Decreased tongue strength (TS) might herald bulbar involvement in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) well before dysarthria or dysphagia occur, and as such might be prognostic of short survival. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of a decreased TS, in addition …

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 …

De Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is een behandelmethode in de neurorevalidatie die erop gericht is om het gHet primaire doel van deze literatuurstudie is te achterhalen of de CIMT en de modified-CIMT (mCIMT) valide en effectieve behandelmethoden zijn om de armen handfunctie van de paretische …

Dysphagia is a potentially harmful feature, also in Parkinsons disease (PD). As published prevalence rates vary widely, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in PD in a meta-analysis. We conducted a systematic literature search in February 2011 and two independent reviewers selected …

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of quantitative muscle ultrasound (QMUS) to visualize oral muscles and to establish normative data for muscle thickness and echo intensity of submental and tongue muscles in healthy children and young adults. The data were compared with those of …

The objective of the present study was to examine the attentional demands of gait adaptations required to walk over irregular terrain in community-dwelling people with chronic stroke. Eight community ambulators (>6 months post-stroke, aged 57 ± 15 years) and eight age-matched healthy controls participated …

Dysphagia is reported in advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The population of DMD is changing due to an increasing survival. We aimed to describe the dysphagia in consecutive stages and to assess the underlying mechanisms of dysphagia in DMD, in order to develop mechanism based recommendations …

Uit bestaand onderzoek is aangetoond dat de kinderen op de SBO Luc Stevensschool een tekort vertonen aan Sociaal Cognitieve Vaardigheden (SCV). Dit tekort heeft er toe geleid om de volgende onderzoeksvraag te stellen: Op welke manier kunnen leerkrachten van SBO de Luc Stevensschool bijdragen aan het …

De wereld verandert: om ons heen zien we langzaam systemen en instituties omvallen. Wat daarvoor in de plaats komt? "Hbo-onderzoek speelt een cruciale rol bij het beantwoorden van die vraag", stellen Ineke van der Meule (directeur Centrum voor Lectoraten en Onderzoek) en Bert Mulder (lector Informatie, …

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