Author supplied: Abstract How can you provide health clubs with the possibility of offering innovative and differentiating services in an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing environment? This was the issue raised by the Dutch health club industry, which has grown rapidly in recent years. …

BACKGROUND: Physical therapists' recommendations to patients to avoid daily physical activity can be influenced by the therapists' kinesiophobic beliefs. Little is known about the amount of influence of a physical therapist's kinesiophobic beliefs on a patient's actual lifting capacity during a lifting …

Activity trackers like Fitbit are used for self-tracking of physical activity by an increasing number of individuals. Comparing physical activity scores with peers can contribute to the desired behavioural change. However, for meaningful social comparison a high inter-device reliability is paramount. …

Integrating knowledge and expertise from designers and scientists proposes solutions to complex problems in a flexible and open-minded way. However, little insight is available in how this collaboration works. Therefore, we reflected on a research project aimed at supportive care interventions for child …

Recently, there has been an increase in interest for the integration of insights from the behavioural sciences into the design process. The Persuasive by Design model aims to provide an evidence-based framework by which designers gain access to relevant theoretical insights from the behavioural sciences. …

De aanslag op de redactie van Charlie Hebdo zet aan tot denken. Over persvrijheid. Over vrijheid van meningsuiting. Over journalistiek. Remko van Broekhoven meent dat het tijd wordt dat westerse journalisten niet alleen wat sterker gaan voelen wat vrijheid en veiligheid betekenen, maar ook wat verantwoordelijkheid …

Interview met lector Remko van der Lugt over project met zieke kinderen

Deze publicatie beschrijft ervaringen met innnovatie in trajecten in de zorg en de bouw. Daarbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van de theorie van Peter Senge die complexe veranderingen in systeemdenken beschrijft. Deze Duurzame SysteemInnovatie/aanpak (DSI-aanpak) wordt beschreven met theoretische aanknopingspunten: …

This conference paper deals with various organizations and pilot initiatives regarding the theme of sustainability.

The aim of this study is to examine the inter-device reliability of an activity tracker on three different levels of aggregation: minute, hour and day.