De cardiorespiratoire fitheid (CRF) van een persoon beschrijft het vermogen van het circulatie-, ademhalings- en spierstelsel om zuurstof te leveren tijdens fysieke activiteit. De gouden standaard om CRF te bepalen is de maximale anaerobe inspanningstest met ademgasanalyse en elektrocardiogram (ECG) …

Achtergrond Statines zijn cholesterolverlagende medicijnen die dagelijks door 1,5 miljoen Nederlanders worden gebruikt. De meest voorkomende bijwerking van statines zijn spierklachten. Het doel van deze studie is om te onderzoeken of een combinatie van aerobe training en weerstandtraining de aerobe …

BACKGROUND: Paratonia is a distinctive form of hypertonia, causing loss of functional mobility in early stages of dementia to severe high muscle tone and pain in the late stages. For assessing and evaluating therapeutic interventions, objective instruments are required. OBJECTIVE: Determine the psychometric …

Frailty is a complex phenomenon which is a result of a decline in reserve capacity. Although it is generally known that movement has a positive influence on a diversity of health outcomes in relatively healthy elderly, the effect on frail elderly is less known. Key elements in the clinical manifestation …

Rationale: Sarcopenia is a major problem and is common in community-dwelling elderly. In daily practice, there is need for low cost and easily assessable measurement tools to assess depletion of skeletal muscle (SM) mass, for example as one of the indicators of sarcopenia. Bio-electrical impedance analysis …

This review evaluates the reliability and validity of ultrasound to quantify muscles in older adults. The databases PubMed, Cochrane, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were systematically searched for studies. In 17 studies, the reliability (n = 13) and validity (n = 8) of …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The MyotonPRO is a portable device that measures muscle tone and biomechanical muscle properties objectively. MyotonPRO has already proven to be effective in measuring muscle properties in healthy and diseased populations. However, to the best of our knowledge, it has never been …