Disuse leads to rapid loss of skeletal muscle mass and function. It has been hypothesized that short successive periods of muscle disuse throughout the lifespan play an important role in the development of sarcopenia. The physiological mechanisms underlying short-term muscle disuse atrophy remain to …

AIMS: Despite its general benefits for health, exercise complicates the maintenance of stable blood glucose concentrations in individuals with type 1 diabetes. The aim of the current study was to examine changes in food intake, insulin administration, and 24-h glycemic control in response to consecutive …

Studies monitoring vitamin D status in athletes are seldom conducted for a period of 12 months or longer, thereby lacking insight into seasonal fluctuations. The objective of the cur-rent study was to identify seasonal changes in total 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concen-tration throughout the year. …

Is het haalbaar om het energielabel binnen het bedrijf op te zetten en zit er voldoende meerwaarde in? Met deze vraagstelling is er aan het werk gegaan en is het vertaald naar dit afstudeerproject. Vanuit de overheid is het verplicht om voor de woning- en utiliteitsbouw een energielabel af te geven. …

Background: Most studies on birth settings investigate the association between planned place of birth at the start of labor and birth outcomes and intervention rates. To optimize maternity care it also is important to pay attention to the entire process of pregnancy and childbirth. This study explores …

Non-pharmacological interventions such as mirror therapy are gaining increased recognition in the treatment of phantom limb pain; however, the evidence in people with phantom limb pain is still weak. In addition, compliance to self-delivered exercises is generally low. The aim of this randomised controlled …

Patients with non-specific low back pain (LBP) may use postural control strategies that differ from healthy subjects. To study these possible differences, we measured the amount and structure of postural sway, and the response to muscle vibration in a working cohort of 215 subjects. Subjects were standing …

Met medewerking van: Guust van Gennip, Rowan Kuper en Luc van ’t Oever. Studenten CMV, Hogeschool Utrecht. Met dit verslag van het onderzoekstraject naar onze maatschappelijke opbrengsten zetten we een eerste stap naar het beschrijven en onderbouwen van de attributie van Harten voor Sport aan de huidige …

Na een bewogen seizoen, met acht bijeenkomsten van De Agenda in 2015 - van Rotterdam tot Arnhem - en maar liefst 400 individuele deelnemers, wilden we gezamenlijk afsluiten waar we zijn begonnen, in Amsterdam. In een extra lange sessie maakten we de balans op, blikten we terug én vooruit. We vroegen …

Objectives: To cross-validate the existing peak rate of oxygen consumption (VO2peak) prediction equations in Dutch law enforcement officers and to determine whether these prediction equations can be used to predict VO2peak for groups and in a single individual. A further objective was to report normative …