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Maastricht, The Netherlands
Joined May 2016
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New FREE paper in which we compare #hamstring fascicle behavior and muscle forces between the Nordic hamstring exercise, Roman chair and deadlift
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
More info, images & videos in thread ⬇️
@kenneth_meijer @BeBiomech @SamVanRossom @NMS_UM @HumanMoveSci_UM
🏅 DUTCH HALF MARATHON CHAMPION
Great to take another Dutch title, almost 10 years after the last one & after many 2nd & 3rd places in recent years.
Had a great battle in warm conditions with Nik Lemmink, which was only decided after 18 km. Podium completed with Frank Futselaar
11th place in 28.31 at the Europacup 10.000m last Saturday.
Reasonably happy with the result in such a strong field and also with the time considering the temperature (28 °C)
Looking forward to running the Europacup 10.000m for TeamNL this Saturday at La Spezia.
Live stream available from European Athletics YouTube. Men's a race starts at 18.40
Honored that our 2024 paper on per step and cumulative running loading has been selected as Paper of the Year in the internationally renowned Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports.
Link to paper in comments
Full-text link paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Link to paper of the year announcement: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
New study where we assessed
1) Real-world accuracy of 57 CPET systems
2) Inter-unit variability
Key finding: Significant variability, even between identical units: 1.98%–12.7% for V̇O2, 1.49%–8.10% for V̇CO2
More details and link to paper in the comments
🔹 Passing manufacturer calibration checks did not guarantee measurement accuracy 🔹 Inter-unit variability exceeded test–retest variability, raising concerns about using devices interchangeably within a lab 🔹 Neither system age nor annual maintenance predicted accuracy
Hoe moeilijk is het om de marathon onder 2 uur te lopen?
Samen met @Sportarts geef ik uitleg bij EditieNL
rtl.nl/nieuws/editienl/video…
The 6th of July we are organizing a Running Sciences Symposium prior to the ECSS conference at Lausanne with a great line up of speakers from science and practice.
Attendance is FREE, but spots limited. More info about the topics, and sign-up link here:
sport-science.org/index.php/…
New paper led by Qin Zhang where we show that runners with greater muscle strength show lower muscle activation during running
Mechanistically, hypertrophy enhances a fibers’ force capacity, thereby decreasing the need to recruit motor units
Full-text
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
9th overall & 1st Dutch male in 62.46 at Venloop Half Marathon
Great to race again!
Ran a very stable race without pushing too much (except for the last km to catch the 1st group paces), so this gives confidence towards the next races
Nice piece in the Observant about the work we are doing at Maastricht University on using wearables to prevent sports/MSK injuries & improve health
observantonline.nl/english/H…
Great team on this project: Zoi Balamouti Simon Loose Hans Essers Meijer Kenneth @atogear
Recent beantwoorde ik voor @parool enkele vragen over hardloopblessures. Lees het hier (of in de afbeelding beneden):
parool.nl/nederland/beweging…
NTR Wetenschap recently visited our lab to see how we are investigating how recreational runners train (in Dutch, but subtitles available)
Pt 1 Research setup youtube.com/shorts/ZWjGSroyF…
Pt 2 How we collect data youtube.com/shorts/BJDZqhbtm…
Pt 3 Some insights
youtube.com/shorts/mX_8sW5ZP…
New study where we determine
1 How reliable are CPET systems & how much do biological & technological variability contribute to overall test-retest variability?
2 (Re-)assessment of Calibre, VO2 Master, Vyntus, KORR during simulated and human exercise
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
- CPET inaccuracies can affect many outcomes. For example, cycling efficiency ranged between 17.8-20.9%, thus showing CPET inaccuracies can significantly influence estimates of cycling efficiency
There are many more interesting findings and implications in the paper, which is FREELY available here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…