Publications by authors named "Jan-Arie Overberg"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how physiotherapy affects fear of falling (FOF) in patients aged 65 and older who visited the emergency department after a fall.
- Despite assigning patients to an intervention group with physiotherapy support and a control group, no significant difference in FOF was found between the two groups one week post-intervention.
- Challenges included low participant recruitment and a high dropout rate, leading the researchers to conclude that the physiotherapy intervention did not improve FOF compared to the control group.
There is a high incidence of nonspecific Low Back Pain (LBP) in patients visiting Emergency Departments (EDs), but there is a lack of knowledge regarding emergency physiotherapy for LBP. The effect of on-site physiotherapy in these patients was therefore never demonstrated. We assessed short-term outcomes, feasibility and patient satisfaction with physiotherapy in ED patients presenting with nonspecific LBP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to compare the fascicle length, angle pennation and mechanical properties of the biceps femoris long head (BFlh) in dominant and non-dominant limbs in previously injured and uninjured professional football players. Fifteen professional football players were recruited to participate in this study. Seven players had suffered a BFlh injury during the previous season.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Instrumented treadmills with integrated pressure mats measure spatiotemporal, pressure and force parameters and are often used to investigate changes in gait patterns due to injury or rehabilitation.
Research Question: What is the within- and between-day repeatability of such an instrumented treadmill for spatiotemporal parameters, peak pressures and forces during walking and running?
Methods: Treadmill gait and running analysis were performed at 5.0, 6.