Background: Athletes are frequently at risk of getting injured. Codarts University signals many injuries among their dance students. It is important to understand the factors that could influence injuries. Nutrition and more specifically protein is one of these factors. The effects of animal-based and …

The aim of the study was to investigate if and how body image, taken from a contextual perspective, contributes to the eating disorder history. This qualitative study investigated the process of eating disorder development in eight elite women athletes in at-risk sports. The results showed that the relationship …

Inleiding: Slechts 44% van de patiënten na een voorste kruisband reconstructie (VKBR) keren binnen een jaar terug naar zijn/haar sport op het oude niveau. Om te voorkomen dat patiënten onvoldoende hersteld terugkeren naar zijn er Return to sport (RTS) criteria opgesteld. Vaak wordt er bij de RTS-criteria …

Introduction – Prevention programmes have been shown to have a positive effect on prevention of injury, however, stretching has limited evidence of effectiveness in preventing injury. This systematic review was undertaken to examine the evidence that stretching prevention protocol has demonstrated effectiveness …

Purpose: To provide insight on the effect of wheelchair settings on wheelchair mobility performance (WMP). Methods: Twenty elite wheelchair basketball athletes of low (n = 10) and high classification (n = 10) were tested in a wheelchair-basketball-directed field test. Athletes performed the test in their …

Purpose: To examine the effects of different small-sided games (SSGs) on physical and technical aspects of performance in wheelchair basketball (WB) players. Design: Observational cohort study. Methods: Fifteen highly trained WB players participated in a single 5v5 (24-s shot clock) match and …

Inleiding Blessures zijn een groot probleem voor hardlopers. Zo raakt jaarlijks 64% van de midden-lange afstandslopers, 32% van de lange afstandslopers en 52% van de marathonlopers geblesseerd (1). Blessures veroorzaken niet alleen persoonlijk leed, maar hierdoor kunnen hardlopers ook niet (goed) trainen …

BACKGROUND: Whether hip range of motion (ROM) is a risk factor for groin pain in athletes is not known. OBJECTIVES: To systematically review the relationship between hip ROM and groin pain in athletes in cross-sectional/case-control and prospective studies. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review, prospectively …

Hop tests are frequently used to determine return to sports (RTS) after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Given that bilateral deficits are present after ACLR, this may result in a falsely high limb symmetry index (LSI), since LSI is calculated as a ratio between the values of the limbs.HypothesisAthletes …