Residential youth care settings should provide youth with safe environments where they are supported and treated. However, there are aspects of residential youth care that threaten its effectiveness, and which may also violate children’s rights. Staff members exercise power over the youth, which can …

Few evidence-based methods for case management in child protection and child welfare are available. That is why Youth Protection Amsterdam Area developed a new method, by integrating their best practices: Intensive Family Case Management (IFCM). Because IFCM was developed in practice, clarity about its …

Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Psychodiagnostiek en Advies Centrum Twente (PACT) Mediant. Het onderzoek richt zich op de vraag in hoeverre sensorische profielen van volwassenen met een autismespectrum stoornis (ASS) afwijken van volwassenen zonder ontwikkelingsstoornis. Dit wordt onderzocht …

Background: In patients with burns, an early accurate diagnosis of burn depth facilitates optimal treatment. Laser Doppler imaging combined with clinical assessment leads to an accurate estimate of burn depth. However, the actual effects of the introduction of laser Doppler imaging on therapeutic decisions, …

Introduction: The 6-minute walk test is a submaximal exercise test used to quantify the functional exercise capacity in clinical populations. It measures the distance walked within a period of 6-minutes. Obtaining reference values in the pediatric population is especially demanding due to factors as …

A substantial proportion of patients with burn injury develop chronic itch, which can severely affect their quality of life. As found in research on chronic pain, different psychophysiological processes may also play a role in chronic itch, of which central sensitization, conditioned modulation, and …

The purpose of this study was to identify differences in traumatic and overuse injury incidence between talented soccer players who differ in the timing of their adolescent growth spurt. 26 soccer players (mean age 11.9 ± 0.84 years) were followed longitudinally for 3 years around Peak Height Velocity, …

Fact-sheet - Een succesvolle overstap naar het beroepsonderwijs is belangrijk voor elke adolescent: het verhoogt de kans op het vinden van werk en dat beïnvloedt de kwaliteit van leven. Tijdens de transitie van het voortgezet speciaal onderwijs (vso) naar het beroepsonderwijs ervaren adolescenten met …

Deze studie had als doel om na te gaan of de Fitkids Treadmill Test (FTT), een nieuwe maximale inspanningstest op een loopband met een maximale hellingshoek van 15%, een betrouwbaar meetinstrument is om de maximale inspanningscapaciteit van een gezond kind tussen de 13 en 18 jaar te bepalen.