Bij cliënten met musculoskeletale pijn is de effectiviteit van zowel Manuele therapie als ook Fysiotherapie bewezen. Toch blijft het opmerkelijk dat er weinig verschil in effecten wordt gevonden tussen verschillende typen van therapie. Men zou kunnen concluderen dat dit veroorzaakt wordt door andere …

Zelf gegenereerde gezondheidsinformatie speelt steeds vaker een rol in het zorgproces. Deze trend komt enerzijds door het gemak waarmee mensen zelf met wearables en apps data over zichzelf kunnen verzamelen. Anderzijds wordt deze trend door zorgverleners en de overheid gestimuleerd om de klinische observaties …

The transition towards renewable and sustainable energy is being accompanied by a transformation of communities and neighbourhoods. This transition may have huge ramifications throughout society. Many cities, towns and villages are putting together ambitious visions about how to achieve 100% sustainable …

Study of new networks that are currently emerging in the local energy initiatives.

In September 2010, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) started a 20-week international program titled GameOn! The object of this program is for students to develop serious games, that aim to help the youth become aware of social and/or health related issues. Since the …

Lean Production (LP) can be regarded as a design approach in search of a theoretical foundation. In this paper we show that Lowlands’ Sociotechnical Design Theory (STSL) could function as such a foundation. To reach this goal, we first describe STSL as a system theoretical reformulation of Original Sociotechnical …

The abstract concerns research work being conducted now about how a European university's (Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands) engagement activities with local communities in Mombasa area, Kenya. The paper will concentrate on the challenges and opportunities for such an …

Abstract for European Association for Sport Management conference 2015 in Dublin. The aim of this research is to gain more insight in the vitality of voluntary sport clubs in the northern part of the Netherlands, where their vitality was based on the right to exist, orientation on the future and social …

Abstract for the European Association for Sport Management conference 2015 in Dublin. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the side-event program, with the focus on social, cultural, sportive and economic objectives. Further, the aim is to gain insight in how an major elite sport …

Abstract for the Sport Management Australia New Zealand conference in Tasmania in 2015. The aim of the abstract is to describe the research we are carrying out in Utrecht to the legacy of the first two stages of the Tour the France 2015 in the city of Utrecht – The Netherlands.