Maarten van Egmond

Physical functioning in surgical patients with esophageal cancer From risk stratification to targeted physiotherapy Thesis University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands This PhD thesis was embedded within Amsterdam Movement Sciences research institute, at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands The work described in this thesis was financially supported by a research grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) (no. 023.003.016). ISBN: 978-94-6416-137-3 Author: Maarten van Egmond Cover design and layout: © evelienjagtman.com Printed by: Ridderprint | www.ridderprint.nl Printing of this thesis was financially supported by: • Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, www.amsterdamumc.nl • The Scientific College Physical Therapy (WCF) of the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy, www.kngf.nl • Physitrack®, www.physitrack.nl • Amsterdam Movement Sciences (AMS), www.amsterdamresearch.org/web/amsterdam-movement-sciences/home.htm Copyright © Maarten van Egmond, Amsterdam, the Netherlands All rights reserved. No parts of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission of the author.