In elite basketball, players are exposed to intensified competition periods when participating in both national and international competitions. How coaches manage training between matches and in reference to match scheduling for a full season is not yet known. Purpose: First, to compare load during short-term …

AIMS: This study investigated the extent and characteristics of mental health issues in contemporary dance students, as clear insight into these health problems is lacking. METHODS: During one academic year, 134 dance and dance-teacher students were monitored on a monthly basis using the Performing artist …

To analyze on-water rowing performance, a valid determination of the power loss due to the generation of propulsion is required. This power los can be calculated as the dot product of the net water force vector ( ~ F w;o ) and the time derivative of the position vector of the point at the blade where …

De prevalentie van huidkanker stijgt. Daarbij kan kanker een grote oorzaak zijn voor het ontwikkelen van angstige of depressieve gevoelens. In Nederland is nooit eerder onderzoek gedaan naar angst- of depressieve stoornissen en het beloop hiervan tijdens het follow-up traject bij patiënten die een melanoom …

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia affecting over 46 million worldwide, yet contemporary medication is unable to prevent or slow its neurodegeneration. Recently, fucosterol and saringosterol, two phytosterols from brown macroalgae, have emerged as possible mediators of the disease. …

Doelstelling: Uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat dichoptische training de visus kan verbeteren bij jong volwassenen met anisometropie en/of strabismus amblyopie. Het is nog onbekend hoeveel trainingsuren nodig zijn om een bepaalde visusstijging te bereiken. In dit literatuuronderzoek wordt gekeken naar …

Rationale: Although ultrasound has been reported as valid and reliable tool to assess muscle size in older adults1, little is known about intra-rater reliability (intra-RR) and inter-rater reliability (inter-RR) of BodyMetrix in specific to assess small muscles. Therefore, in this study we aimed to assess …

In dit hoofdstuk zoomen we in op ondersteuning aan mensen als meneer De Bruin. De casus van meneer De Bruin is een typisch voorbeeld waar je als professional in het sociaal werk mee te maken kunt krijgen. Sociaal werkers krijgen dagelijks te maken met ingrijpende gebeurtenissen in levens van mensen en …

Background In 2007, routine hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody testing was introduced for men who have sex with men (MSM) with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive or unknown status attending a Dutch sexually transmitted infection (STI) outpatient clinic. We evaluated whether this screening resulted …

Objective: In myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), abdominal activity often interferes with the evaluation of perfusion in the inferior wall, especially after pharmacological stress. In this randomized study, we examined the effect of carbonated water intake versus …