Laboratory study using a repeated measures design. The aim of this study was to determine if ankle proprioception is targeted in exercises on unstable surfaces. Lateral ankle sprain (LAS) has recurrence rates over 70%, which are believed to be due to a reduced accuracy of proprioceptive signals from …

Achtergrond: Gonartrose is de meest voorkomende vorm van artrose. Gonartrose heeft doorgaans zijn oorsprong in het mediale compartiment van de knie. Dit maakt dat het knieadductiemoment (KAM) een belangrijke factor is die (mediale gon)artrose beïnvloedt. Wanneer het KAM vergroot zal de belasting in de …

Communities of practice (CoPs) impact different actors in different ways. Because using a singular approach would not do justice to the complexity that surrounds CoPs, a multi-disciplinary and pluralistic approach is used here to develop a model for measuring the impact CoPs may have on individuals, …

Introduction Nowadays, humans are used to sit a lot during daily activities. Most of the time this happens in a relaxed way. This position is also called ´slouching´ or ´slouched posture´. In the slouched posture the pelvis and the lumbar spine are flexed and places the muscle spindles, muscles and ligaments …

This paper explores a business model that includes the knowledge modules of a COP (community of practice) and relates them with the business processes and formal organizational hierarchy in order to optimize the value of knowledge worker performance and to embed this value in the ongoing organization …

The Fociss (Focussing Innovation for a Sustainable Strategy) approach is a structured method to define core business related issues within sustainable development that require main attention in a specific company. In theory, Fociss has the ability for all kinds of innovations, but the implementation …

PURPOSE: The popularity of long-distance walking (LDW) has increased in the last decades. However, the effects of LDW on plantar pressure distribution and foot complaints, in particular, after several days of walking, have not been studied. METHODS: We obtained the plantar pressure data of 62 subjects …

De werkgroep VVE heeft onderzocht hoe de werving en toeleiding in de Indische buurt/ De Hoogte kan verbeteren zodanig dat alle kinderen die VVE nodig hebben, ook daadwerkelijk een professioneel en deskundig aanbod VVE kunnen volgen. De doelstelling van het VVE-beleid is om de ontwikkeling van kinderen …

Educational programs teaching entrepreneurial behaviour and knowledge are crucial to a vital and healthy economy. The concept of building a Communities of Practice (CoP) could be very promising. CoP’s are formed by people who engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain of human endeavour …

Samenvatting Dit onderzoek is geschreven in opdracht van de Fontys Hogeschool Eindhoven en Roessingh Revalidatie Techniek in Enschede met als doelstelling om af te studeren. In dit onderzoek is gekeken naar de relatie tussen stabiliteit in de standfase en het activiteitenniveau van een prothesedrager …