OBJECTIVE: To determine whether student characteristics, lower-extremity kinematics, and strength are risk factors for sustaining lower-extremity injuries in preprofessional contemporary dancers. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Codarts University of the Arts. PATIENTS: Forty-five first-year …

BACKGROUND: People with Alzheimer's disease (AD) experience, in addition to the progressive loss of cognitive functions, a decline in functional performance such as mobility impairment and disability in activities of daily living (ADL). Functional decline in dementia is mainly linked to the progressive …

SamenvattingOp de somatische polikliniek (somapoli) van de afdeling psychiatrie binnen de Ziekenhuisgroep Twente wordt het Metabool Syndroom (MetS) onvoldoende gediagnosticeerd, ondanks screening op diverse somatische parameters. Het doel van dit onderzoek was het beschrijven van de prevalentie en incidentie …

We assessed the value of screening for cognitive abnormalities in a chronically infected HIV population (N = 388) and investigated the association with clinical correlates. The mean age was 48 years (±11), the majority of the patients were male (89%), the median duration of infection was 6 years [interquartile …

OBJECTIVES: The Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) and Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) are behavioral pain assessment tools for sedated and unconscious critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to compare the reliability, internal consistency, and discriminant validation of the BPS and the …

Poster presentation: Exploring physical and mental determinants of drop out among nursing students in Rotterdam: baseline characteristics of the first SPRiNG cohort

De casusbeschrijvingen zijn opgetekend bij vijf instellingen van de G5 hogescholen. Naast Hogeschool Inholland (INH) zijn dat De Haagse Hogeschool (HHS), de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA), Hogeschool Rotterdam (HR) en de Hogeschool Utrecht (HU). In het hoger onderwijs heeft elke instelling eigen keuzes …

Objective To describe longitudinal change in perceived health, presence of health issues, and functional level in adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Participants' daily environment. Participants Adults (N=49) with CP (age range, 35–45y; 27 [55%] men; 36 [75%] …

Objectives The objective of the manuscript was to describe the natural history of complaints and disability in children diagnosed with joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS)/Ehlers–Danlos-hypermobility type (EDS-HT) and to identify the constructs that underlie functional decline. Methods One hundred and …