Dear Editor, We would like to thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter sent in by colleagues Castien & Scholten-Peeters, and thank them for their thorough reading of our paper. They have raised some issues that need to be addressed and will be responded to in this letter. We have also submitted …

Objective. Clinicians may use implicit or explicit motor learning approaches to facilitatemotor learning of patients with stroke. Implicit motor learning approaches have shown promising results in healthy populations. The purpose of this study was to assess whether an implicit motor learning walking …

In de palliatieve levensfase komen angst en spanningsklachten vaak voor. Angst kan de kwaliteit van leven beïnvloeden. Er is weinig bekend over fysiotherapie in de palliatieve levensfase. Het is onduidelijk welke fysiotherapeutische interventies effectief zijn bij patiënten met angst en spanningsklachten. …

In deze scriptie worden de resultaten van een Scoping Review studie gepresenteerd naar de bijwerkingen van Shockwave therapie bij diverse ziektebeelden van zowel mannen als vrouwen vanaf achttien jaar. In de fysiotherapie ontbreekt tot nu toe onderzoek naar de bijwerkingen na het toepassen van Shockwave …

Artrose is de meest voorkomende aandoening van het houding- en bewegingsapparaat waarbij knie artrose de meest voorkomende soort is. Artrose is een langzame progressieve gewrichtsaandoening waarbij het kraakbeen in kwaliteit achteruit gaat. Als er na een aanbevolen periode van conservatieve oefentherapie …

Abstract for World Physiotherapy Congress 2021Title Ethical Considerations of Using Machine Learning for Decision Support in Occupational Physical Therapy: a narrative literature study and ethical deliberation. Authors Marianne W. M. C. Six Dijkstra1,4,7 · Egbert Siebrand2 · Steven Dorrestijn2 · Etto …

Background There are distinct differences in the implementation of physiotherapeutic care in nursing homes. Both nationally and internationally staffing levels of physiotherapy differ significantly between and within nursing homes. Since legislation or guidelines that specify the parameters of physiotherapy …

Study design: A cross-sectional inter-examiner agreement and reliability study among physical therapists in primary care. Background: musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSU) is frequently used by physical therapists to improve specific diagnosis in patients with shoulder pain, especially for the diagnosis rotator …

Background: Rising healthcare costs, an increasing general practitioner shortage and an aging population have made healthcare organization transformation a priority. To meet these challenges, traditional roles of non-medical members have been reconsidered. Within the domain of physiotherapy, there has …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of prehabilitation in patients with degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine who are scheduled for spine surgery. DESIGN: Intervention systematic review with meta-analysis. LITERATURE SEARCH: Seven electronic databases were systematically searched for randomized …