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Which technique, cementing or press-fit implanting, of the tibial and femoral stem of the Legion revision total knee prosthesis provides the most primary stability?
1. To determine the level of cognitive, emotional and cardiorespiratory impairment, daily functioning, participation in society, quality of life and partner strain up to one year after the survival of a cardiac arrest.2. To determine prognostic…
Neonatal jaundice due to unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia occurs in almost all preterm infants and is potentially neurotoxic. The current treatment modalities (phototherapy and exchange transfusion) are based on total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels,…
Objective: The main objectives of this study are technical and functional outcome of the hemiarthroplasty
5. Study objective(s) and hypothesis:The aim of this study is to assess the value of early, intensive and efficient treatment of patients with recent acquired arthritis, in preventing progression into destructive RA
We want to study whether there is a difference with respect to the pressure exerted onto the body when using a normal spineboard and a newly developed spineboard, related to the level of consciousness of the volunteer. Also the experienced comfort…
In the light of the aforementioned the current study has three objectives: 1) to study the effectiveness of an in-home self-management intervention to reduce fear of falling, avoidance behavior, catastrophizing about falls in order to prevent…
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a strength training program on physical functioning in children with CP.
The study objective is to evaluate, with respect to hand function, the effect of a physical therapy program based on mirror therapy compared to conventional physical therapy in chronic stroke patients and to improve our understanding of the…
Primary objective is:To determine whether a single subcutaneous injection of G-CSF induces an immediate (within six hours) release of bone marrow progenitor cells in healthy volunteers.
This new developed knee prosthesis will be compared to the standard scorpio PS knee prosthesis. In this comparison it will be examined if the changes in design really do improve function and deminish pain. Allso patella tracking and patella tilting…
The effectivity of a standard preventing constipation and treatment list, designed by the hospital nutritionteam, will show that neurological patients during their stay in the hospital develop less constipation.
-To test the efficacy and determine the costs of a multifaceted intervention program to reduce falls incidence rate and fear of falling, and thereby improve mental wellbeing in community dwelling frail elders, with high level of comorbidity and…
1 Primary Objective To investigate the effects of 15* liver ischemia versus 30* liver ischemia on liver injury and liver function.To investigate the effect of liver manipulation during mobilisation for a right hemihepatectomy, that can be used as a…
The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an individually- based lifestyle intervention for male workers with an elevated CVD risk in the construction industry in The Netherlands.
Therefore the present study is aimed at answering the following question: does cognitive and graded activity training (COGRAT) lead to a clinically significant reduction of subjective fatigue complaints in stroke patients, when compared with…
The purpose of this 5-year trial is to determine if the surgical procedure, extended transsternal thymectomy (ETTX), combined with prednisone therapy is more beneficial in treating individuals with non-thymomatous MG than prednisone therapy alone.
1. Randomised controlled determination of the influence of foods on the behaviour of a heterogeneous not-selected group primary school children, during the first two months of the trial. 2. Determination of an IgG or IgE-mediated respons to foods,…
Primary study objective:The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcome of dual-chamber ICD therapy with minimized ventricular pacing compared with single-chamber device therapy with settings which are common in clinical…
To study the efficacy of the EmBlocker* in heart operations. The EmBlocker* is placed in the thorax cavity and will reroute by the use of ultrasound the emboli in the aorta curve to the aorta descendens, in order to reduce the amount of emboli in…