In recent years video game consoles, such as the Nintendo Wii™ and the Microsoft Kinect™, have been introduced into residential facilities. This paper presents a review of current studies documenting the benefits and detriments the Wii could have on adults aged 60 years and over in residential facilities, …

Tijdens het marktonderzoek is zowel de interne organisatie als de externe omgeving doorgelicht. Dit is gedaan aan de hand van vooraf bepaalde dataverzamelingsmethodes. Hierbij is gebruik gemaakt van zowel kwalitatief als kwantitatief onderzoek. Bij het kwalitatieve onderzoek is gebruik gemaakt van: literatuuronderzoek, …

Because physical fitness and health are related to physical activity, it is important to gain an insight into the physical activity levels of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). The purpose of this study was to examine heart rate patterns to measure the activity levels …

Background Fatness and fitness both influence cardiometabolic risk. Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate whether childhood fatness and increasing fatness from childhood to adolescence are associated with cardiometabolic risk during adolescence and how fitness affects this association. …

INTRODUCTION: To provide a state of the art on diagnostics, clinical characteristics, and treatment of paediatric generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) and joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS). METHOD: A narrative review was performed regarding diagnostics and clinical characteristics. Effectiveness of …

Patients with cardiovascular risk factors can reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease by increasing their physical activity and their physical fitness. According to the guidelines for cardiovascular risk management, health professionals should encourage their patients to engage in physical activity. In …

BACKGROUND: Burn injuries have a major impact on the patient's physical and psychological functioning. The consequences can, especially in pediatric burns, persist long after the injury. A decrease in physical fitness seems logical as people survive burn injuries after an often extensive period of decreased …

In very old and/or frail older people living in long-term care facilities, physical inactivity negatively affects activities of daily living. The main reason to assess older adults' perceived fitness is to establish the relation with their beliefs about their ability to perform physical activity adjusted …

‘Een toekomst voor outdoor fitness in Nederland?’

Dit onderzoek is opgezet vanuit de vraag: 'Wat kan een psychomotorisch therapeut met fitness gerelateerde oefeningen?' Het onderzoek heeft plaats gevonden op een cluster-4 school onder jongeren met externaliserende gedragsproblematiek1. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat er een positieve samenhang bestaat tussen …