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 …

Phantom limb pain following amputation is highly prevalent as it affects up to 80% of amputees. Many amputees suffer from phantom limb pain for many years and experience major limitations in daily routines and quality of life. Conventional pharmacological interventions often have negative side-effects …

BACKGROUND: There are no validated assessment tools for evaluating quality of schoolwork task performance of children living in German-speaking Europe (GSE). OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the international age-normative means of the School Version of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (School …

This paper reports on the collective ideas of the occupational scientists and therapists who attended the “Refugees – Addressing Key Social Issues” think tank at the Occupational Science Conference held in Hildesheim (2017). Forced migration is recognized as a prevalent issue in today’s society. Forced …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the current study was to compare the results of a progressive strength training protocol for soccer players after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with healthy controls, and to investigate the effects of the strength training protocol on peak quadriceps and …

Anne zal vertellen over welke principes uit het motorisch leren toegepast kunnen worden bij het verbeteren van het looppatroon, gerelateerd aan primaire/secondaire preventie van blessures. Er zullen praktische voorbeelden worden gegeven tijdens de presentatie.

Background: Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are highly prevalent and pose a burden both on patients and on health care. In a pilot study psychosomatic therapy delivered by specialised therapists for patients with MUS showed promising results with regard to patient’s acceptability, feasibility and …

Mit der Übersetzung der 5. Auflage steht das in den Niederlanden verbreitete Standardwerk Grundlagen der Ergotherapie nun endlich auch für den deutschsprachigen Raum zur Verfügung. Die Herausgeberinnen konnten Ergotherapeuten aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz gewinnen und so auch die aktuelle …