Exergames, as one might infer from the name, are a combination of exercise and games. As such, they stimulate players to perform certain behaviours by providing them with engaging game mechanics (Whitehead, Johnston, Nixon, & Welch, 2010). While they can be used during physiotherapeutic rehabilitation …

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programs have been successful in the short term. Motor learning strategies with an internal focus (IF) to body movements have traditionally been utilized, but may be less suitable than an external focus (EF) for the acquisition and control of complex …

Het voorliggende onderzoeksrapport is geschreven in het kader van ons afstudeerproject 2014-2015 Creatieve Therapie Beeldend op Zuyd Hogeschool, Heerlen. Beeldende therapie is een behandelmethode voor mensen met psychosociale problemen en/of psychiatrische stoornissen. De therapie is erop gericht veranderings-, …

Background: The majority of patients diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are in a position to choose between having a mastectomy or lumpectomy with radiation therapy (breast-conserving therapy). Since the long-term survival rates for mastectomy and for lumpectomy with radiation therapy are comparable, …

Aims of this experimental study were the evaluation of the test-retest reliability of the Sensbalance MiniBoard with the interactive training software neuromuscular control tests and the capture of reference values. The test-retest analysis resulted in a poor to excellent agreement with ICCs ranging …

Rationale To improve the quality of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) a practice guideline from the Dutch Royal Society for Physiotherapy (KNGF) has been developed. Guideline development A systematic literature search was performed to formulate conclusions …

This study aimed to create a tool for the new occupational therapy staff of the local hand therapy service, where they learned about Dupuytren’s disease, about the occupational therapist’s role before & after surgery, how to splint and the treatments which result in the best return to function for the …

Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent reports in the literature have proposed that forced mandatory feeding should be avoided in the first week of critical illness to preserve autophagy, in order to maximize responses to oxidative stress, preserve organ function, and improve outcomes.

The lecture presents an overview of the positive but also the negative health related aspects of running. An deeper insight will be offered when it comes to running, especially the mass running events.

This review aims to identify strategies to optimise radiography practice using digital technologies, for full spine studies on paediatrics focusing particularly on methods used to diagnose and measure severity of spinal curvatures. The literature search was performed on different databases (PubMed, Google …