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We hypothesise that the new MRI protocol will be superior to the previous protocol at calculating lung volumes and central airways dimensions, and subsequently improve the detection and quantification of TA in both CF and asthma disease pathologies.
Delivery of a generic MBSR training to patients who visit a memory clinic with cognitive complaints, and who show no clinical signs of a cognitive disorder, is feasible.
Prevention of parastomal hernia with a prosthetic mesh in a laparoscopic constructed end-colostomy .
The use of a low weight polypropylene mesh(PPM) in a sublay position reduce the incidence of parastomal hernia in laparoscopic stoma formation.
The goal of this intervention is: 1. To improve the support for successful social participation for adolescents with a visual impairment 2. To develop Mentor Support for the improvement of social participation in adolescents with visual impairments…
A systems biology approach is an hypothesis free study that looks at multiple layers within one patient (genome, epigenome, proteome, metabolome)
Hard-core smokers are smokers who have been smoking for many years and who do not intend to quit. This makes them vulnerable to disease and death. Since hard-core smokers are unlikely to quit smoking, before aiming at actually quitting, we first…
This study primarily aims to explore changes in physical activity pattern and energy expenditure in head and neck cancer patients, during and after treatment with surgery with or without (chemo)radiation. The following primary null hypotheses will…
The aim of the current study is to test whether online training of a positive attentional bias or positive interpretation bias is successful in increasing resilience, reducing internalizing symptoms and preventing clinical disorders (anxiety/…
We hypothesize that daily oral administration of increasing dosages of Eubacterium hallii, an anaerobic intestinal bacterial strain, can exert beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity and liver fat.
Videotaping and reviewing inhalation tecnique with the aid of an iPad improves asthma control in children from 6-18 years old.
In the Netherlands, case managers play an essential role in the care chain for people with dementia living in the community. Because the profession has just been started, there is a lack of evidence-based practice to provide treatment for agitation…
The mean 12 months eGFR change between adult HIV-1 patients on TDF containing cART without reported NSAID/MRP4-i exposure will be greater than HIV-1 patients on TDF containing cART in the highest quartile of monthly cumulative DDD NSAID exposure (…
Compression therapy is not necessary after VNUS. Patients receiving no compression therapy after VNUS will have similar outcomes in post-operative pain, oedema, and HRQOL, post-operative complications, time to full recovery.
After epilepsy surgery an improvement of the sleep quality and structure can be expected as result of the disappearance or decrease of the daytime and or nocturnal seizures and the reduction of the amount of medication. After implantation of vagus…
The high incidence of cardiovascular disease in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) is related with the accumulation of uremic toxins in the middle and large-middle molecular weight range. As online hemodiafiltration (HDF) lowers these…
The aim of this study is to assess the functional benefit of dynamic arm supports (type of assistive technology) in the domestic setting and the contributing factors. This could support the prescription process of these devices and could support…
For cochlear implanted (CI) patients speech recognition in noise still remains one of the most challenging tasks. One way to improve performance in noise is to benefit from binaural hearing (hearing with two ears). For individuals with residual…
Recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an important cause for mortality and morbidity in patients with left dominant non ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). Since implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) may only terminate and not prevent…
-Low dose radiotherapy has positive effects on pain and functioning in osteoarthritis of the hand and knee -Low dose radiotherapy is effective on reducing inflammatory signs of osteoarthritis of the hand and knee
- Smokers are implicitly biased with regard to the pros/cons of smoking (more attention and/or approach tendencies with regard to the pros) - These biases can be retrained using implicit pictorial trainings based on the Visual Probe Task and the…