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A social-ecological systems approach to tick bite and tick-borne disease risk management: Exploring collective action in the Occitanie region in southern France Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Ticks are amongst the most important zoonotic disease vectors affecting human and animal health worldwide. Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are rapidly expanding geographically and in incidence, most notably in temperate regions of Europe where ticks are considered the principal zoonotic vector of Public Health relevance, as well as a major health and economic preoccupation in agriculture and equine industries. Tick-borne pathogen (TBP) ...
The Critical Role of Nutrition Care to Improve Pain Management: A Global Call to Action for Physical Therapist Practice. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Physical therapists have unique education in the comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and treatment of chronic pain and its mechanisms. Recently, physical therapists have raised awareness regarding the impact of nutrition on promoting health and managing noncommunicable diseases. Robust evidence supports the implementation of nutrition in physical therapist education and practice. Of particular interest for the physical therapist are ...
An in-depth look at zone III and IV anatomy of the finger extensor mechanism and some clinical implications for use of the relative motion flexion orthosis Universiteit Hasselt
Background: For hand therapists and hand surgeons acute and chronic injuries of the extensor mechanism (EM) in zones III-IV are challenging to treat with satisfying results. Introduction: Early active motion combined with relative motion flexion (RMF) orthoses to manage EM zone III injuries and boutonnière deformity has renewed interest in the complex anatomy and biomechanics of the EM. Purpose: To provide an in-depth discussion of EM zones ...
The long- and short-term variability of breathing induced tumor motion in lung and liver over the course of a radiotherapy treatment Universiteit Antwerpen Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Purpose: To evaluate the short and long-term variability of breathing induced tumor motion. Materials and methods: 3D tumor motion of 19 lung and 18 liver lesions captured over the course of an SBRT treatment were evaluated and compared to the motion on 4D-CT. An implanted fiducial could be used for unambiguous motion information. Fast orthogonal fluoroscopy (FF) sequences, included in the treatment workflow, were used to evaluate motion during ...
Predicting tumour motion during the whole radiotherapy treatment: a systematic approach for thoracic and abdominal lesions based on real time MR Universiteit Antwerpen Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Introduction: Aim of this study was to investigate the ability of pre-treatment four dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) to capture respiratory-motion observed in thoracic and abdominal lesions during treatment. Treatment motion was acquired using full-treatment cine-MR acquisitions. Results of this analysis were compared to the ability of 30 seconds (s) cine Magnetic Resonance (MR) to estimate the same parameters. Methods: A 4DCT and 30 s ...
Intra-fraction motion monitoring during fast modulated radiotherapy delivery in a closed-bore gantry linac KU Leuven
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: New closed-bore linacs allow for highly streamlined workflows and fast treatment delivery resulting in brief treatment sessions. Motion management technology has only recently been integrated inside the bore, yet is required in future online adaptive workflows. We measured patient motion during every step of the workflow: image acquisition, evaluation and treatment delivery using surface scanning. MATERIALS AND METHODS: ...
Deep learning for automated movement analysis using motion capture: Case studies on detecting and assessing gait impairments in people with Parkinson's disease and freezing of gait KU Leuven
% !TeX root = ../../thesis.tex Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting an estimated 6 million people worldwide. PD causes degeneration of dopamine-generating neurons, which leads to progressively worsening gait impairments. One of the most debilitating gait impairments is freezing of gait (FOG). FOG is common in PD and is defined as a 'brief, episodic absence or marked reduction of forwarding progression of the ...
Gender and speech related differences on thoracoabdominal motion during cognitive tasks Universiteit Hasselt
Background: Assessment and evaluation of thoracoabdominal motion during breathing is clinical relevance. This study aims to highlight parameters that can influence thoracoabdominal management strategies. Methods: Thirty healthy young subjects (25 ± 4 years old, 57% women) were recruited. Thoracoabdominal contribution of respiration was evaluated based on the images derived from the Kinect V2® camera. Thoracoabdominal analysis (TAA) by regression ...
Mechanically-assisted non-invasive ventilation: A step forward to modulate and to improve the reproducibility of breathing-related motion in radiation therapy KU Leuven
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: When using highly conformal radiotherapy techniques, a stabilized breathing pattern could greatly benefit the treatment of mobile tumours. Therefore, we assessed the feasibility of Mechanically-assisted non-invasive ventilation (MANIV) on unsedated volunteers, and its ability to stabilize and modulate the breathing pattern over time. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve healthy volunteers underwent 2 sessions of dynamic MRI ...