Fifteen percent of the world’s population live with disability, and many of these individuals choose to play sport. There are barriers to sport participation for athletes with disability and sports injury can greatly impact on daily life, which makes sports injury prevention additionally important. The purpose of this review was to systematically review the definitions, methodologies and injury rates in disability sport, which should assist future identification of risk factors and development of injury prevention strategies.
Read MoreMiriam van Reijen just got the second paper in her PhD out in Sports Medicine. This review sought to described how sport injury prevention studies vary in the way compliance with an intervention is defined, measured and adjusted for. The review was conducted in conjunction with our colleagues from the Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP).
Read MoreEvidence on the detrimental health effects of prolonged sedentary behavior is accumulating. Interventions need to have a specific focus on sedentary behavior in order to generate clinically meaningful decreases in sedentary time. When evaluating such intervention, the question whether a participant improved or deteriorated their behavior is fundamental and instruments that are able to detect those changes are essential. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the criterion validity against activPAL and responsiveness to change of two activity monitors (ActiGraph and activPAL) and two questionnaires for the assessment of occupational sitting and standing time.
Read MoreWe just got word that our ACHSS team has been proposed and nominated for the VU University medical center Team Award 2015. Of course we hope to turn this nomination into this highly regarded price, yet the nomination in itself is already a great reward for the effort of the whole team! The winning team will be announced on January 4th .. so stay tuned for more.
Read MoreOn november 24th, Laura Viester will defend her thesis on worksite health promotion in the construction industry. This project was carried in a joint effort between our research group, the research group Work and Health of our department and TNO.
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