Residential youth care settings should provide youth with safe environments where they are supported and treated. However, there are aspects of residential youth care that threaten its effectiveness, and which may also violate children’s rights. Staff members exercise power over the youth, which can …

Few evidence-based methods for case management in child protection and child welfare are available. That is why Youth Protection Amsterdam Area developed a new method, by integrating their best practices: Intensive Family Case Management (IFCM). Because IFCM was developed in practice, clarity about its …

Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Psychodiagnostiek en Advies Centrum Twente (PACT) Mediant. Het onderzoek richt zich op de vraag in hoeverre sensorische profielen van volwassenen met een autismespectrum stoornis (ASS) afwijken van volwassenen zonder ontwikkelingsstoornis. Dit wordt onderzocht …

Background: In patients with burns, an early accurate diagnosis of burn depth facilitates optimal treatment. Laser Doppler imaging combined with clinical assessment leads to an accurate estimate of burn depth. However, the actual effects of the introduction of laser Doppler imaging on therapeutic decisions, …

Introduction The aim of this study is to examine the three interventions present when an adolescent amateur soccer player invokes maximum ‘’shot-power’’ on a soccer/football. Adolescence being defined as sixteen to eighteen years of age, and within a six-week period of time. Interventions consisting …

Introduction: The 6-minute walk test is a submaximal exercise test used to quantify the functional exercise capacity in clinical populations. It measures the distance walked within a period of 6-minutes. Obtaining reference values in the pediatric population is especially demanding due to factors as …

A substantial proportion of patients with burn injury develop chronic itch, which can severely affect their quality of life. As found in research on chronic pain, different psychophysiological processes may also play a role in chronic itch, of which central sensitization, conditioned modulation, and …

Vincent van Gogh (VvG) heeft als doel gesteld de zorg van de adolescent zoveel mogelijk in de thuissituatie plaats te laten vinden (De Wolff-Evers, 2013). Hierdoor zijn er klinische bedden afgebouwd en is de ambulante zorg uitgebreid. Door deze verandering is Intensieve spoedHulp Thuis (IHT) in april …

The purpose of this study was to identify differences in traumatic and overuse injury incidence between talented soccer players who differ in the timing of their adolescent growth spurt. 26 soccer players (mean age 11.9 ± 0.84 years) were followed longitudinally for 3 years around Peak Height Velocity, …