Publicaties

Automatic categorization of self-acknowledged limitations in randomized controlled trial publications

Objective: Acknowledging study limitations in a scientific publication is a crucial element in scientific transparency and progress. However, limitation reporting is often inadequate. Natural language processing ...

Nutritional and exercise interventions in individuals with sarcopenic obesity around retirement age: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Retirement is an opportune time for people to establish new healthy routines. Exercise and nutritional interventions are promising in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenic obesity. This systematic review aimed ...

Lifestyle and health changes in wheelchair users with a chronic disability after 12 weeks of using the WHEELS mHealth application

<p>PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine changes in physical activity, nutrition, sleep behaviour and body composition in wheelchair users with a chronic disability after 12 weeks of using the ...

Automatically listing senior members of departments as co-authors is highly prevalent in health sciences

A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted to assess the prevalence of automatically listing (a) senior member(s) of a department as co-author(s) on all submitted articles in health sciences and the ...

Evaluating routine dietetic interventions in geriatric rehabilitation: implications to address malnutrition, sarcopenia and underweight

Background: Although diagnosing and treating malnutrition, sarcopenia and underweight are recommended to be embedded and sustained within nutritional care, it is unknown if that is facilitated in geriatric ...

Visceral obesity measured using computed tomography scans

Introduction: The association between obesity and outcome in critical illness is unclear. Since the amount of visceral adipose tissue(VAT) rather than BMI mediates the health effects of obesity we aimed to ...

Five frequently used malnutrition screening tools were unable to identify 32-68% of the hospitalized malnourished older adults

Gezond leven voor iedereen

Mensen met een verstandelijke beperking worden steeds ouder. Deze veroudering gaat vaak samen met inactiviteit, ongezonde voedingspatronen en gezondheidsproblemen die al op jongere leeftijd ontstaan. Dit leidt bij ...

Effects of Nutrition and Exercise Interventions on Persons with Sarcopenic Obesity

Background: Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is an increasing phenomenon and has been linked to several negative health consequences. The aim of this umbrella review is the assessment of effectiveness and certainty ...

International multi-stakeholder consensus statement on clinical trial integrity

<p>Objective: To prepare a set of statements for randomised clinical trials (RCT) integrity through an international multi-stakeholder consensus. Methods: The consensus was developed via: multi-country ...

Minerals and Sarcopenia in Older Adults: An Updated Systematic Review

This systematic review aims to reevaluate the role of minerals on muscle mass, muscle strength, physical performance, and the prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling and institutionalized older adults. ...

A multidisciplinary lifestyle program for rheumatoid arthritis: the 'Plants for Joints' randomized controlled trial

<b>Objective</b><br/>To determine the effect of a multidisciplinary lifestyle program in patients with RA with low–moderate disease ...

Additional effects of exercise to hypocaloric diet on body weight, body composition, glycaemic control and cardio-respiratory fitness in adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes

Aims: This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the additional effect of exercise to hypocaloric diet on body weight, body composition, glycaemic control and cardio-respiratory fitness in adults with ...

Promoting an Early Childhood Education and Care teacher-parent partnership regarding healthy behaviours in young children - a process evaluation

Exploring barriers and facilitators of behavioural changes in dietary intake and physical activity

The majority of older patients, scheduled for a cardiac procedure, do not adhere to international dietary intake and physical activity guidelines. The purpose of this study was to explore barriers and facilitators ...

Optimization of protocols using neuromuscular electrical stimulation for paralyzed lower-limb muscles to increase energy expenditure in people with spinal cord injury

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if using surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for paralyzed lower-limb muscles results in an increase in energy expenditure and if the number of activated muscles and duty cycle ...

Adherence of Older Cardiac Patients to a Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Referral to home-based cardiac rehabilitation (HBCR) is low among older and frailer patients due to low expectations regarding adherence by healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to determine adherence ...

Nutrition and exercise Interventions to Improve body composition for persons with overweight or obesity near retirement age

The retirement phase is an opportunity to integrate healthy (nutrition/exercise) habits into daily life. We conducted this systematic review to assess which nutrition and exercise interventions most effectively ...

Towards a core-set of mobility measures in ageing research

Mobility is a key determinant and outcome of healthy ageing but its definition, conceptual framework and underlying constructs within the physical domain may need clarification for data comparison and sharing in ...

Blended Counseling And Protein Supplementation Increase Protein Intake In Community Dwelling Older Adults During A Resistance Exercise Program: Preliminary Results Of The Teams Rct

Rationale: In order to optimize training effects for prevention of sarcopenia and frailty in community dwelling older adults a higher daily protein intake is required. To increase total daily protein intake to ...