While children who are healthy are already at risk for a hypoactive lifestyle in this modern society, this is even more the case in children with chronic disease or disability.1 Next to general health risks, low fitness levels may contribute to fatigue and lower levels of activities and participation.2 …

Reactie op ‘Chronischevermoeidheidssyndroom: een psychoneuro-immunologisch perspectief’ (1) Als betrokken onderzoeker en behandelaar respectievelijk patiënt en literatuuronderzoeker hebben wij het artikel van Van Houdenhove en Heijnen (2009) met interesse en aandacht gelezen. De strekking van hun betoog …

OBJECTIVE: Former studies in chronic diseases showed the importance of patients' beliefs and perceptions. The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire was developed to assess these illness perceptions. Our goal was to investigate psychometric properties of the IPQ-R for Fibromyalgia Dutch language version …

OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the development of a physical training programme for cancer patients. Four related but conceptually and empirically distinct physical problems are described: decreased aerobic capacity, decreased muscle strength, fatigue and impaired role physical functioning. The study …