Inleiding: Er zijn steeds meer ouderen in de maatschappij en de levensverwachting neemt toe. Hoe ouder men wordt, hoe groter de mate van afhankelijkheid en beperkingen. Om lichamelijke activiteit bij kwetsbare ouderen te stimuleren zijn er wereldwijd oefenprogramma’s ontwikkeld. Het doel van deze systematische …

Aanleiding en theoretisch kader In 2015 werd het Nederlandse zorgstelsel veranderd en blijven ouderen zo lang mogelijk thuis blijven wonen met hulp van thuiszorgdiensten. Dit resulteert in een verhoogde complexiteit binnen de verpleeghuizen. Binnen het verpleeghuis Arendshorst zijn er vier afdelingen …

Background Increased physical activity and dietary protein intake are promising interventions to prevent or treat the age-related decline in physical performance in older adults. There are well-controlled exercise as well as dietary intervention studies that show beneficial effects on physical performance …

Background & aim The aim of this study was to describe a decrease in resting energy expenditure during weight loss that is larger than expected based on changes in body composition, called adaptive thermogenesis (AT), in overweight and obese older adults. Methods Multiple studies were combined to assess …

In this paper, we present the case study Circus Noel, a VR tight rope walking act with which the use of movement in cinematic VR was explored. We use the notion of spatial presence as discussed by Ryan, and its potential to induce an ‘illusion of non-mediation’. Seven users were interviewed about their …

Professional youth workers and their organizations pursue further improvement of quality and transparency in their work. Political developments require to demonstrate the added value of professional youth work to active citizenship. Due to the complex, dynamic and interactive nature of professional youth …

Injuries can have a major impact on the physical performance and academic career of physical education teacher education (PETE) students. To investigate the injury problem, risk factors, and the impact of injuries on academic success, 252 PETE students were followed during their first semester. Risk …

How to create a Critical Diversity Literate Art School, in which students and teachers of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, genders, sexualities and (dis)abilities feel treated with equity and are supported to explore their full potential? This is the question at the heart of, and one of the main …

This study aimed to identify simple rules for allocating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients to clinical phenotypes identified by cluster analyses. Data from 2409 COPD patients of French/Belgian COPD cohorts were analysed using cluster analysis resulting in the identification of subgroups, …