BACKGROUND: The performance of activities of daily living (ADL) at home is important for the recovery of older individuals after hip fracture. However, 20-90% of these individuals lose ADL function and never fully recover. It is currently unknown to what extent occupational therapy (OT) with coaching …

AIM: The objectives of this study were (i) to develop two cerebral visual impairment motor questionnaires (CVI-MQ's) for children with cerebral palsy (CP): one for children with Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels I, II and III and one for children with GMFCS levels IV and V; (ii) …

Dit artikel presenteert de rsultaten van een vergelijkend onderzoek naar de Cito Woordenschat en de Peabody Vocabulary Test III-NL(Peabody). Beide testen hebben als doel het meten van de respectieve woordenschat. Uit observatie blijkt dat meer kinderen beneden gemiddeld scoren op de Cito Woordenschat …

from Narcis: "What is known and objective Medication discrepancies are common at hospital discharge, and medication reconciliation is widely endorsed as a preventive strategy. However, implementation is difficult for instance due to the unreliability of patients medication histories. In the Netherlands, …

In dit artikel wordt een alternatieve benadering voor de aanpak van ‘onveiligheidsgevoelens’ aangedragen. De focus ligt op het concept ‘verstoorde veiligheidsbeleving’. Middels een verkenning van theorie en eerder onderzoek rondom ‘fear of crime’ werken we dit concept uit. Vervolgens passen we het toe …

Artikel over de rol van de bouwkundig professional in ontwikkelingslanden. Op welke manier kan de bouwkundig professional een waardevolle bijdrage leveren in sloppenwijken en in de wederopbouw na natuurrampen.

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders are the main complaints for visiting a physical therapist (PT) in primary health care; they have a negative effect on an individual's quality of life and result in a major cost to society. Qualitative research has shown that physical therapists (PTs) treating patients …

Objective: Gaining too much or too little weight in pregnancy (according to Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines) negatively affects both mother and child, but many women find it difficult to manage their gestational weight gain (GWG). Here we describe the use of the intervention mapping protocol to …

PURPOSE: In this prospective study, the changes in kinetics and kinematics of gait and clinical outcomes after a varus osteotomy (tibial, femoral or double osteotomy) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and a valgus leg alignment were analysed and compared to healthy subjects. METHODS: Twelve …

Does our knowledge about city and urban planning have solid ground? Can historical research promote creative thinking? How can we theorise about urban design and architecture in our age of the media? These questions have guided the creation of this multi-layered, richly documented and illustrated triptych, …