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Replication Data for: Effects of a 12-week intrinsic foot muscle strengthening training (STIFF) on gait, balance and fear of falling in physically active older adults: an assessor-blinded randomized-controlled trial
No full textThe data are obtained within an RCT study. The primary aim of the present study was to examine the effect of a plantar intrinsic foot muscle strengthening training versus no training on maximum gait speed in older adults who are involved in a functional exercise program. To investigate the trainability of the intrinsic foot muscles and how this translates into improved mobility , the secondary aim was to examine the effect of the training on foot and ankle biomechanics during gait, comfortable gait speed, step length, balance during gait, intrinsic foot muscle capacity, isometric toe flexor strength, self-reported mobility impairments, physical activity, fall incidents, concerns about falling and physical functioning. The collected data consist of baseline characteristics and data collected before and after the 12 week foot muscle strengthening training
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
MOVING FORWARD: Towards a proactive, integrated and blended care intervention in patients with moderate medically unexplained physical symptoms
No full textMost people at times experience physical symptoms such as pain, fatigue or dizziness.
Surveys show that approximately 90% of the Dutch general population experienced
at least one physical symptom in the past two weeks. While in most cases symptoms
disappear spontaneously, in certain cases symptoms persist for a few weeks or
even months without having an identifiable underlying explanation. Such Medically
Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS) can have a high impact on quality of life and
daily functioning, impairing social, physical and psychological functioning. Whether
people visit their general practitioner with concerns about these symptoms is strongly
related to the impact on daily life and ideas about these symptoms. Developing MUPS
is more common when patients are concerned and develop negative catastrophizing
beliefs. MUPS can be regarded on a continuum with a spectrum ranging from mild to
moderate and then persisting or chronic MUPS. This dissertation focused on patients
with moderate MUPS and preventing chronicity in this patient group. The moderate
MUPS population has a high prevalence in primary care, yet little research has been
done on preventing chronicity. Furthermore, there is not yet an appropriate treatment
to reduce the burden for these patients, straining healthcare professionals and incurring
high healthcare and societal costs.
Given the ambitions to provide the right care, for the right patient, in the right place, at the
right time, we find a combination of early identification of patients with moderate MUPS
and a preventive intervention integrating eHealth (blended care) a move forward. What
lies ahead is to tailor such interventions, rather than offer a one-size-fits-all treatment.
Increasing insights into self-management skills and movement behavior during
treatment can aid the tailoring of interventions, as can early identification of patients’
needs, motivation, and the requested use of eHealth. As this way of treatment differs
from usual care, healthcare professionals should be coached more on their changing role
from treating patients to coaching patients
Exercise Therapy in Patients with Osteoarthritis: Long-term Effectiveness and the Role of Exercise Adherence
Get PDFDekker, J. [Promotor]Bakker, D.H. de [Promotor]Veenhof, C. [Copromotor
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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