OBJECTIVES: To determine the number of steps taken by older patients in hospital and 1 week after discharge; to identify factors associated with step numbers after discharge; and to examine the association between functional decline and step numbers after discharge. DESIGN: Prospective observational …

In the project “Fieldlabs, 21st Century community care”, directed by ROC of Amsterdam, 17 partners in care, education, local authorities, technology providers and research institutes collaborate in the Amsterdam region. Fieldlabs aims to innovate education in care, in order to make it ‘21st century proof’. …

The assessment of care in homecare today is complex. Nurses have to decide on care for clients with multiple health problems. Technological innovations promise solutions for support of self-management of older people. We do not know, however, how and when nurses assess eHealth. A qualitative study design …

Background: Major surgery is associated with negative postoperative outcomes such as complications and delayed or poor recovery. Multimodal prehabilitation can help to reduce the negative effects of major surgery. Offering prehabilitation by means of mobile health (mHealth) could be an effective new …

Background Survivors of critical illness experience long-term functional challenges, which are complex, heterogeneous, and multifactorial in nature. Although the importance of rehabilitation interventions after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge is universally recognized, evidence on feasibility and …

Physiotherapy, Dietetics and Occupational Therapy have been collaborating over recent years to develop an optimal healthcare programme for patients with Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). This case is an example of PICS symptomatology and focuses on the collaboration between Physiotherapy and Dietetics. …

BACKGROUND: We recently developed a model of stratified exercise therapy, consisting of (i) a stratification algorithm allocating patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) into one of the three subgroups ('high muscle strength subgroup' representing a post-traumatic phenotype, 'low muscle strength subgroup' …

The introduction of consumer-grade virtual reality (VR) headsets has led to new and engaging methods for physical rehabilitation. Not only does VR provide the means to bring everyday situations into the rehabilitation therapy, and thereby help their transition into rehabilitation throughout everyday …

From the moment we set our first steps we practise walking until it eventually becomes second nature. However, due to injury, illness, or disease, someone might lose control over this automated task. In these cases, physical therapy is often used to help restore a patient’s use of muscles and train a …