Rationale: Malnutrition is a common problem in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Whereas estimation of fat-free muscle mass index (FFMi) with bio-electrical impedance is often used, less is known about muscle thickness measured with ultrasound (US) as a parameter for malnutrition. …

Bij patiënten met chronische obstructieve longziekte (COPD) is ondervoeding een veel voorkomend gezondheidsprobleem, verlies van spiermassa speelt hierin een grote rol. Deze studie onderzoekt de relatie van de spierdiktes van de biceps brachii en de rectus femoris met de ondervoeding gerelateerde parameters …

Tegenwoordig worden mensen steeds ouder. Dit brengt ouderdomsklachten met zich mee, zoals sarcopenie. Wanneer vroegtijdig de diagnose sarcopenie gesteld kan worden, kunnen maatregelen getroffen worden. In dit onderzoek wordt onderzocht of de m. biceps brachii een betere voorspelling geeft voor de diagnose …

Standing up is harder to perform when getting older. The company SillaPlus want to create a physical device that can be attached to already existing chairs and will help elderly people get up from a chair. The company reached out to students who want to help with the development of a get up aid. The …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The MyotonPRO is a portable device that measures muscle tone and biomechanical muscle properties objectively. MyotonPRO has already proven to be effective in measuring muscle properties in healthy and diseased populations. However, to the best of our knowledge, it has never been …

UNLABELLED: Reaching movements are initiated by activity of the prime mover, i.e. the first activated arm muscle. We aimed to investigate the relationship between prime mover activity and kinematics of reaching in typically developing (TD) infants in supine and sitting position. Fourteen infants were …