Reducing the impact of geriatric conditions by physical activity

Voldoende beweging vertraagt de negatieve gevolgen van veroudering. Dat blijkt uit promotieonderzoek van Erwin Tak bij VU medisch centrum. Een lichamelijk actieve leefstijl of een specifiek oefenprogramma voor ouderen kunnen beperkingen in het dagelijks leven als gevolg van aandoeningen als artrose, cognitieve beperkingen en urine-incontinentie...

The (cost-) effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in order to improve older workers' vitality: the vital@work study

Promoting a healthy lifestyle in people with familial Hypercholesterolemia: The development and evaluation of an individually tailored intervention

Parameter Tuning and Scientific Testing in Evolutionary Algorithms

In this thesis, the issue of evaluating and comparing evolutionary algorithms is addressed, and more specific, the role of parameter tuning in it. A more scientific testing approach is promoted in which the focus is onwhyandwhenan algorithm performs better, rather thanifit is better. Such an approach is not only more informative for the users of...

Participatory ergonomics to prevent low back pain and neck pain at the workplace

Participatieve ergonomie (PE) blijkt niet effectief te zijn op het verminderen van de fysieke en psychosociale werkbelasting. De methodiek voorkomt geen rug- en nekklachten en gaat gepaard met hogere kosten. PE blijkt wel effectief om werknemers met rugklachten te laten herstellen van hun klachten zo blijkt uit het onderzoek van Maurice Driessen...

Communication between social insurance physicians and work disability claimants

Training in klantgerichte communicatie helpt verzekeringsartsen tijdens beoordelingsgesprekken met mensen die door ziekte niet of nog maar beperkt kunnen werken. `Door het volgen van een communicatietraining weten artsen meer over hoe zij gesprekken met klanten aan kunnen gaan`, aldus Jolanda van Rijssen. Van Rijssen onderzocht de communicatie...

From precision demands to neck and upper extremity pain

Risk factors for arm-wrist-hand and neck-shoulder symptoms among office workers: a longitudinal perspective

In this thesis the association was examined between the duration of computer use at work and the onset of arm-wrist-hand and neck-shoulder symptoms. A prospective cohort study among 1951 office workers was performed with a follow-up period of 2 years. Outcome was assessed every three months by questionnaire. Cases were identified based on the...

Just in time: de invloed van de tijdsaspecten van het werk op prestatie en gezondheid

Low back pain, workplace intervention & return-to-work

What is the role of treating physicians and therapists with respect to return-to-work when they are treating with chronic LBP? Do workers with ergonomic interventions return to work more quickly for a long-lasting period compared to workers without these interventions? We are going to conduct a study on the effectiveness of four treatment option...

Quality of life assessment by proxy

Onze toekomst: een gezonde jeugd

Work-related risk factors for neck pain: results of a prospective cohort study

The aim of this thesis is to determine which work related physical and psychosocial risk factors exist which cause neck pain and absenteeism because of neck pain. There is some evidence for a positive relationship between he duration of sedentary posture at work and neck pain, and between twisting or bending of the trunk at work and neck pain....

Regulation of the human endothelial barrier function: a study on the mechanisms and modulcation of prolonged endothelial hyperpermeability

Human to mouse graft versus host disease: a new model for aids research

Molecular genetic studies of the overproduction of glucoamylase in Aspergillus niger

Perception of a visual stimulus in a selective attention paradigm