On the 17th of November Margo Mountjoy will defend the work outlined in her PhD thesis. The purpose of this thesis was to examine the role of FINA, as an International Sports Federation, in preserving the health and well-being of the elite athlete and the global community. This thesis outlines the steps taken by FINA to meet the obligation to protect the health of the aquatic athlete and to promote global health.
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Recreational running highly beneficial for health of physically inactive adults
In order to implement running to promote physical activity, it is essential to quantify the extent to which running improves health. Therefore, the aim of this review was to summarise the literature on the effects of endurance running on biomedical indices of health in physically inactive adults.
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Iliotibial band and shank-forefoot alignment may contribute to patellar tendon overload
It was a pleasure to work together with the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil on this study, which just got published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sports. This manuscript describes a cross-sectional study on the association between lower limb alignment, range of motion/flexibility and muscle strength with the presence of patellar tendon abnormalities in male athletes.
Read MoreHealthy eating best approach against gestational diabetes mellitus?!
Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Despite this relationship, ways to prevent gestational diabetes mellitus remain unproven. A recent multicenter pilot study, which was co-authored by Judith Jelsma and Mireille van Poppel from our group, compared the impact of three lifestyle interventions on gestational diabetes mellitus risk; healthy eating [HE], physical activity [PA], and both HE and PA [HE+PA].
Read MoreA multistate framework for the analysis of subsequent injury in sport
This time a completely different type of manuscript. Evert Verhagen was involved with the birth of this methodological paper, which was was the product of a fruitful international collaboration. Physical activity is beneficial for many aspects of health but is associated with a risk of injury. Studies that assess causal risk factors of injury and reinjury provide valuable information to help develop and improve injury prevention programs. However, the underlying assumptions of analytical approaches often used to estimate causal factors in injury and subsequent injury research are often violated.
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