Background  The purpose of this study is to describe feasibility and test–retest reliability of the six-minute walking distance test (6MWD) and an adapted shuttle run test (aSRT) in persons with severe intellectual and sensory (multiple) disabilities. Materials and Methods  Forty-seven persons with severe …

Caregivers of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) often describe the quality of the daily movements of these persons in terms of flexibility or stiffness. Objective outcome measures for flexibility and stiffness are muscle tone or level of spasticity. Two instruments used …

If being physically fit is of the outmost importance, then what can be said about the fitness of persons with severe or profound intellectual, visual and motor disabilities? Exactly how could their level of physical fitness be measured? Formulated differently, if a person sees little to nothing and in …

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and reliability of the modified Berg Balance Scale (mBBS) in persons with severe intellectual and visual disabilities (severe multiple disabilities, SMD) assigned Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) grades I and II. …

To date, it is unknown whether waist circumference can be measured validly and reliably when a subject is in a supine position. This issue is relevant when international standards for healthy participants are applied to persons with severe intellectual, sensory, and motor disabilities. Thus, the aims …

Dit rapport beschrijft de uitkomsten van een kwalitatief onderzoek naar de opbrengsten van het mentorproject Take 2. Het onderzoek heeft plaatsgevonden onder jongeren, die vijf tot negen jaar geleden meededen aan het dit mentorproject. Het beschrijft de opbrengsten die zij zelf toeschrijven aan hun deelname …

Als projectleiders van het mentorproject Social Work, voorheen Big Brother Big Sister genoemd, zijn we in de afgelopen jaren vaak gevraagd om onze ervaringen met mentoring te delen; op studiedagen of op verzoek van collega’s die wilden starten met mentoring. Er komt namelijk veel bij kijken om mentoring …