Publications by authors named "Xavier Huybrechts"
Article Synopsis
- * A case of a 45-year-old cyclist showed that after 9 months of rehabilitation post-surgery, he still experienced muscle weakness and functional limitations, ultimately preventing him from cycling at his previous level.
- * After removing the surgical hardware, the patient's functional complaints resolved, muscle strength improved significantly, and he returned to his pre-injury cycling performance, suggesting that hardware removal may enhance recovery in active young adults.
Objectives: The Fear-Avoidance Components Scale (FACS) is a recently developed patient-reported instrument assessing different constructs related to the fear-avoidance model of pain. The aim was to translate the original English FACS into Dutch (FACS-D) and assess its measurement properties in persons with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Methods: The original English FACS (20 item-scale, range: 0-100) was translated in Dutch through standard forward-backward translation methodology.
Objectives: to assess intra/inter-operator reliability and agreement of maximum isometric abdominal and back muscle strength in a functional trunk and isolated lumbar protocol, using an isokinetic dynamometer, in healthy persons and persons with chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNSLBP).
Design: Test-retest.
Setting: Participants performed two assessments consisting of two protocols on the Biodex 3 system, evaluating maximum isometric back and abdominal strength in a functional trunk and isolated lumbar position.
Feasibility of high intensity training in nonspecific chronic low back pain: A clinical trial.
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil
November 2018
Background: Although low to moderate intensity exercise therapy is a predominant part of rehabilitation in nonspecific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP), effect sizes are small and optimal exercise modalities/intensities are unclear. Conversely, effects of high intensity training have not yet been investigated in this population.
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility of high intensity training (HIT) and to explore the magnitude of the effects of a HIT program on exercise capacity and disease related outcome measures compared to conventional therapy for persons with NSCLBP.