The development of the MIBBO: A measure of resident preferences for physical activity in long term care settings.

Offering physical activities matching with the preferences of residents in long-term care facilities could increase compliance and contribute to client-centered care. A measure to investigate meaningful activities by using a photo-interview has been developed ("MIBBO"). In two pilot studies including 133 residents living on different wards in long-term care facilities, feasibility, most chosen activities, and consistency of preferences were investigated.

The systematic implementation of acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT) in Dutch multidisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation.

Objective: This study evaluates the implementation of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Dutch chronic pain rehabilitation centers. Changes in multidisciplinary professionals' self-perceived competencies in working with ACT were evaluated and corroborated with patients' ratings of treatment adherence. To inform subsequent implementation efforts, relevant determinants of implementation success were monitored and the relationship with self-perceived competencies over time was explored.

Using a Delphi technique to seek consensus regarding definitions, descriptions and classification of terms related to implicit and explicit forms of motor learning.

Background: Motor learning is central to domains such as sports and rehabilitation; however, often terminologies are insufficiently uniform to allow effective sharing of experience or translation of knowledge. A study using a Delphi technique was conducted to ascertain level of agreement between experts from different motor learning domains (i.e.

Accelerometry measuring the outcome of robot-supported upper limb training in chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: This study aims to assess the extent to which accelerometers can be used to determine the effect of robot-supported task-oriented arm-hand training, relative to task-oriented arm-hand training alone, on the actual amount of arm-hand use of chronic stroke patients in their home situation.

Methods: This single-blind randomized controlled trial included 16 chronic stroke patients, randomly allocated using blocked randomization (n = 2) to receive task-oriented robot-supported arm-hand training or task-oriented (unsupported) arm-hand training. Training lasted 8 weeks, 4 times/week, 2 × 30 min/day using the (T-)TOAT ((Technology-supported)-Task-Oriented-Arm-Training) method.

Exploring the utility of analogies in motor learning after stroke: a feasibility study.

Individuals who have experienced a stroke need to (re)learn motor skills. Analogy learning has been shown to facilitate motor learning in sports and may also be an attractive alternative to traditional approaches in therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and utility of analogies to improve the walking performance in long-term stroke survivors.

"Interactive surfaces" technology as a potential tool to stimulate physical activity in psychogeriatric nursing home residents.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to determine whether and how psychogeriatric nursing home residents would respond to the interactive surfaces on the floor without receiving instructions and to determine how long residents would be physically active.

Methods: The "interactive surfaces" technology includes different graphic shapes that are projected through a beamer on a floor. The surfaces are "activated" by a person's movements in the area of the projection field, which is detected by an infrared camera.

New Socket-Less Prosthesis concept facilitating comfortable and abrasion-free cycling after Van Nes rotationplasty.

Background And Aim: Current leg prostheses in rotationplasty typically feature a thigh cuff, which, in cycling, may cause perspiration problems and friction-related abrasions of the skin. The aim has been to develop a socket-less prosthetic device for persons with a rotationplasty to be able to engage in high-intensity cycling without contracting abrasions.

Technique: The new device (Socket-Less Rotationplasty Prosthesis for Cycling) features a standard cycling shoe on the rotationplasty foot, replacing the conventional socket and thigh cuff.