Adapted cardiac rehabilitation programme to improve uptake in patients of Moroccan and Turkish origin in The Netherlands: a qualitative study.

Aim: To explore the treatment experiences in patients of Moroccan and Turkish origin and their rehabilitation therapists regarding an adapted outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme.

Background: Non-native patients who participated in a cardiac rehabilitation programme at a Dutch rehabilitation centre had more difficulties to achieve the treatment aims than native Dutch patients. Therefore, an adapted programme for non-native patients, lacking proficiency in Dutch, has been instigated.

Prospective analysis of lipid profiles in persons with a spinal cord injury during and 1 year after inpatient rehabilitation.

Objectives: To investigate the course of lipid profiles during and 1 year after inpatient rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury, and to determine which personal, lesion, and lifestyle characteristics influence the changes in lipid profiles over time and among subjects.

Design: Multilevel regression analysis of measurement points during and after rehabilitation.

Setting: Eight rehabilitation centers in The Netherlands.

The longitudinal relationship between lipid profile and physical capacity in persons with a recent spinal cord injury.

Study Design: A multicenter prospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine the longitudinal relationship between physical capacity and lipid profile in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) during and 1 year after rehabilitation.

Setting: Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers with a specialized SCI unit.

Demographics of the Dutch multicenter prospective cohort study 'Restoration of mobility in spinal cord injury rehabilitation'.

Study Design: A multicenter prospective cohort study.

Objective: To compare the demographic data of the included population with other studied spinal cord injury (SCI) populations in the international literature.

Setting: Eight Dutch rehabilitation centers with a specialized SCI unit.

Glenohumeral joint loading in tetraplegia during weight relief lifting: a simulation study.

Background: The incidence of shoulder complaints in wheelchair users is high and the etiology is poorly understood. The goal of this study was to examine the effect of lesion level and isolated triceps muscle paresis on the internal load on the shoulder by simulation.

Methods: Kinematic and kinetic profiles from four able-bodied subjects and four subjects with tetraplegia were used as input for an inverse dynamics biomechanical model.