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Postoperative change in deltoid volume following reverse shoulder arthroplasty is related to functional outcome
Background: Injury rate and injury severity of elderly cyclists due to self-induced cycle accidents increase with age. Starting at the age of 55 years, injury risk increases with a factor 4 at the age of 75 years. Injury mechanisms such as slippery…
Fluorescent near-infrared imaging can be used to identify the ureters using a low dose methylene blue.
It is hypothesized that participants who received information about social modeling effects in the intervention group consume less (snack) food compared to participants in the control group.
Parenting is essential for the upbringing of social, mentally and physically healthy children. Parenting interventions can support parents in this process. In general, parent training programs have a positive influence on various outcomes related to…
Gut-homing lymphocytes play a role in the development and maintainence of perianal fistula in Crohn's disease patients.
Combination therapy with telaprevir/ ribavirin is as effective as the current standard of care with peginterferon-alfa/ ribavirin for the treatment of acute Hepatitis C in HIV-infected individuals.
1. That adherence to the WHO recommendations (2003) for early child feeding among low-income Quetzaltenango mothers, specifically exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months, is associated with higher growth attainment and greater disease resistance; 2.…
Chronic cold exposure will increase: 1. Basal metabolism and facultative thermogenesis; 2. Brown adipose tissue activity and volume; 3. Skeletal muscle mitochondrial uncoupling and result in BRITE cell recruitment.
Intra-operative evaluation of efficacy and safety of a new lead for steering Deep Brain Stimulation.
Primary Hypothesis: 1. Sapiens lead is able to provide stimulation to the brain safely and elicit equivalent effects as commercial DBS systems. Secondary Hypotheses: 1. Steering can modulate the thresholds of stimulation-induced effects; 2. The…
Rehabilitation on skates after ACL reconstruction is non inferior to current common practice.
Our primary objective is to compare the short and medium term (up to 6 months) clinical results in pain and function of the Bauerfeind SecuTec OA brace with only conservative treatment (no brace) in the management of patients with medial knee OA and…
For patients with a diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) the efficacy of the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab combined with salvage chemotherapy in the second-line setting has decreased due to more effective first-line treatment with…
We hypothesize that socioeconomic inequalities in diet quality are partly explained by differential dietary costs.
The objective of this thesis is to get insight into the effects of internal audits on patient safety and on health care professional’s behavior in an academic hospital at ward level.
Addition of alternative tests (TEG/ROTEM® and/or TGA) which reflect the whole hemostatic status of a patient might help recognizing the level of thrombin formation and fibrinolysis and improve care in ECMO patients and potentially reduce the risk of…
By giving high dose, radical, radiotherapy to patients with recurrent lung cancer, the overall survival can be prolonged and local control rate can be increased which can be done with acceptable toxicity for the irradiated normal tissues.