The number of people suffering from chronic wounds is developing into a seriousmedical problem causing high burden on patients, healthcare system and the societyas a whole. Patients suffering from the diseases are severely impaired in theirquality of life and the treatment measures create high costs …

Background: The heat shock protein (HSP) inducer, geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), was previously found to protect against atrial fibrillation (AF) remodeling in experimental model systems. Clinical application of GGA in AF is limited, due to low systemic concentrations owing to the hydrophobic character …

Background: An adaptation of multisystemic therapy (MST) was piloted to find out whether it would yield better outcomes than standard MST in families where the adolescent not only shows antisocial or delinquent behaviour, but also has an intellectual disability. Method: To establish the comparative …

This article presents a model for conducting contextual therapy with the aim of contributing to the further development of contextual therapy. Its founder, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, introduced the core of this approach, relational ethics, as a new paradigm for family therapy, which has been received well. …

Background: Patient decision aids (PDAs) can support the treatment decision making process and empower patients to take a proactive role in their treatment pathway while using a shared decision-making (SDM) approach making participatory medicine possible. The aim of this study was to develop a PDA for …

Aanleiding - Het subacromiaal pijnsyndroom (SAPS) is de meest voorkomende oorzaak van schouderpijn. De fysiotherapeutische behandeling hiervan bestaat vaak hoofdzakelijk uit oefentherapie. Kinesiotape is een behandelmethode waar nog veel onduidelijkheid over is maar die de laatste jaren steeds meer wordt …

Coping with chronic or terminal diseases is a factor of permanent psychological stress, leading to negative subsequent stress symptoms; reflexology is a complementary medicine, based on the principle that specific areas of the feet, hands, andears are related to corresponding parts of the body and intends …

Een uitdaging binnen radiotherapie van longtumoren is het feit dat deze gedurende de ademhaling bewegen. De mate van tumorbeweging heeft invloed op de grootte van het Planning Target Volume (PTV) en op de dosis in omliggende organs at risk (OARs). Een mogelijke oplossing voor het beperken van beweging …

In het Radboudumc wordt een conventionele manuele plantechniek gehanteerd bij slokdarmkanker (1). Deze bestralingstechniek wordt handmatig geoptimaliseerd. Tegenwoordig kunnen Intensity Modulated Radiotion Therapy (IMRT) en Volumetric Arc Therapy (VMAT) bestralingsplannen doormiddel van de Auto-Plan …