In 2012, our randomised trial demonstrated that stretching before sleep reduces the frequency and severity of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults.1 These episodic cramp attacks are characteristic: painful, sustained, involuntary muscle contractions of the calf muscles, hamstrings or feet. The sharp …

BACKGROUND/AIM: This study examined the reliability and convergent validity of the Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context, a measurement evaluating writing readiness in kindergarten children (aged from five to six years). METHODS: Test-retest reliability was established with 59 children, inter-rater …

Hamstringblessures zijn met 11.7% de meest voorkomende blessures onder professionele voetballers en verantwoordelijk voor 15% van alle blessures in het Australian Rules Football. Ondanks de hoge incidentie van hamstringblessures is er geen consensus over de meest effectieve behandelmethode vanwege een …

Contribution of Pauline Goense to the 2nd Biennial Australian Implementation Conference on how policies, programs and practices can best be implemented so as to most effectively make a real, positive and enduring impact on people’s lives.

This study describes field investigations designed to compare the infiltration capacities of 55 permeable pavement systems installed in the Netherlands and in Australia. The ages of the pavements varied from 1 to 12 years. Using infiltrometer testing, the performance of the pavements has been compared …

Vanaf 2015 vinden er veranderingen plaats in het gebruik van het persoonsgebonden budget (pgb). Het pgb kan nu nog via de Algemene Wet Bijzonde Ziektekosten aangevraagd worden. Vanaf 2015 loopt dit via de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo). De Wmo wordt uitgevoerd door de gemeenten. Iedere gemeente …

Achtergrond: Hamstringblessures zijn de meest voorkomende blessures in de sporten Australian football, rugby, voetbal en sprinten (Gabbe, Bennel, Finch, Wajswelner & Orchard, 2006; Orchard & Seward, 2010; Brooks, Fuller, Kemp & Redding, 2006; Woods et al., 2004; Henderson, Barnes & Portas, 2009; Drezner …

There are current pressures to seek innovative solutions to problems associated with environmental sustainability, and in this context, it is likely that SMEs will have to collaborate with a wider variety of specialist partners. In 2009 three Dutch Universities joined with an Australian and Swedish University …

Last year we published a randomised trial demonstrating that stretching before sleep reduces the frequency and severity of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults (Hallegraeff et al 2012). The results of that study align perfectly with the uncontrolled study of Daniell (1979). In a recent letter to this …

QUESTIONS: What are the perceived reasons for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be physically active or sedentary? Are those reasons related to the actual measured level of physical activity? DESIGN: A mixed-methods study combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. PARTICIPANTS: …