Purpose: To determine the most effective practices for quadriceps strengthening after ACL reconstruction. Methods: An electronic search has been performed for the literature appearing from January 1990 to January 2012. Inclusion criteria were articles written in English, German or Dutch with unilateral …

Purpose This paper's aim is to determine whether shopping facilities in a waiting area influence customer behaviour and whether these behaviours positively influence their satisfaction and related sales of the displayed products. Design/methodology/approach The approach used was a field experiment. At …

In the medical community, X-rays are an important tool in imaging the human body. In principle X-ray images are 2 dimensional images. By measuring such X-ray images at multiple angles, one can construct the 3 dimensional inner structure of the sample. This 3 dimensional structure is created by applying …

Purpose: The article shows the relevance of an insider’s perspective on workers in the cleaning industry (cleaners). It explains how the ways in which cleaners create meaning in their work can be explored. These findings help to create added value for FM. Theory: Organisational theory describes a paradigm …

Assessing the effectiveness and progress of efforts to ‘build states in order to build peace’ (Call and Wyeth, 2008) is inevitable for several reasons. Politicians want to know what is being achieved with the resources that they have allocated to the state building endeavours abroad. They want to judge …

The purpose of this systematic review was to identify the measurements that are used in clinical practice to assess the quantity and quality of functional performance in men and women more than 2 years after ACL reconstruction with bone patellar-tendon bone (BPTB) or semitendinosus/gracilis (STG) graft. …

The Pierre Auger group is studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are charged particles which permanently hit and penetrate the atmosphere of the Earth. They will at a certain moment collide with nuclei in the atmosphere, like nitrogen. The results of such an interaction are new particles, …

Aanleiding Doormiddel van een literatuurstudie inzicht in verschillende revalidatieprocessen bij een voorste kruisbandlaesie krijgen. Om zo het effectiefste revalidatie proces vast te stellen. Probleemstelling Wat is het meest effectieve revalidatieproces bij een persoon na een voorste kruisbandlaesie? Methode Voor …

Achtergrond: Voorste kruisbandletsel (VKB letsel) is in Nederland een veelvoorkomende blessure, vooral in de sportwereld. In de fysiotherapiepraktijk worden de hoptesten (de single hop for distance, de 6-m timed hop test, de triple hop for distance en de crossover hop for distance) vaak gebruikt tijdens …

Achtergrond De diagnose posterolaterale instabiliteit wordt vaak gemist. Door het gevolg van de vele verschillende structuren, de ingewikkelde anatomische verhoudingen en het feit dat er niet een specifieke klinische test is om de diagnose vast te stellen is de posterolaterale instabiliteit één van de …