Identifying factors that predict health-related quality of life (QOL) following hematopoietic SCT, is important in estimating patients’ abilities to adjust to the consequences of their disease and treatment. As the studies that have been published on this subject are scattered, the present study aimed …

De laatste 10 jaar is het houden van reptielen als huisdier toegenomen. Eén van de meest gerapporteerde welzijnsproblemen is metabolic bone disease (MBD), wat gedeeltelijk veroorzaakt wordt door onjuiste verlichting en voeding. Onderzocht wordt wat de kwaliteit is van het uv B-aanbod bij Nederlandse …

Background Idiopathic Toe Walking (ITW) is present in children older than 3 years of age still walking on their toes without signs of neurological, orthopaedic or psychiatric diseases. ITW has been estimated to occur in 7% to 24% of the childhood population. To study associations between Idiopathic Toe …

The outcome of the study showed that the 17 participating judges looked primarily on the front part of the horse, especially the forearm. Furthermore, considering the back of the horse, the area of the lower hind limb got particular attention, namely the cannon bone, the pastern and the hoof. The rider …

A methodology for doing research into corporate spirituality should enable us to deal with the religious component of spirituality instead of trying to separate spirituality from religious beliefs, as the positivist school proposes. Waaijman’s phenomenological-dialogical research cycle enables us to …

Op 12 oktober 2007 is de nieuwe Nota Dierenwelzijn van het ministerie van Landbouw,Natuur en visserij (LNV) gepubliceerd. In deze nota staat dat uit recente analyse van de Faculteit Diergeneeskunde Universiteit Utrecht en Wageningen Universiteit dat veel mensen bij de verzorging van hun huisdier vaak …

OBJECTIVE: Osteopenia is a common complication of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). In adults, low bone density and increased fracture risk are associated with low vitamin K status of bone. The vitamin K-dependent protein osteocalcin plays an important role in bone metabolism. Its activity depends …

Older, more vulnerable individuals are increasingly often described in the literature as being frail. Because frailty is often perceived as being undesirable and associated with high health risks, it is important to establish how we can predict, recognize, and treat frailty. Frailty is predisposed by …

Bisphosphonates (BPs) are widely used in the treatment of osteolytic bone disease associated with multiple myeloma, and have been demonstrated to exert antitumor effects both in vitro and in vivo. However, the precise molecular mechanisms involved in the direct antitumor effects of BPs in vitro are not …

The wrist allows the hand to combine dorsopalmar flexion and radioulnar deviation, a unique combination of functions that is made possible by a highly complex system of joints. The morphologic features of the carpal bones and of the radiocarpal and intercarpal contacts can be functionally interpreted …