BACKGROUND: Advantages of outpatient exercise training are reduced waiting lists, better compliance, reduced time investment by the patient with reduced travel expenses, and less dependence on other people to participate. Therefore, this systematic review studies the effects of outpatient exercise training …

INTRODUCTION: Functional capacity tests are standardized instruments to evaluate patients' capacities to execute work-related activities. Functional capacity test results are associated with biopsychosocial factors, making it unclear what is being measured in capacity testing. An overview of these factors …

This article focuses on the teaching profession against the background of educationalisation in the Netherlands in the sense that Dutch schools are increasingly regarded as focal points at which to address and solve social issues. Our research project concentrated on the extent to which teachers, being …

BACKGROUND: Prednisolone and other glucocorticoids (GCs) are potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs. However, prolonged use at a medium or high dose is hampered by side effects of which the metabolic side effects are most evident. Relatively little is known about their effect on gene-expression …

BACKGROUND: Burn survivors are frequently faced with disfiguring scars. Various techniques exist to improve scar appearance, such as laser treatment and dermabrasion. Next to that, surgical reconstruction, such as scar excision is an option. This randomized controlled trial investigates whether a larger …

Aanleiding: COPD en astma zijn twee van de meest voorkomende chronische ziekten en zullen in de toekomst alleen maar in prevalentie toenemen. Met deze toename zullen longrevalidatiecentra een belangrijke positie in de maatschappij innemen. Psychomotorische therapie wordt steeds vaker ingezet bij de behandeling …

Het bedrijf Phytonics heeft het natuurlijke gezondheidsproduct, ‘‘Gluco balance’’ ontwikkeld, dat paarden met symptomen van insulineresistentie ondersteunt. Voor dit product wordt geclaimd, dat het de gevoeligheid van de insuline cel receptoren verbetert, en dat hiermee de insuline- en glucoseconcentraties …

Teacher knowledge guides a teacher's behaviour in the classroom. Teacher knowledge for technology education is generally assumed to play an important role in affecting pupils' learning in technology. There are an abundant number of teacher knowledge models that visualise different domains of teacher …

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to determine whether the impact of upward and downward social comparison information on individuals' motivation to manage their diabetes is dependent on their regulatory focus (promotion or prevention focus) and self-efficacy. DESIGN: The hypotheses were examined in a cross-sectional …