Background: There are many ways clinicians measure pain intensity in patients with musculoskeletal conditions, such as a Whiplash Associated Disorder. Objective: To assess if some ratings of pain are scored systematically higher than others and whether this pattern changes with increasing symptom duration …

Aanleiding: Fasciopathie plantaris is de meest voorkomende vorm van inferieure hielpijn. De etiologie van de aandoening wordt nog niet volledig begrepen; in 85 procent van de gevallen is de oorzaak onduidelijk. Er zijn veel verschillende behandelmethodes, maar er is momenteel nog geen methode die voor …

Aanleiding: Hamstringletsel is een veelvoorkomend letsel bij beoefenaars van explosieve sporten. Over de beste wijze van preventie bestaat nog geen consensus. Het doel van deze literatuurstudie is om met de op dit moment best beschikbare evidentie een antwoord te geven op de vraag: "Wat is de beste interventie …

Inleiding Mediaal Tibiaal Stress Syndroom (MTSS), een aan overbelasting gerelateerde aandoening die vaak sporters treft en in erge gevallen een hoge mate van invaliderende werking heeft. Aan de hand van een literatuurstudie zal getracht worden inzicht te geven in de risicofactoren en de preventie- en …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: Change in psychophysical capacity, calculated as the ratio between physical capacity and perceived effort, may be a determinant of change in perceived disability. The aim of this study was to identify determinants for change in perceived disability, as measured with the Roland Morris Disability …

Students' educational careers in Higher Education: a search into key factors regarding study outcome One of the political goals of the EU is to develop 'the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010'. The Dutch knowledge economy faces an increased demand for highly-educated inhabitants, …

Background: The feasibility and predictive validity of balance and gait measures in more severe stages of dementia have been understudied. We evaluated the clinimetric properties of the Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) in nursing home residents with dementia with a specific objective …

OBJECTIVES: Patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) may experience functional limitations in work settings. In the Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee study (CHECK) physical function was both self-reported and measured performance-based, using Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE). Relations between self-reported …

OBJECTIVE: Based on prospective and retrospective disease cohort studies, the aim of this review was to determine common prognostic factors for work disability among employees with rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, and ischemic heart disease (IHD). …