Projects
Prospective associations between sedentary behaviour, physical activity, physical fitness and metabolic risk in Flemish adult men and women. Ghent University
The present research project focuses on the longitudinal or prospective analysis of physical (in)activity, physical fitness and its components, and some health-related parameters in Flemish adults. Besides the investigation of the validity of a continuous metabolic risk score, relationship with lifestyle behavior and several health-related fitness components will be examined.
Behavioral and psychoendocrinological rodent studies on the consequences of disturbances in mother-infant bonding for adult emotional, social and cognitive functioning KU Leuven
The first 1001 days of life, from conception to the second birthday, are crucial for child development. Infancy constitutes a sensitive period for neurodevelopment when experiences can induce lasting consequences in brain function and behavior. Different kinds of early-life stress (ELS) exist and increase the risk of development of psychopathology in later life. However, the specific consequences of ELS into adulthood are unclear and so are ...
Advancing upper limb rehabilitation in perinatal and adult stroke: a combined behavioral and neuroimaging investigation KU Leuven
The MOTHERMOUSE project: Behavioral and psychoendocrinological rodent studies on the importance of early maternal bonding for adult social and cognitive functioning KU Leuven
Children’s attachment to parental caregivers plays a central role in the etiology of various social and cognitive defects. Since it is ethically inappropriate to involve human infants in invasive experimental research on attachment, the present application proposes experiments in laboratory mice to investigate the biopsychological and psychoendocrinological mechanisms of parent-infant bonding and adult social and cognitive performance. We ...
What works for whom, under which circumstances and how: opening the black box of mHealth interventions to reduce older adults’ sedentary behavior Ghent University
With the increasing number of older adults in the society, healthy aging has become a public health priority. Targeting older adults’ sedentary behavior seems to be a promising strategy to foster healthy aging. Unfortunately, only a limited number of mobile health (mHealth) interventions exist to reduce sedentary behavior in older adults. Nevertheless, recent evidence has shown that mHealth interventions are more effective in reducing ...
Precious Prompts: developing an innovative just-in-time adaptive prompt-based intervention aimed at interrupting prolonged bouts of sedentary behavior in older adults Ghent University
Considering the rapid growth of the global aging population, healthy aging has become a key priority of the World Health Organization. Healthy aging can be promoted by targeting health behaviors, such as sedentary behavior. A promising way to disrupt sedentary behavior, is to bring this automatic behavior and its context into conscious awareness by providing point-of-choice prompts to stand or move. However, in previous prompt-based ...
Stand Up, Stay Top! Tackling sedentary behavior in older adults through a feedback-based intervention Ghent University
The population of older adults is expected to increase considerably in the coming decades. This increase poses a major public health challenge, as aging is associated with a reduction in physical and cognitive functioning and health-related quality-of-life.
Decreasing sedentary behavior – or sitting – might be a promising strategy to foster healthy aging. Yet, few interventions have targeted older adults’ sedentary behavior. Moreover, ...
Stand Up, Stay Top - a theory-based mHealth intervention aimed at the reduction of sedentary behavior in older adults Ghent University
The population of older adults is expected to increase considerably in the coming decades. This increase poses a major public health challenge, as aging is associated with a reduction in physical and cognitive functioning. The decline impedes older adults to live independently, and to maintain their quality-of-life. As a result, the demand for health care will rise dramatically. Emerging evidence shows that sedentary behavior contributes to ...
INTERPLAY WITHIN THE DAY: optimizing intra-day glucose control by intervening on the day-to-day 24-hour movement behavior patterns in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Ghent University
Only 24.9% of the Belgian adults (25-50 years) with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) achieve the glycemic target. This can be explained by the challenging day-to-day diabetes management which places a substantial burden on this population. However, a tight glucose control is fundamental in order to prevent the development of acute and chronic complications. Despite the added value of continue glucose monitors to glucose control, optimizing ...