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Bekkering, W. P. (2011, December 14). Quality of life, functional ability and physical activity in children and adolescents after lower extremity bone tumour surgery. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/18243
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Quality of life, functional ability and physical activity in children and adolescents
after lower extremity bone tumour surgery
peter bekkering
Woubrugge (VVW).
The Printing of this Thesis was financially sponsored by grants from:
Anna Fonds | NOREF
Department of Physical therapy, Leiden University Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic surgery of the Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam
Implant Cast Benelux
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kinderfysiotherapie, NVFK ISBN: 978-94-6182-044-0
Cover: Jürg Koch and Welly O’Brien in Shadow, Candoco Dance Company. Choreographed by Fin Walker, Photographer Anthony Crickmay, www.candoco.co.uk
Layout and printing: Off page, Amsterdam
Copyright © 2011 by W.P.Bekkering. All rights reserved.
Quality of life, functional ability and physical activity in children and adolescents
after lower extremity bone tumour surgery
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 14 December 2011
klokke 13.45 uur
door
willem petrus bekkering
geboren te Vlaardingen op 26 augustus 1963
Promotiecommissie: Prof. Dr. J.H. Arendzen Dr. P.D.S. Dijkstra Prof. Dr. A.J. Gelderblom Dr. H.M. Koopman Prof. Dr. J.A.N. Verhaar
(Erasmus Medisch Centrum Rotterdam)
contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 7
Chapter 2 Quality of life, functional ability and physical activity after different surgical interventions for bone cancer of the leg: a systematic review 23 Chapter 3 A prospective study on quality of life and functional outcome in
children and adolescents after malignant bone tumor surgery 45 Chapter 4 Quality of life in young patients after bone tumor surgery around
the knee joint and comparison with healthy controls 61 Chapter 5 Functional ability and physical activity in children and young adults
after limb salvage or ablative surgery for lower extremity bone tumors 77 Chapter 6 The Bt-DUX: Development of a subjective measure of health related
quality of life in patients who underwent surgery for lower extremity
malignant bone tumor 93
Chapter 7 Cross cultural validation of the English version of the DUX questionnaire for lower extremity bone tumour patients (Bt-DUX):
A disease specific measure of health related quality of life 109
Chapter 8 Summary 125
Chapter 9 General discussion 131
Chapter 10 Nederlandse samenvatting en discussie 139
Appendix Curriculum Vitae 153
List of publications 155
Dankwoord 159
