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The combination of body brace interface pressure measurements and quality of life questionnaires will improve brace treatment in patients with idiopathic scoliosis
We expect that STRAVA users who will stop with using the self-tracker will experience body empowerment, while people who are using no self-tracker and will start using STRAVA will experience body alienation.
We hypothesize that Moroccan-Dutch differ from native-Dutch in stress reactivity. This difference is not explained by group differences in known non-social risk factors for psychosis. Affirmative findings in the current study would support to the…
1. In Barrett Esophagus (BE), probe-based laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) provides better correlation with the histological diagnosis compared to detailed inspection with Narrow Band Imaging (NBI), reducing the high rate of false-positive findings with…
We expect that when the developed checklist will be used in de diagnostic proces of children with developmental and/or behavioral disability, the use of pediatric care will be more efficiently used. Over and underdiagnoses of a causal somatic…
The general objective of the DECREASE-IV trial is to assess the clinical efficacy of beta-blocker therapy, statin therapy and combination therapy with beta-blockers and statins in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery.
The serumconcentration of ropivacaïne 10mg/ml are low after local infiltration with the standard dosis.
Information on the dynamics and shape of the device and how these change over time will improve our understanding about the fixation and/or sealing of the device, which may help in stent selection and in designing stent grafts that are more durable.
A relationship can be identified between HbA1c levels and self-management and quality of life. It appears better self-management skills result in a larger improvement of HbA1c levels, and the other way around, getting control over HbA1c levels is a…
Type 2 diabetes is cause by progressive beta-cell dysfunction against a background of obesity and insulin resistance in susceptible individuals. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma-mediated mechanisms are involved in the…
Develop a screening tool to identify children at risk of posttraumatic stress disorder after an accident.
1. We expect the ST/SPSP-50 condition to be more effective than ST/SPSP-25 condition on depression outcome and/or characterological symptoms. 2. No differences in outcome are expected between ST en SPSP and we don’t expect the type of treatment to…
Early recognition of deteriorating patients is key to possible effectiveness of an RRS. Therefore, phased introduction of the afferent limb (aimed at detection) followed up by the implementation of the efferent limb (the Medical Emergency Team) will…
We hypothesize that the WavSTAT optical biopsy system may improve the endoscopists ability to detect and distinguish suspicious lesions in the Barrett oesophagus, while reducing the need for extensive biopsy protocols during surveillance endoscopies…
TDCS will improve ABM and improve clinical outcomes. The combination of tDCS and ABM has effects on clinically relevant outcome measures
To evaluate the anti-inflammatory effects of 3 months statin therapy on vessel wall inflammation by means of FDG PET/CT in patients with CKD.
Falls are one of the greatest concerns among older adults, because the incidents are high and they lead to severe consequences. The extent of the problem will continue to expand as the number of older people is expected to increase dramatically over…
Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy facilitates complete cytoreduction without negative effects on safety.Therby offering a possibility of better overall survival.
Research Question 1: Do mental health apps improve mental wellbeing? This question will be investigated by testing the following hypothesis: There will be an interaction between condition (allocation to one of the 4 apps vs. no-app control; between…