Publications

Every second retired elite female football player has MRI evidence of knee osteoarthritis before the age of 50 years

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This latest article to which we contributed, assessed knee health in retired female football players, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and self-report. The focus of analysis were degenerative changes of the tibiofemoral joint, and their relationship to osteoarthritis symptoms and previous knee injury. Serious degenerative changes were found in a high number of former elite female football players knees as soon as 10years after their professional career with a significant impact on their QOL.

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Prevalence and correlates of domain- specific sedentary time of adults in the Netherlands

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Relatively little is known about how total sedentary time is accumulated in different domains and if correlates of sedentary time differ across domains. Time use surveys present a unique opportunity to study sedentary time in more detail. One of our latest studies aimed to use the 2006 Dutch time use survey to 1) describe the (sedentary) time use of Dutch adults, and to 2) explore socio-demographic and health-related correlates of total (non-occupational) and domain-specific sedentary time.

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Bringing context to balance: development of a reactive balance test within the injury prevention and return to sport domain

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Balance tests are commonly used in clinical practice with applicability in injury prevention and return to sport decisions. While most sports injuries occur in a changing environment where reacting to a non-planned stimulus is of great importance, these balance tests only evaluate pre-planned movements without taking these dynamics environmental aspects into account. Therefore, the goal of this paper was to describe the development of a clinician-friendly test that respects these contextual interactions and to describe the test protocol of an adapted Y-balance test that includes environmental perception and decision-making.

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