idiopathic Toe Walking (ITW) is present in children older than 3 years of age still walking on their toes without signs of neurological, orthopaedic or psychiatric diseases. ITW has been estimated to occur in 7% to 24% of the childhood population. To study associations between Idiopathic Toe …

Background Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) often experience strength deficits both pre- and post-operatively. As these deficits may have a direct impact on functional recovery, strength assessment should be performed in this patient population. For these assessments, reliable measurements …

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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 …

Het onderwerp van dit afstudeerproject betreft echografie als diagnostisch middel binnen de fysiotherapie. De hoofdvraag luidt daarom als volgt: "Wat is de meerwaarde van echografie voor de fysiotherapeutische diagnose en behandeling van patiënten met orthopedische klachten binnen de fysiotherapie?" Het …

Main question: The main question of this project was: "Which treatment programmes of graded aerobic exercise result in improved Quality of Life in patients diagnosed with the fibromyalgia syndrome based on evidence based literature?" Background: The fibromyalgia syndrome is one of the many chronic musculoskeletal …