OBJECTIVES: Patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) may experience functional limitations in work settings. In the Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee study (CHECK) physical function was both self-reported and measured performance-based, using Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE). Relations between self-reported …

In het kader van het VTB-Pro namen tien derdejaars studenten van de Fontys Pabo Limburg en twee studenten van de Fontys PTH Eindhoven aan een uitdagend combistage project. Het doel was het ontwikkelen en uitproberen van technische prototypes en het ontwikkelen van bijbehorende lesmaterialen voor het …

INTRODUCTION: The Work Well Functional Capacity Evaluation (WW FCE) is a two-day performance based test consisting of several work-related activities. Three lifting and carrying test items may be performed on both days. The objective of this study was to assess the need for repeated testing of these …

Ergotherapie wordt in de eerstelijn steeds vaker geïndiceerd. Daarbij is erg belangrijk dat ook de hoeveelheid beschikbare evidence groeit. Dit artikel laat zien dat het dagelijks functioneren van patiënten met dementie verbetert en de draaglast van mantelzorgers neemt af ten gevolge van een gestructureerde …

The phenotype of myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) shows similarities as well as differences to that of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Dysphagia, a predominant feature in DM1, has not yet been examined in DM2. In a recent nationwide questionnaire survey of gastrointestinal symptoms in DM2, 12 out of …

In het najaar van 2007 bezoek ik in de V.S. een internationaal vermaard centrum uit de zeventiger jaren: Esalen in Big Sur. Ter voorbereiding op dit bezoek herlees ik in april 2007 een boek uit 1973. In dit boek staan reisbrieven over ervaringen van Leo Lion in 1971 met Esalen. Ik ontdek dan nog meer …

INTRODUCTION: The problem of inconsistent terminology in functional capacity evaluation (FCE) has been widely addressed in the international literature. Many different terms seem to be used interchangeably while other terms appear to be interpreted differently. This may seriously hinder FCE research …

Assessment of the seismic vulnerability of the building stock in the earthquake-prone Marmara region of Turkey is of growing importance since such information is needed for reliable estimation of the losses that possible future earthquakes are likely to induce. The outcome of such loss assessment exercises …

OBJECTIVE: Measurement of exercise capacity is essential in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, the conventional Astrand bicycle test is not feasible in patients with a very poor aerobic capacity. Therefore the Astrand bicycles test for non-specific CLBP patients based on …

Europe is on the path, though rocky, to political and cultural unity. After World War II, relatively large numbers of immigrants moved to Europe and brought with them outside cultural customs and religions. The issue of multiculturalism in society has been on the political agenda for decades, but attitudes …