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- Aim 1: regular physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular events and is associated with better survival. Earlier studies show that exercise might also have a direct positive effect on myocardial tissue, probably due to ischaemic…
The implementation of feeding in highcare will lead to improved patient satisfaction, decrease in postoperative nausea and vomiting and a decrease in postoperative gastro-intestinal complications like ileus.
MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsies of the prostate will detect more clinically relevant tumours (I.e. higher Gleason score) when compared to random ultrasound-guided biopsies in the primary prostate biopsy setting.
Proactive and reactive trough level measurements of TNFalpha blockers are useful in standard care by aiding an individualized treatment strategy, preventing loss of efficacy and reducing disease flares, while being more cost-effective than symptom-…
The sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) are the first lymph nodes to drain the tumor site and therefore the first lymph nodes to bare metastases. Hence the importance to investigate these lymph nodes to define the best treatment strategy. Currently, in a.o.…
The implementation of antimicrobial coatings in health care results in an improved hygienic environment to support patient recovery and lowers the risk of a health care associated infection.
The effectiveness of a health game based on an Evaluative Conditioning paradigm compared to a control game will be tested in a Dutch sample of adolescents. It is expected that the adolescents in the intervention condition will show a increased…
The study objective is to evaluate the variation of semen characteristics and testosterone levels in the general population. These age-specific reference values can be used as a control group in research in male populations in which impaired…
We hypothesize that, in line with the results of the previous study, cheilectomy and Keller’s arthroplasty show better clinical and subjective outcome in patients treated for low grade HR compared to arthrodesis. In addition, we hypothesize that…
Due to the increased clinical awareness concerning the subject of BIA-ALCL, we expect to report a higher incidence of this disease anno 2015/2016
-We expect that the youth who receive an active CBM training on top of care-as-usual show a greater reduction in cannabis or alcohol misuse at follow up when compared their general population peers. -We expect that CBM training works by reducing…
An inpatient brace adaptation protocol increases therapy compliance and brace comfort for the patient compared to an outpatient brace adaptation protocol.
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Many interventions have been developed and implemented to tackle childhood obesity, but the most affected group of children – i.e. from families with a low Socio-Economic-Status (SES) and from non-Western backgrounds - is difficult to reach.…
Patients with plantar fasciitis will have impaired foot and ankle joint mobility and hypotrophy of the intrinsic foot muscles. These structural pathologies can be related to kinematic and kinetic gait parameters such as joint range of motion and…
Currently, the effects of nutrition or specific food components, including those on absorption or metabolism, are mostly studied via parameters in blood samples. To reduce the burden for participants of nutritional intervention studies, there is a…
Fetal MRI can be helpfull in detecting CMV related lesions and can help in this way the counseling of patients in the future.
In people with diabetes mellitus, especially in people using insulin, regular monitoring of blood glucose levels is important. Usually, a finger prick is used. Such a finger prick is usually more painful than the insulin injection itself, and many…