We are the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS). An initiative that brings together, within the Amsterdam UMC, two Dutch leading academic groups on research and clinical practice of athlete health protection. The ACHSS initiative is one of the 11 IOC Research Centers for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health.
Through this website we will keep you updated on our own research and others' who deal with these topics.
Amber von Gerhardt is a Medical Doctor and a former international judo athlete, currently working as a PhD-Candidate at the department of Orthopaedic Surgery under supervision of prof. Kerkhoffs and prof. Tol.
Her main research focuses on performance optimization and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in judo athletes.