Achtergrond: Coxartrose wordt vaak in het eindstadium behandeld met een Totale Heup Artroplastiek (THA). In de postoperatieve fase na een THA varieert het fysiotherapeutische beleid. Mogelijk leidt een verhoogd BMI tot een trager functioneel herstel na een THA. Een aangepast revalidatietraject zou dan …

BACKGROUND: Whether hip range of motion (ROM) is a risk factor for groin pain in athletes is not known. OBJECTIVES: To systematically review the relationship between hip ROM and groin pain in athletes in cross-sectional/case-control and prospective studies. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review, prospectively …

Background: The modified painDETECT questionnaire (PDQ) is a self-reported questionnaire to discriminate between nociceptive and neuropathic-like pain in patients with knee/hip osteoarthritis (OA). This study aims to assess the structural and construct validity of this questionnaire. Methods: Confirmatory …

Purpose: The etiology of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) is complex and multifactorial. A growing number of studies suggest that modification of pain-transmission in the peripheral and central nervous system, leading to sensitization, plays a role in OA pain. Sensitization seems to be associated with neuropathic …

In this thesis the research on the automatic constructing of intelligible digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRR’s) of the hips is described. This project was initialized when the Department of Orthopedic surgery, within UMC Utrecht, decided to research the relation between spinopelvic parameters and …

The present study examined differences in visual search and locomotor behavior among a group of skilled 10–12 year-old football players. The participants watched video clips of a 4-to-4 position game, presented on a large screen. The participants were asked to take part in the game by choosing the best …

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) increases, but the impact of the disorder on peoples' functional capacity is not known. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare self-reported health status and functional capacity of subjects with early OA of hip and/or knee to reference …