This chapter considers the use of haptics for learning fundamental rhythm skills, including skills that depend on multi-limb coordination. Different sensory modalities have different strengths and weaknesses for the development of skills related to rhythm. For example, vision has low temporal resolution …

Introduction: Intractable epilepsy can be treated with the Ketogenic diet (KD). One of the side-effects of the KD is poor bone health. Experience from the Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital (EMCS) shows that the status of bone mineral density (BMD) is unknown in many cases. This makes it difficult …

Aanleiding: Binnen de huidige literatuur is nog geen consensus over welke soorten oefentherapie het meest effectief zijn ter pijnvermindering en verbetering van de schouderfunctie, bij de behandeling van het subacromiaal pijnsyndroom (SAPS). Door vele onderzoekers is aangetoond dat oefentherapie zeer …

Aanleiding – Gezien de vergrijzing van de Nederlandse bevolking, neemt de prevalentie van artrose toe. Van alle soorten artrose is knieartrose de meest voorkomende. Doordat de prevalentie van knieartrose toeneemt, neemt het aantal plaatsingen van knieprotheses ook toe. Het fysiotherapeutisch beleid na …

Aanleiding Instabiliteit van het glenohumerale (GH)-gewricht is een veelvoorkomende blessure bij jonge, actieve sporters. De gegenereerde prevalentie van GH-instabiliteit is 0.12 per 1000 sportmomenten. Een gevolg van instabiliteit van het GH-gewricht kan luxatie zijn. Bij anterieure schouderluxatie …

Since the late 1990s, city councils have become increasingly aware of the potential for information technologies (ICTs) to improve the management of cities and as an instrument for economic and social policy. This has resulted in a wave of urban ICT strategies and policies, such as the adoption of ICTs …

The Amsterdam Sensor Lab is part of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and its goal is to develop application specific sensor systems for applied research. In order to (anonymously) measure, for instance, traffic without influencing people’s behaviour, a pressure sensing sub-tile is …

Children worldwide are confronted with interpersonal violence (IV) on a daily basis. They encounter violence in children’s books, cartoons, on television and in the media or, more personally, in social media, at home, at school, in church or on the streets, with the acts being perpetrated by parents, …

BACKGROUND: Health care organizations supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) carry out a range of interventions to support and improve a healthy lifestyle. However, it is difficult to implement an active and healthy lifestyle into daily support. The presence of numerous intervention …

BACKGROUND: Whether hip range of motion (ROM) is a risk factor for groin pain in athletes is not known. OBJECTIVES: To systematically review the relationship between hip ROM and groin pain in athletes in cross-sectional/case-control and prospective studies. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review, prospectively …