Safety and compassion in health and social care.Keynote speaker at Cohehre congress Groningen, 2014-03-11.

Mounting evidence supports the use of face-to-face pain neuroscience education for the treatment of chronic pain patients. This study aimed at examining whether written education about pain neuroscience improves illness perceptions, catastrophizing, and health status in patients with fibromyalgia. A …

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of severe burns in the Netherlands, including trends in burn centre admissions, non burn centre admissions and differences by age. METHODS: Patients with burn-related primary admission in a Dutch centre from 1995 to 2011 were included. …

Objectives: In patients with burns an early accurate diagnosis of burn depth is essential to determine optimal treatment. The combination of Laser Doppler imaging (LDI) and clinical assessment leads to an accurate estimate of burn depth. However, the actual effects of the introduction of LDI on therapeutic …

In Zukunft lebenPresentatie gegeven door Peter Boonstra op de Fachhochschule Joanneum in Graz, Oostenrijk op hun symposium In Zukunft Leben d.d. 29-10-2014. Opbouw: demografische ontwikkelingen, ontwikkelingen in de gezondheidszorg en definitie van gezondheid, organisaties in Noord-Nederland, samenwerkingsverbanden, …

Active and Healthy Ageing in EU and the regional approach in the Northern Netherlands. In the Northern Netherlands a regional Healthy Ageing innovation network has been developed in which many partners in research and education, health and welfare, business, and regional authorities have been collaborating …

Supporting the physical therapists that care for a globally aging population: promoting active aging. IPTOP is de internationale vereniging voor fysiotherapie in de geriatrie. Het heeft 15 landen die lid zijn van deze vereniging en vertegenwoordigt meer dan 8000 fysiotherapeuten wereldwijd. Bewegen, …

PG-SGA Nutritional (risk) assessment in de praktijk. Presentatie NVD netwerkbijeenkomst, 23-09-2014, Assen.

Uitwisseling ervaringen. RAAK project bijeenkomst 22 september 2014.

Background There is a growing interest to study the transfer of evidence-based information into daily practice. The evidence-based programme Rehabilitation, Sports and Exercise (RSE) that aims to stimulate an active lifestyle during and after a rehabilitation period in people with a disability and/or …