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We hypothesize that providing personalized feedback on one’s health and diet will help low socio-economic status consumers to improve their dietary pattern, and even more so if personalized dietary advice is added to the feedback. The pilot study…
In this pilot study among community-dwelling older adults with lower protein intake (< 1.0 g/kg/body weight), we hypothesize that personalized dietary advice will increase protein intake in close proximity of usual physical activity.
We hypothesize that applying BFR will decrease the loss in leg muscle mass during 2 weeks of bed rest.
The deployment of the pediatric nurse as linking pin between pediatrics and the social domain, shortens the throughput to appropriate support for children with (psycho)social problems and it enlarges the satisfaction of parents and children with the…
E-PsEYE in comparison with usual care is cost-effective.
The goal of the current study is to examine whether a neutral scent can be conditioned to a stress management training, by examining whether administration of the scent alone can evoke conditioned effects on psychological and physiological stress…
The overall aim of this study is to generate a first impression about the usability of the therapy-supportive Luca app with youngsters in youth mental healthcare. For this purpose, we will ask the following research questions: 1. How do therapists…
1) Product sales of specific products will increase during phases in which these products are nudged. 2) The effect of nudges on product sales (hypothesis 1) persists in the long-term, without active control of the experimenter. 3) Participants in…
The manual knee-rotation-test in 90 degree flection is reliable
Placebo and nocebo effects affect physiological as well as psychological outcomes through expectancies that can be elicited by, for example, conditioning and verbal suggestions. It has been argued that placebo and nocebo effects induced by…
Rationale: Custom-made orthopedic shoes (OS) are frequently prescribed to patients with various pathologies like: diabetes, to prevent originating or recurrence of foot ulcers; rheumatoid disorders or degenerative foot disorders, to reduce pain and…
Alveolar ridge preservation with a xenograftand a collagen matrix or a free connective tissue graft, compared to spontaneous healing, leads to better soft tissue and bone volume for early implant placement and a better aesthetic result, up to 1 year…
• The amino acid profile of duckweed derived protein may be different from pea derived protein. • The glucose and insulin responses of duckweed protein may be different compared to those of pea protein. • A single intake of duckweed and pea protein…
Mitochondrial capacity measured using different, non-invasive techniques can be used to analyse mitochondrial capacity in future studies
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the coexistence of motor and non-motor features. Sleep disturbances are among the most common (non-motor) symptoms occurring inup to 90% of PD patients and reducing quality of…
The effects of a brief compassion induction exercise will be compared to the effects of a neutral exercise. We hypothesize that a brief compassion induction in a sample of patients with PD will facilitate the choice of more adaptive emotion…
Body weight-supported treadmill training during ICU and hospital stay leads to earlier independent functional ambulation compared to usual care.
Persons with intellectual disabilities remain dependent on a caregiver for various aspects of their life, often including coping with emotions and stress. It is therefore crucial that parents and other caregivers of persons with ID are aware of…
Hypothesis 1: Adolescents who are exposed to a vlog intervention to promote physical activity will be more physically active compared to adolescents who are not exposed to a vlog intervention. Hypothesis 2: Adolescents who are exposed to a social…
The hypothesis is that repeated remote ischaemic postconditioning (by improving vascular, immune and anti-inflammatory pathways) will minimize infarct size and, subsequently, will improve clinical outcome in stroke patients.