Study Design. Prospective cohort study.Objective. The aim of this study was to identify treatment response trajectories in patients with low back pain (LBP) during and after multidisciplinary care in a tertiary spine center, and to examine baseline patient characteristics that can distinguish trajectories.Summary …

ObjectivesSeveral surgical techniques are available for the treatment of cervical degenerative disease. For resolving cervical nerve root compression, anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF) or posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCF) can be applied. Amongst neurosurgeons, there seems to be a tendency …

Background: Healthcare practitioner beliefs influence patients’ beliefs and health outcomes in musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. A validated questionnaire based on modern pain neuroscience assessing Knowledge and Attitudes of Pain (KNAP) was unavailable. Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and …

OBJECTIVES: Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) is a threshold based device-driven treatment for improving expiratory pressure. EMST proved to be effective in different patient groups to improve cough function. To date, EMST has not been tested in the total laryngectomy population (TL). METHODS: …

Abstract Purpose: The pharmacology and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education during the undergraduate medical curriculum of NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal, was changed from a traditional programme (i.e. discipline-based, lectures) to a problem-based learning (PBL) programme (i.e. …

Er leeft een breed gedragen maatschappelijke zorg rondom de aanpak van schulden. Voor het kabinet vormt deze breed gedragen zorg de aanleiding om werk te maken van een Brede schuldenaanpak. In het regeerakkoord is opgenomen dat de juridische afhandeling van schulden wordt verbeterd. Schuldeisers dienen …

In response to present-day societal and technological developments, the national concrete association BV, the national steel association BmS, and the Amsterdam University of Applied Science-including their corresponding professional master’s programmes in structural design - established a national lectorate …

Saxion hogeschool daagt studenten en medewerkers uit om na te denken over de impact van technologie op mens, maatschappij en milieu. Door praktijkgericht onderzoek vinden studenten en docent-onderzoekers samen slimme oplossingen voor vraagstukken die aanleiding kunnen geven tot ondernemerschap.Onderzoek …

Bespreking van: Michiel de Ronde (2019). Leven in verhalen. Begeleiden met mythen, sprookjes en gedichten rond vragen op de levensweg. Utrecht: Eburon. ISBN 9789463012751

Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most frequently performed cardiac surgical procedure. Despite its benefits on survival and quality of life, it is associated with a considerable financial burden on society including sick leave. Our study aimed to explore the barriers that obstruct return to work …