Quantified Self – Opportunities and Threats.Quantified Self staat voor de zelfmetende mens. Verschillende soorten activity trackers en gezondheidsapplicaties voor de smartphone maken het relatief eenvoudig om persoonlijke gegevens te verzamelen over beweging, voeding, slaap, hartslag, menstruatiecyclus, …

Objective Although regular physical activity is an effective secondary prevention strategy for patients with a chronic disease, it is unclear whether patients change their daily physical activity after being diagnosed. Therefore, the aims of this study were to (1) describe changes in levels of physical …

5x TaalOntwikkelingsStoornissen (TOS). In deze lezing worden 5 vragen over TOS beantwoord. Hoe noemen we het? Er zijn veel diagnostische termen in omloop. Consensusonderzoek had als resultaat de term ‘TOS’. Wat is TOS? De spraak-, taalontwikkeling bevat naast spraak en taal ook communicatie. TOS kan …

Background Working alliance can possibly influence patients’ experiences of pain and physical functioning. The aim of this systematic review is to merge evidence from literature regarding the influence of patients’ perceived working alliance on pain and physical functioning in patients with chronic musculoskeletal …

After the failure of the League of Nations after World War I, the Allied powers (the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union) came together to form a new international organization – the United Nations - that could save future generations from war and the atrocities experienced during …

Objectives: To systematically review interventions that aim to improve the governance of patient safety within emergency care on effectiveness, reliability, validity and feasibility. Design: A systematic review of the literature. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health …

Om de participatie van volwassenen met visuele en (zeer) ernstige verstandelijke beperkingen ((Z)EVVB) te vergroten, is in een pilotproject de methodiek Zorg voor Participatie (ZVP) ontwikkeld. ZVP is een aanpassing van de Individuele Rehabilitatie Benadering (IRB). ZVP is een scholing op maat, ontwikkeld …

Clinical signs of malnutrition, starvation, cachexia and sarcopenia overlap, as they all imply muscle wasting to a various extent. However, the underlying mechanisms differ fundamentally and therefore distinction between these phenomena has therapeutic and prognostic implications. We aimed to determine …

Introduction: The kinetics of protein oxidation, monitored in breath, and its contribution to the whole body protein status is not well established. Objectives: To analyze protein oxidation in various metabolic conditions we developed/validated a 13C-protein oxidation breath test using low enriched milk …

The objective of this study was to introduce a new iterative method to reconstruct multi leaf collimator (MLC) positions based on low resolution ionization detector array measurements and to evaluate its error detection performance. The iterative reconstruction method consists of a fluence model, a detector …