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Nutritional Requirements Relative to Nutritional Intake Intensive Care Patients

A digitally supported home-based exercise training program and dietary protein intervention for community dwelling older adults: protocol of the cluster randomised controlled VITAMIN trial

BackgroundIncreased physical activity and dietary protein intake are promising interventions to prevent or treat the age-related decline in physical performance in older adults. There are well-controlled exercise as well as dietary intervention studies that show beneficial effects on physical performance in older adults. In practice, however, weekly group based exercise or nutritional programs may not be as effective. To optimise these exercise programs for community dwelling older adults, a digitally supported and personalised home-based exercise training program has been designed aiming to improve physical performance in older adults. In addition, a protein intervention in combination with the training program may further improve physical performance in older adults.MethodsThe VITAMIN study will be a cluster randomised controlled trial with three parallel arms. In total, 240 community dwelling older adults (≥ 55 years) participating in weekly group exercise are randomly allocated into: 1) regular weekly exercise program (Control group, n = 80), 2) digitally supported personalised home-based exercise training program group (VITA group, n = 80) and 3) digitally supported personalised home-based exercise training program group plus dietary protein counselling (VITA-Pro group, n = 80). The VITAMIN study aims to evaluate effectiveness of the digitally supported personalised home-based exercise training program as well as the additional value of dietary protein on physical performance after 6 months. In addition, a 12 month follow-up measurement will assess the retaining effect of the interventions. Primary outcome is physical performance measured by the Modified Physical Performance Test (M-PPT) and relevant secondary and observational outcomes include habitual physical activity and dietary intake, body composition, cognitive performance, quality of life, compliance and tablet usage. Data will be analysed by Linear Mixed Models.DiscussionTo our knowledge, the VITAMIN study is the first study that investigates the impact of home-based exercise, protein intake as well as use of persuasive technology in the population of community dwelling older adults.Trial registrationNL56094.029.16 / NTR (TC = 5888; registered 03–06-2016).

Exploring needs and requirements for a prototype device measuring physical activity in pediatric physical therapy

AimsTo analyze needs and requirements of Pediatric Physical Therapists (PPTs), parents, children and adolescents with and without developmental disabilities in the future use of an activity monitor prototype (AM-p) in everyday clinical practice.MethodsQualitative exploratory study with a thematic analysis approach, based on Braun and Clarke’s six steps. Codes derived from the analysis and central themes were collated, based on Fleuren et al.’s groupings of determinants.ResultsWe interviewed 25 PPTs, 12 parents, and 12 children and adolescents. Within four groupings of determinants, we found nine themes: 1) development of information materials; 2) application: output visualization and ease of use; 3) design; 4) relevance and acceptance; 5) shared decision-making; 6) compatibility in daily living; 7) finances, 8) time, and 9) legislation and regulations.ConclusionsEnd-users have similar basic needs, with individual fine-tuning to be addressed during further development of the AM-p. A child-friendly design, information material, and an easy-to-use application to read and interpret results, need to be developed. Efficient training for PPTs is important for the use of the AM-p and analysis of results. Communication between PPTs and children as well as parents enhances shared decision-making. We recommend involving diverse end-users to enable maximum customization of the AM-p.

Using a co-design approach to create tools to facilitate physical activity in children with physical disabilities

Introduction: There is a lack of effective interventions available for Pediatric Physical Therapists (PPTs) to promote a physically active lifestyle in children with physical disabilities. Participatory design methods (co-design) may be helpful in generating insights and developing intervention prototypes for facilitating a physically active lifestyle in children with physical disabilities (6–12 years). Materials and methods: A multidisciplinary development team of designers, developers, and researchers engaged in a co-design process–together with parents, PPTs, and other relevant stakeholders (such as the Dutch Association of PPTs and care sports connectors). In this design process, the team developed prototypes for interventions during three co-creation sessions, four one-week design sprint, living-lab testing and two triangulation sessions. All available co-design data was structured and analyzed by three researchers independently resulting in themes for facilitating physical activity. Results: The data rendered two specific outcomes, (1) knowledge cards containing the insights collected during the co-design process, and (2) eleven intervention prototypes. Based on the generated insights, the following factors seem important when facilitating a physically active lifestyle: a) stimulating self-efficacy; b) stimulating autonomy; c) focusing on possibilities; d) focusing on the needs of the individual child; e) collaborating with stakeholders; f) connecting with a child's environment; and g) meaningful goal setting. Conclusion: This study shows how a co-design process can be successfully applied to generate insights and develop interventions in pediatric rehabilitation. The designed prototypes facilitate the incorporation of behavioral change techniques into pediatric rehabilitation and offer new opportunities to facilitate a physically active lifestyle in children with physical disabilities by PPTs. While promising, further studies should examine the feasibility and effectivity of these prototypes.

Objectieve pijndrempelmetingen: de toekomst voor de fysiotherapie? - een onderzoek naar de invloed van de dominante zijde op de hoogte van de pijndrempel.

Achtergrond: Pijn is een lastig te meten, subjectief fenomeen. Pijn wordt vaak gemeten met subjectieve self-reported vragenlijsten. Een andere manier om pijn vast te leggen is het objectief meten van de pijndrempel (Pressure Pain Threshold, PPT) door middel van het uitoefenen van mechanische druk met behulp van een drukalgometer. De pijndrempel is het punt waarop een persoon voor het eerst pijn opmerkt. Het is een bruikbare en betrouwbare manier om op een objectieve wijze de PPT in kaart te brengen. Referentiewaarden van pijndrempels en de invloed van diverse variabelen hierop zijn nog vrij onbekend. Ook is nog onduidelijk of er binnen een individu verschillen kunnen zijn tussen de gevoeligheid voor pijn aan de dominante en niet-dominante zijde van het lichaam. Vraagstelling: Wat is de mate van variatie in de hoogte van pijndrempelwaarden op diverse locaties op het lichaam, gemeten met een drukalgometer, aan de dominante zijde ten opzichte van de niet-dominante zijde bij pijnvrije ouderen van 40 tot 85 jaar?” Methode: Bij gezonde deelnemers (zonder pijn) in de leeftijd van 40 tot 85 jaar werden pijndrempels gemeten op drie locaties rond de knie, twee locaties op de arm en één op het voorhoofd. Metingen werden op elke locatie drie keer verricht, met een tussenpose van 30 seconden. Dit werd gedaan aan de dominante en niet-dominante zijde van het lichaam. Op elke locatie werd de gemiddelde pijndrempel van drie metingen berekend. Door middel van een ongepaarde t-toets werd per locatie de gemiddelde pijndrempel aan de dominante zijde vergeleken met de niet-dominante zijde. Resultaten: De steekproef bestond uit 53 deelnemers, waarvan 23 mannen (gemiddelde leeftijd 64,3 jaar ±13,3) en 30 vrouwen (gemiddelde leeftijd 55,5 jaar ±9,4), waarvan vijf linkshandige deelnemers en één linksbenige deelnemer. Gemiddelde pijndrempels waren op alle zes locaties aan de dominante zijde niet significant hoger dan aan de niet-dominante zijde (p<0,05). Conclusie: Er zijn geen significante verschillen in de hoogte van de pijndrempels aan de op dominante zijde ten opzichte van de niet-dominante zijde bij pijnvrije ouderen van 40 tot 85 jaar. Dit maakt het gebruik van pijndrempels eenvoudiger wanneer dit wordt toegepast in een klinische setting. Implicatie voor de fysiotherapie: Pijndrempelmetingen kunnen in de praktijk gebruikt worden om pijn objectief te meten. Hierbij hoeft er geen rekening gehouden te worden met de dominante of niet-dominante zijde van de arm en het been.

Student teachers and teacher educators at work with a new approach for teaching geography in primary teacher education

PPT presentatie tijdens de GTE Conference 2014