Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly expanding across the world, with more than 100,000 new cases each day as of end-June 2020. Healthcare workers are struggling to provide the best care for COVID-19 patients. Approaches for invasive ventilation vary widely between …

Background: Treatment of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) currently consists of a combination of noninvasive therapies and may be supported by e-Health. It is, however, unclear if physical therapists and patients are positive towards the use of e-Health. Purpose: To assess the needs, facilitators and …

BACKGROUND: The number of intensive care patients aged ≥ 80 years (Very old Intensive Care Patients; VIPs) is growing. VIPs have high mortality and morbidity and the benefits of ICU admission are frequently questioned. Sepsis incidence has risen in recent years and identification of outcomes is of considerable …

Up to 88% of oncological patients apply complementary therapies and up to 77% apply complementary mistletoe therapy in the context of integrative oncological approaches. An evidence-based consultation of oncological health professionals regarding complementary therapies used in Germany is missing. Therefore, …

Motor activation is rarely integrated into the support of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD), which might be the result of the limited evidence-based knowledge in this field. Practitioners have recently been developing several motor initiatives for people with PIMD, but …

Background: A nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma (NLPHL) is a lymphoproliferative neoplasm with a fair prognosis, but the possibility of a malignant transformation into a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is high. DLBCL progresses aggressively. Introduction of rituximab into therapy …

Sinds 2009 wordt het Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) in Nederland op de vaktherapeutische opleidingen en in de beroepspraktijk toegepast. Het ETC is een beeldend therapeutische methode waarin zes bipolaire informatieverwerkingscomponenten (kinesthetisch- sensorisch, perceptueel-affectief en cognitief-symbolisch) …

Het Expressive Therapies Continuüm is naast een theoretisch raamwerk dat ondersteuning biedt in het methodisch handelen binnen beeldende therapie, ook een manier om de werking van beeldende therapie te onderbouwen. Daarnaast is het gebruik van transdiagnostische factoren om het probleemgebied van cliënten …

Onderzoek naar werkvormen gericht op de componenten van het Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) en gericht op de zeven transdiagnostische factoren.