To date, it is unknown whether waist circumference can be measured validly and reliably when a subject is in a supine position. This issue is relevant when international standards for healthy participants are applied to persons with severe intellectual, sensory, and motor disabilities. Thus, the aims …

BACKGROUND: Anthropometric measurements are widely used to reliably quantify body composition and to estimate risks of overweight in healthy subjects and in patients. However, information about the reliability of anthropometric measurements in subjects with severe intellectual and sensory disabilities …

OBJECTIVES: Sucking problems in preterm infants can be specified by means of visual observation. The Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale (NOMAS) is the visual observation method most commonly used to assess the non-nutritive sucking (NNS) and nutritive sucking (NS) skills of infants up to approximately …

Samenvatting De literatuurverwijzingen zijn terug te vinden in literatuurlijst 2. Achtergrond Vanaf 1987 heeft de Werkgroep Bewegingswetenschappen van de universiteit Groningen zich bezig gehouden met het meten van fitheid bij ouderen. Het doel van dit onderzoek was, het ontwikkelen van een praktijktest …