BACKGROUND: Complaints of the arm, neck, or shoulder (CANS) have a multifactorial origin and cause considerable work problems, including decreased work productivity, sickness absence, and, ultimately, job loss. There is a need for intervention programs for people with CANS. Self-management is an approach …

Background: Cervical dystonia is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions of the neck and abnormal head positions that affect daily life activities and social life of patients. Patients are usually treated with botulinum toxin injections into affected neck muscles to relief pain and improve control …

Doel: In deze literatuurstudie wordt onderzoek gedaan naar het effect van oefentherapie op de cobb-hoek bij patiënten met een scoliose. Methode: Voor deze literatuurstudie is gezocht in verschillende online databanken: CINAHL, PEDro, PubMed (Medline) en Cochrane Library. De methodologische kwaliteit …

Previous research has shown clinical effectiveness of dermal substitution; however, in burn wounds, only limited effect has been shown. A problem in burn wounds is the reduced take of the autograft, when the substitute and graft are applied in one procedure. Recently, application of topical negative …

BACKGROUND: Depression in later life is a common mental disorder with a prevalence rate of between 3% and 35% for minor depression and approximately 2% for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). The most common treatment modalities for MDD are antidepressant medication and psychological interventions. Recently, …

BACKGROUND: The face is a very frequent site of burn injuries. This multicenter, randomized, controlled trial thus investigates the effectiveness of cerium nitrate-silver sulfadiazine in the treatment of facial burns compared with silver sulfadiazine. METHODS: Adult patients with acute facial burns admitted …

QUESTION: In adults who experience nocturnal leg cramps, does stretching of the calf and hamstring muscles each day just before sleep reduce the frequency and severity of the cramps? DESIGN: A randomised trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty adults aged …

Achtergrond: Het is van groot belang dat het zenuwstelsel vrij kan bewegen en mechanische krachten kan weerstaan die worden opgewekt door lichamelijke houdingen en bewegingen. Dit wordt mogelijk gemaakt door de mechanische en fysiologische eigenschappen van het zenuwstelsel en de interactie tussen beide. …

Inleiding Uit onderzoek komen veelbelovende resultaten naar voren bij het behandelen van rotator cuff tendinopathie, epicondylitis lateralis en fasciitis plantaris met shock wave therapie (van Leeuwen, Zwerver & van den Akker-Scheek, 2009). In de praktijk is er echter nog veel onduidelijk over het gebruik …

This paper reports on an experiment comparing students’ results on image-rich numeracy problems and on equivalent word problems. Given the well reported problematic nature of word problems, the hypothesis is that students score better on image-rich numeracy problems than on comparable word problems. …