Publicaties
Upper Limb Nerve Variations May Alter Clinical Diagnosis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Upper limb nerve variations may be related to the absence of a nerve, an interconnection between two nerves or a variant course. The purpose of this review is to screen the existing literature on upper limb nerve variations that may alter the neurologic diagnostic process. A scoping review was performed following PRISMA for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Initially, 1331 articles were identified by searching Pubmed and Web of Science until the ...
Variability of Active Cervical Range of Motion Within and Between Days in Healthy Participants Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the intraday and interday variability and systematic change over the day of active cervical range of motion (aCROM) measurements in asymptomatic persons using a clinically applicable measurement device.
METHODS: A prospective observational study was performed. Sixteen adults (8 men and 8 women, median age 51 years) without neck pain in the last 3 months were recruited in 2 ...
Upper limb nerve variations may alter clinical diagnosis: a scoping review Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The reliability of muscle quantity and quality measured with extended-field-of-view ultrasound at nine body sites Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Measuring muscle quantity and quality is very important because the loss of muscle quantity and quality is associated with several adverse effects specifically in older people. Ultrasound is a method widely used to measure muscle quantity and quality. One problem with ultrasound is its limited field of view, which makes it impossible to measure the muscle quantity and quality of certain muscles. In this study, we aimed to ...
Morphologic and Morphometric Measurements of the Foramen Ovale: Comparing Digitized Measurements Performed on Dried Human Crania With Computed Tomographic Imaging. An Observational Anatomic Study Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Non-linear Associations Between Visceral Adipose Tissue Distribution and Anthropometry-Based Estimates of Visceral Adiposity Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: Recent evidence suggests that excess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is associated with future loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and skeletal muscle (SM) with aging. In clinical settings (abdominal) circumferences are commonly used to estimate body composition (BC). We aimed to study the linearity of VAT distribution ratios (i.e., VAT/SAT ratio and VAT/SM ratio), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist circumference (WC) with age ...
The temporal modulation of nocebo hyperalgesia in a model of sustained pain. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: The direction and the magnitude of verbal suggestions have been shown to be strong modulators of nocebo hyperalgesia, while little attention has been given to the role of their temporal content. Here, we investigate whether temporal suggestions modulate the timing of nocebo hyperalgesia in an experimental model of sustained pain.
Methods: Fifty-one healthy participants were allocated to one of three groups. Participants ...
Automated Motion Analysis of Bony Joint Structures from Dynamic Computer Tomography Images Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dynamic computer tomography (CT) is an emerging modality to analyze in-vivo joint kinematics at the bone level, but it requires manual bone segmentation and, in some instances, landmark identification. The objective of this study is to present an automated workflow for the assessment of three-dimensional in vivo joint kinematics from dynamic musculoskeletal CT images. The proposed method relies on a multi-atlas, multi-label segmentation and ...
The Use of Botulinum Toxin A as an Adjunctive Therapy in the Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Several studies have investigated the effect of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) for managing chronic musculoskeletal pain, bringing contrasting results to the forefront. Thus far, however, there has been no synthesis of evidence on the effect of BoNT-A as an adjunctive treatment within a multimodal approach. Hence, Medline via PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library-CENTRAL were searched until November 2020 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) ...