Rationale: Diagnosis of sarcopenia in older adults is essential for early treatment in clinical practice. Bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA) may be a valid means to assess appendicular lean mass (ALM) in older adults, but limited evidence is available. Therefore, we aim to evaluate the validity …

BACKGROUND: Paratonia is a distinctive form of hypertonia, causing loss of functional mobility in early stages of dementia to severe high muscle tone and pain in the late stages. For assessing and evaluating therapeutic interventions, objective instruments are required. OBJECTIVE: Determine the psychometric …

In this study we measured the performance times on the Wheelchair Mobility Performance (WMP) test during different test conditions to see if the performance times changed when wheelchair settings were changed. The overall performance time on the WMP test increased when the tire pressure was reduced and …

Robots spelen in de samenleving een steeds grotere rol. Veel bedrijven houden deze ontwikkeling in de gaten, waaronder Atos. Atos wil dat de door hen aangeschafte humanoïde robot Pepper zelfstandig een verscheidenheid aan vragen kan beantwoorden op een zo natuurlijk mogelijke manier. Momenteel kunnen …

BACKGROUND: The mixing ability test (MAT) as an outcome measure of masticatory performance is largely used in studies with adults, but not yet with children. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to test the construct validity and the test-retest reliability of the MAT in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) …

Inleiding: Slechts 44% van de patiënten na een voorste kruisband reconstructie (VKBR) keren binnen een jaar terug naar zijn/haar sport op het oude niveau. Om te voorkomen dat patiënten onvoldoende hersteld terugkeren naar zijn er Return to sport (RTS) criteria opgesteld. Vaak wordt er bij de RTS-criteria …

Aanleiding: Binnen de Treant zorggroep wordt er steeds meer gewerkt aan beweeggerichte zorg. Voordat beweeggerichte zorg toegepast kan worden wil Treant alle aspecten met betrekking tot beweeggerichte zorg in kaart hebben gebracht, zo ook het gedachteproces van de verpleging. Vanuit de literatuur is …

Mechanical power output is a key performance-determining variable in many cyclic sports. In rowing, instantaneous power output is commonly determined as the dot product of handle force moment and oar angular velocity. The aim of this study was to show that this commonly used proxy is theoretically flawed …

As part of my PhD research, I investigate the factors of student success and the influence of the use of social media by first year students in higher education. For this I use the insights provided by the highly influential and leading integration theory of Tinto and diminished the amount of variables …

In this research, which is part of my PhD research into the influence of the use of social media in higher education, I have lessened the amount of variables, from Tinto’s integration theory. By including only the best-proven predictive variables, based on previous studies, I avoid the capitalization …