Interventions to improve children’s physical activity in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings are needed. This randomized controlled trial examines the effects of a preschool-based playground program for ECEC teachers in a deprived urban area. On intervention preschools, the PLAYgrounds …

Hockeyspeler tot achttien jaar raken vaak geblesseerd. De genomen maatregelen zijn gericht op spelers tot twaalf jaar en het gestandaardiseerd Warming-Up Programma Hockey in niet in staat om het aantal blessures te verminderen. Voor het verminderen van het aantal blessures is inzicht nodig in de bewegingspatronen …

Animal welfare is a multidimensional phenomenon and currently its on-farm assessment requires complex, multidimensional frameworks involving farm audits which are time-consuming, infrequent and expensive. The core principle of precision agriculture is to use sensor technologies to improve the efficiency …

Gewelddadige ervaringen zijn niet alleen indrukwekkend op het moment dat mensen ze meemaken. Ervaring en onderzoek laten zien dat geweld nog lang nadat een incident of een serie incidenten plaatsvond zijn sporen nalaat op plegers, slachtoffers en getuigen. Eerder besteedden wij in dit blad aandacht aan …

Over the past decade, the maker movement and in its slipstream maker education have attained worldwide popularity among educators, politicians, and the media. Makers’ enthusiasm for creative design and construction, using old and new tools has proven contagious, and is worth exploration and critical …

Objective: To determine the construct validity, criterion validity, and responsiveness of measurement instruments evaluating scapular function. Design: Systematic review of measurement properties. Literature Search: The MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and SPORTDiscus databases were systematically searched …

Following total knee replacement (TKR), patients often persist in maladaptive motor behavior which they developed before surgery to cope with symptoms of osteoarthritis. An important challenge in physical therapy is to detect, recognize and change such undesired movement behavior. The goal of this study …