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The main objective of the study is to investigate (1) whether acute exercise influences brain responses to a working memory task, (2) the effect of acute exercise on CBF responses to acute aerobic exercise and (3) whether fitness level is related to…
We hypothesize that a smoking cessation strategy for smoking cervical cancer screening participants will increase their motivation to quit and will lead to an increased proportion of smokers performing a serious quit attempt. Eventually this will…
To give an insight of the development of the foot model over age.The research focuses on the footmodel in the elderly as it exists in the daily situation. At this stage we are not interested in the causes of any changes in the model of the foot. The…
1. To investigate the presence of risk factors for CVD (i.e. overweight/ obesity, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia,) among the Ghanaian population in Amsterdam.a) To investigate levels of detection, treatment and control of hypertension among…
With the proposed study we aim to gain insight into the effects of oxytocin (OT) on both parents* and grandparents* sensitive, empathic, and protective responses to their (grand)children, and in the neural origins of these responses.The primary…
The primary objective of this study is to assess the association between pre-dialysis comprehensive geriatric assessment and early death or withdrawal from dialysis (<6 months) in patients aged over 65 years
Our primary aims are 1) to test with observational and electrophysiological techniques whether intranasal oxytocin administration to mothers of young infants increases their defensive reactivity and protective approach responses in mildly…
The primary objective of this study is to explore user acceptance of the ironHand (iH) system by elderly. Secondary objectives are to examine the direct effect on functional task performance, changes in hand strength and movement execution of such a…
The overall objective of the study is to quantify age-related changes in biomechanics and neural control of hand motor control and finger independence. Therefore, we will determine the finger interdependency during various finger tasks in terms of…
Because the increasing fall problem, mainly due to an impaired gait and balance ability, this study will investigate fall risk by detecting fall related movement characteristics. Based on the promising results using accelerometry for accurate and…
Social and emotional functioning of hearing impaired children, in the agegroup between 9 and 15 years old.
Effects will be evaluated in a randomized controlled design. First, the effects of OpKoers on social-emotional outcomes will be compared with a control group. Secondly, the additionalvalue of Samen Sterk will be investigated in relation to both…
Study question and objective At this stage of developement of the multicomponent is intervention it is unclear whether the intervention is feasible in practice. Therefore the question: Is this multicomponent preadmission intervention feasible in…
Including the collection of biological biomarkers into a social survey such as SHARE is of important scientific value as it opens up multiple research possibilities: -Identification of causal relationships: biological biomarkers can help to…
Primary Objective: The primary objective of this study is to understand to which degree the language system of pre-pubertal children is still plastic compared to adults and which brain areas are recruited by these groups when learning an artificial…
Primary Objective: -to examine the role of tears in the perception of crying over the lifespanSecondary Objective(s): -to examine the influence of viewing cute infant pictures on visual attention -to examine differences in the perception of adult,…
Because the increasing fall problem, mainly due to an impaired gait and balance ability and partly caused by trips, this study will investigate fall risk by detecting fall related movement characteristics and by detecting stumbles inclusive the…
-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…
The aim of this study is to gain insight into the perspectives of adolescents with diabetes type 1 on how support from friends can be helpful in selfmanagement of diabetes. This can serve as a basis for the development of structural interventions to…