Background: Improved preferred gait speed in older adults is associated with increased survival rates. There are inconsistent findings in clinical trials regarding effects of exercise on preferred gait speed, and heterogeneity in interventions in the current reviews and meta-analyses. Objective: to determine …

PURPOSE: The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between quality of life, social functioning, depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, physical function, and socioeconomic status (SES) in community-dwelling older adults. METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used to examine the …

In deze scriptie wordt beschreven of het mogelijk is spiegeltherapie voor de hand te digitaliseren met behulp van de Oculus Rift en de Leap Motion. Er is hiervoor een programma gemaakt en daarna een meting gehouden om te onderzoeken of het programma een positief effect heeft. De hypothese was dat het …

Gezien het steeds verder stijgende aantal mensen met één of meerdere chronische aandoeningen en de rechtstreeks daaraan gekoppelde stijging van de kosten in de gezondheidszorg, is het KNGF vanaf 2008 gestart met het ontwikkelen van de KNGF-standaarden beweeginterventies. Een KNGF-standaard Beweeginterventie …

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 …

Little consensus has emerged about how organizational performance should be defined and measured. Most studies have used traditional approaches to give their own perspective about organizational performance and effectiveness, but none have recently tried to encompass these different views into one unified …

Exposures to ionizing radiation frommedical examinations are on the rise. An important cause for this has been the advent and ever-increasing use of computed tomography (CT) scans for diagnostic purposes. It is often implied that population aging contributes significantly to this rise. Here, the trends …

Het bevorderen van een gezonde leefstijl (bewegen, voeding en weerbaarbeid) en sociale participatie van ouderen in Menterwolde. Het behoud van de leefbaarheid Ouderen (65-­‐80 jaar) die onvoldoende lichamelijk actief zijn, eenzaam zijn en onvoldoende weerbaar zijn. Dit is een voorstel om deze problematiek …

BACKGROUND: The predictive validity of the Low Back Pain Perception Scale is determined in two studies in general practice and showed sufficient discriminative ability, although the psychometric properties of the scale have never been established until now. OBJECTIVE: To determine the reliability and …

Purpose of this longitudinal observational study was to (i) examine the change of daily physical activity in 28 adult kidney transplant recipients over the first 12 months following transplantation; and (ii) to examine the change in metabolic characteristics and renal function. Accelerometer-based daily …