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Objective of the study is to verify whether the movement pattern after anterior cervical discectomy normalises, in case of implantation of a cervical disc prosthesis.
In patients over 60 years of age who have sustained a displaced femoral neck fracture, what is the rate of revision surgery at 24 months when a total hip arthroplasty versus hemi-arthroplasty is used as the surgical treatment? Hypothesis: We…
The study aims to examine whether the emotions anger and sadness influence pain and fatigue in female patients with fibromyalgia and a control group from the general population and whether physiological reactivity and individual differences in…
To determine if denosumab is non-inferior to zoledronic acid with respect to the first on-study occurrence of a skeletal related event (SRE) in subjects with advanced cancers and bone metastases (or lytic bone lesions from multiple myeloma).SRE is…
The main objective of this study is to find an answer to the question: " What is the role of self-discrepancies in patients with chronic low back pain and more specifically, in their activity level?" The answer to this question offers more…
To investigate (1) whether basal levels of oxidative stress differs between COPD patients and healthy volunteers and (2) whether exercise-induced oxidative stress after a single-leg ergometer test differs between patients and healthy controls (3) to…
Using AGW gives a good fixation of the polypropylene mesh in hernia inguinalis surgery and will not lead to a higher recurrence rate. The maximum acceptable recurrence rate is 10% after 3 months.
ObjectiveOur primary objective is to assess the impact of sliding hip screws versus cannulated screw fixation on rates of revision surgery at 2 years in individuals with femoral neck fractures. Our secondary objective is to determine the impact on…
Main Objectives1.To identify high risk patient groups for development of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a cohort 9-10 years after meniscus, cruciate ligament and cartilage lesions.2.To determine the use of 3T MRI state of the art imaging in detecting…
The following research questions will be addressed: 1.Is there irreversible joint damage after previous GH excess in long-term cured acromegalic patients?2.What are the clinical characteristics of reported joint problems on clinical examination? 3.…
1 to get a data base on the functional out come of our current treatment of distal radial fractures. These data base should be used for evaluating future treatment modifications. 2. Evaluate the DASH score. In any score system not al questions…
Self-management exercise regimen are clinically non-inferior compared to supervised hand-therapy. The total costs of self-management exercise regimes are lower.
We hypothesize that the T2T strategy is superior compared to the T2S in retaining gout remission and is also more cost-effective.
We hypothesize (based on literature) that the incidence of chronic pain in The Netherlands is around 15-20% in patients presenting to the emergency department with (acute) pain related complaints. We have no further hypothesis, because of the…
"The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the fixation and migration patterns of the Persona Partial Knee (Zimmer Biomet, Warsaw, IN) in vivo, using model-based radiostereophotogrammetric (mRSA) analysis. The secondary objective is to…
The G7 BiSpherical acetabular system and the GTS femoral stem will have acceptable migration patterns at the two-year follow-up mark (G7 BiSpherical acetabular system) and at six months (GTS femoral stem)
The quality of life of adult patients with NMD can be enhanced by providing capability care in comparison to usual care.
We expect that all three treatments are effective. However, the posterior tension night splint might be earlier effective compared to the other treatments.
Our primary objective is to compare the effectiveness of NACD and ESWT for patients with calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder. Our hypothesis is superiority of NACD or ESWT above the other treatment in functional recovery over a period of 12 months…
The ProIntens study aims to evaluate the impact of an intensive dietetic care pathway on dietary protein intake and physical functioning in older adults during hospitalisation and after discharge. Process and economic evaluations will be performed