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Topsport als middel Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Onder druk van de gestegen concurrentie investeren overheden alsmaar meer om topsportsucces te behalen op het internationaal strijdtoneel. Dit heeft geleid tot een mondiale medaillewedloop, waarbij landen op zoek gaan naar de maatschappelijke return van hun investeringen. Onder meer door een sterkere strategische beleidsvoering heeft Vlaanderen doelgerichte keuzes gemaakt met als inzet de kansen op medailles te verhogen. Net als in andere landen ...

Open service platforms for promoting healthy active ageing via online interactive training and assessment tools. KU Leuven

Werner Helsen

Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences

Collaborative project between the KU Leuven and the Lithuanian Sports University for the organization of open service platforms for the promotion of healthy active aging through online interactive training and the creation of tools for assessing.

Modulation of Memory-Related Brain Networks with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: A Multimodal Neuroimaging Investigation KU Leuven

Genevieve Albouy

Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group

Motor memory consolidation is supported by the dynamical interaction between striato- and hippocampo-cortical networks (1-3). However, it remains unknown whether these networks can be modulated in order to influence consolidation. The aim of this project is to use an innovative and comprehensive multimodal approach in order to investigate whether non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) can be used to modulate the interaction between these ...

The research platform Sport KU Leuven

Jeroen Scheerder

Policy in Sports & Physical Activity Research Group

The research platform Sport distinguishes three main research lines: policy monitoring, sport participation and the broad motor development in young children.

Implementation of a movement project and policy in Flemish schools: Investigation of the impact on mental and physical well-being of children and adolescents KU Leuven

Michel Probst

Research Group for Adapted Physical Activity and Psychomotor Rehabilitation

A worldwide trend indicates a decrease in physical activity in children and adolescents. Physical inactivity is an important risk factor for mental as well as physical health. Several studies indicate that schools are the ideal setting for promotion of physical activity in children and adolescents, as there is no other institute with a greater influence on the development of children. Moreover, a school setting allows to reach all children in ...

The promotion of a physically active lifestyle through quality Physical Education. KU Leuven

Peter Iserbyt

Physical Activity, Sports & Health Research Group

The aim of this project is to develop an instructional and curricular strategy to promote a physically active lifestyle through quality physical education in secondary schools. Increasing the physical activity levels of school-aged youth is a significant factor in the reduction of obesity and health problems.The research is framed within the behavior analytic tradition and extends a curricular pedagogical approach known as Sport Education. In ...

Top facilities Ghent University

Frank Witlox

Department of Geography

Fase 1. Uitwerken van een operationele definitie voor topvoorzieningen in Vlaanderen en Brussel op het vlak van zorg, kennis, cultuur, sport en toerisme
Fase 2. De bestaande toestand aan topvoorzieningen in Vlaanderen en Brussel in kaart brengen.
Fase 3. Kloofanalyse over situatie topvoorzieningen en visie over het totaalpakket
Fase 4. Ruimtelijke borrowed size/agglomeration shadow analyse in de selectie van ...

The Flemish Trainer School; a partnership between Bloso, the Flemish universities and sports federations. KU Leuven

Christophe Delecluse

Physical Activity, Sports & Health Research Group

This cooperation includes specific unlocking and sharing of sport specific and sport-border scientific information and more general training and continuing education of sports coaching frameworks.

The effect of different attention strategies on the experience of aversive bodily sensations during physical activity Ghent University

Stefaan Van Damme

Department of Experimental clinical and health psychology

The effects of two opposing attention strategies, i.e., distraction and monitoring, on perceptual, cognitive-affective, and physiological indicators of physical discomfort during various forms of physical activity are systematically investigated by means of a series of laboratory experiments and field studies. It is specifically examined whether the tendency to appraise bodily sensations as threatening moderates the relative effectiveness of ...

Unraveling the role of the hypoxia factor HIF-2a in muscle atrophy. KU Leuven

Ludo Van Den Bosch, Peter Hespel, Katrien De Bock

Laboratory for Neurobiology (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research), Exercise Physiology Research Group

Skeletal muscle is essential to life as it provides the mechanical power for locomotion and breathing. In our aging population, loss of muscle mass due to long- term inactivity is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It is also a critical component of neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and although the role of muscle in ALS is debated improving muscle functioning prolongs survival. Thus, preventing ...

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