H. Houben

A randomized clinical trial comparing fitness and biofeedback training versus basic treatment in patients with fibromyalgia (2002)

Van Santen, M, Bolwijn, P, Verstappen, F, Bakker, C, Hidding, A, Houben, H, ...

Objective. To compare the therapeutic effects of physical fitness training or biofeedback training with the results of usual care in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Methods. One hundred forty-three...

Psoriatic arthritis: performance of rheumatologists in daily practice (2002)

Gorter, S, Van Der Linden, S, Houben, H, Rethans, JJ, Scherpbier, AJJA, Van Der Vleuten, CPM, ...

Objectives: To assess, using standardised patients (SPs), how rheumatologists diagnose psoriatic arthritis, whether the diagnostic efficiency is influenced by specific characteristics of the...

Detecting radiological changes in rheumatoid arthritis that are considered important by clinical experts: Influence of reading with or without known sequence (2002)

Bruynesteyn, K, Boers, M, Saudan, A, Peloso, P, Paulus, H, Houben, H, ...

Objective. To evaluate whether knowledge of the chronological sequence influences the sensitivity and specificity of the Sharp/van der Heijde (SvH) and Larsen/Scott (LS) scoring method to detect...

Determination of the minimal clinically important difference in rheumatoid arthritis joint damage of the Sharp/van der Heijde and Larsen/Scott scoring methods by clinical experts and comparison with the smallest detectable difference (2002)

Bruynesteyn, K, Boers, M, Saudan, A, Peloso, P, Paulus, H, Houben, H, ...

Objective. To assess the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in joint damage on hand and foot radiographs of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as assessed with the Sharp/van...

A randomized clinical trial comparing fitness and biofeedback training versus basic treatment in patients with fibromyalgia (2002)

Van Santen, M, Bolwijn, P, Verstappen, F, Bakker, C, Hidding, A, Houben, H, ...

Objective. To compare the therapeutic effects of physical fitness training or biofeedback training with the results of usual care in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Methods. One hundred forty-three...

Psoriatic arthritis: performance of rheumatologists in daily practice (2002)

Gorter, S, Van Der Linden, S, Houben, H, Rethans, JJ, Scherpbier, AJJA, Van Der Vleuten, CPM, ...

Objectives: To assess, using standardised patients (SPs), how rheumatologists diagnose psoriatic arthritis, whether the diagnostic efficiency is influenced by specific characteristics of the...

Detecting radiological changes in rheumatoid arthritis that are considered important by clinical experts: Influence of reading with or without known sequence (2002)

Bruynesteyn, K, Boers, M, Saudan, A, Peloso, P, Paulus, H, Houben, H, ...

Objective. To evaluate whether knowledge of the chronological sequence influences the sensitivity and specificity of the Sharp/van der Heijde (SvH) and Larsen/Scott (LS) scoring method to detect...

Determination of the minimal clinically important difference in rheumatoid arthritis joint damage of the Sharp/van der Heijde and Larsen/Scott scoring methods by clinical experts and comparison with the smallest detectable difference (2002)

Bruynesteyn, K, Boers, M, Saudan, A, Peloso, P, Paulus, H, Houben, H, ...

Objective. To assess the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in joint damage on hand and foot radiographs of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as assessed with the Sharp/van...

Minimal clinically important difference in radiological progression of joint damage over 1 year in rheumatoid arthritis: Preliminary results of a validation study with clinical experts (2001)

Bruynesteyn, K, Boers, M, Lassere, M, Boonen, A, Edmonds, J, Houben, H, ...

To determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) between hand and foot films with a 1 year interval assessed with the Sharp/van der Heijde or Larsen/Scott scoring method. Progression...

Minimal clinically important difference in radiological progression of joint damage over 1 year in rheumatoid arthritis: Preliminary results of a validation study with clinical experts (2001)

Bruynesteyn, K, Boers, M, Lassere, M, Boonen, A, Edmonds, J, Houben, H, ...

To determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) between hand and foot films with a 1 year interval assessed with the Sharp/van der Heijde or Larsen/Scott scoring method. Progression...

Scl-86, a marker antigen for diffuse scleroderma.

Van Venrooij, W J, Stapel, S O, Houben, H, Habets, W J, Kallenberg, C G, Penner, E, ...

More than 300 sera from patients with a connective tissue disease were analyzed with the immunoblotting technique. The presence of autoantibodies against an 86,000-mol wt marker antigen for diffuse...

Scl-86, a marker antigen for diffuse scleroderma.

Van Venrooij, W J, Stapel, S O, Houben, H, Habets, W J, Kallenberg, C G, Penner, E, ...

More than 300 sera from patients with a connective tissue disease were analyzed with the immunoblotting technique. The presence of autoantibodies against an 86,000-mol wt marker antigen for diffuse...

Is addition of sodium fluoride to cyclical etidronate beneficial in the treatment of corticosteroid induced osteoporosis?

Lems, W., Jacobs, J., Bijlsma, J., Van Veen, G. J M, Houben, H., Haanen, H., ...

OBJECTIVE—To investigate whether administration of sodium fluoride (NaF) in addition to cyclical etidronate has a positive effect on bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with established...

Psoriatic arthritis: performance of rheumatologists in daily practice

Gorter, S, Van Der Heijde, D M F M, Van Der Linden, S, Houben, H, Rethans, J, Scherpbier, A, ...

Objectives: To assess, using standardised patients (SPs), how rheumatologists diagnose psoriatic arthritis, whether the diagnostic efficiency is influenced by specific characteristics of the...

Haemodynamic effects of cigarette smoking during chronic selective and non-selective beta-adrenoceptor blockade in patients with hypertension.

Houben, H, Thien, T, Van 'T Laar, A

1 Haemodynamic effects of cigarette smoking before and during chronic treatment with propranolol and metoprolol were studied in 16 patients with essential hypertension. 2 Smoking of cigarettes...

Haemodynamic effects of cigarette smoking during β-adrenoceptor blockade—a reply

Houben, H., Thien, Th., Van 'Tlaar, A.

Effects of cold exposure on blood pressure, heart rate and forearm blood flow in normotensives during selective and non-selective beta-adrenoceptor blockade.

Houben, H, Thien, T, Wijnands, G, Van't Laar, A

Haemodynamic effects of a cold pressor test (foot immersion for 6 min in water at 5 degrees C) without medication and after the non-selective beta-adrenoceptor blocker propranolol and the selective...