A one year prospective study on ankle stability and landing technique: the occurrence of ankle and knee injuries in elite ball team athletes Background: In team sports lower extremity injuries account for more than 50% of all injuries, indicating the importance of early detection of athletes at risk. …

This study investigated the added value, i.e. discriminative and concurrent validity and reproducibility, of an eye-hand coordination test relevant to table tennis as part of talent identification. Forty-three table tennis players (7–12 years) from national (n = 13), regional (n = 11) and local training …

OBJECTIVE: Optimal timing of palatal repair is still subject of discussion. Although literature provides some evidence that palatal closure prior to 6 months positively influence speech outcome in children with clefts, only few studies verified this hypothesis. The purpose of this study was to describe …

OBJECTIVE: To develop a Dutch version of the Stanford Presenteeism Scale (SPS-6) and examine the reliability and discriminant, discriminative and structural validity of the Dutch SPS-6 (DSPS-6). METHODS: The original SPS-6 (English-language) was translated and adapted to the Dutch culture. Thirty participants …

Objective. To investigate the feasibility and effects of additional preoperative high intensity strength training for patients awaiting total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Design. Clinical controlled trial. Patients. Twenty-two patients awaiting TKA. Methods. Patients were allocated to a standard training …

In dit onderzoek is de inzetbaarheid van de Powerglove onderzocht voor het objectiveren van de standsveranderingen en bewegingsveranderingen van het eerste carpometacarpale gewricht (CMC-I) bij 15 gezonde proefpersonen, voor latere toepassing bij CMC-I artrose patiënten. De Powerglove meet in 3D het …

Achtergrond: Tijdens een behandeling van diepe dwarse frictie massage wordt er een harde wrijving in tegengestelde richting van de vezels van het aangedane weefsel uitgevoerd. Door de frictie massage wordt er een traumatische hyperemie in het behandelde weefsel geproduceerd en wordt littekenweefsel voorkomen. …

Achtergrond: Decubitus is een ernstige complicatie bij dwarslaesiepatiënten. Een dwarslaesiepatiënt heeft tot 85% kans decubitus te ontwikkelen in zijn of haar leven. Druk of druk in combinatie met schuifkrachten veroorzaken beschadigingen van de huid en onderliggend weefsel, meestal op sacrum (43%), …

Background: Nasal breathing is a commonly used technique among runners. However, the scientific research available on the topic is limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nasal breathing on runners' posture, perceived exertion and the effect of practice. Method: The participants, …

Background information: Previous studies implicates that Nordic walking is an effective exercise modality for improving exercise capacity. However, these findings are based on healthy subjects. Exercise capacity has shown to be a strong predictor for mortality and gives valuable prognostic information. …