Background: Cervical dystonia is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions of the neck and abnormal head positions that affect daily life activities and social life of patients. Patients are usually treated with botulinum toxin injections into affected neck muscles to relief pain and improve control …

Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share …

BACKGROUND: Burns occur frequently in young children. To date, insufficient data are available to fully describe the functional consequences of burns. In different patient populations and countries, the WeeFIM instrument ("WeeFIM") often is used to measure functional independence in children. OBJECTIVE: …

QUESTION: In adults who experience nocturnal leg cramps, does stretching of the calf and hamstring muscles each day just before sleep reduce the frequency and severity of the cramps? DESIGN: A randomised trial with concealed allocation and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty adults aged …

This is the first meta-analysis focusing on elderly patients with mobility problems, physical disability and/or multi-morbidity. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of physical exercise therapy on mobility, physical functioning, physical activity and quality of life. A broad systematic literature …

Introduction: the purpose of this study was to examine wath the best evidence-based physical therapy treatment following reversed total shoulder arthroplasty is. Method: A systematic search to relevant scientific articles has been held in Pubmed, Cinahl and PEDro to articles concerning rTSA with the …

Achtergrond In Nederland zijn er veel mensen met niet-gediagnosticeerde schouderklachten. Momenteel wordt daar onderzoek naar gedaan. Een mogelijke oorzaak zou Neuralgische Amyotrofie (NA) kunnen zijn. Na het doormaken van een NA blijven er vaak restverschijnselen over zoals scapula dyskinesie. Er zijn …

To report on the development and psychometric evaluation of the Radboud Oral Motor Inventory for Parkinsons Disease (ROMP), a newly developed patient-rated assessment of speech, swallowing, and saliva control in patients with Parkinsons disease (PD). To evaluate reproducibility, 60 patients completed …

To explore consultation reports for patient and employment characteristics and recommendations on employment regarding patients with neuromuscular diseases (NMDs). Eighty percent of the included consultation reports contained information on employment. Less than half the patients with NMD were employed, …

Inleiding Deze literatuurstudie gaat in op de effecten van verschillende vormen van oefentherapie op de valincidentie bij patiënten met de ziekte van Parkinson. De ziekte van Parkinson is een neurodegeneratieve aandoening. Verminderde productie van dopamine, een neurotransmitter belangrijk bij het gecontroleerd …