Projects
T-EX: Technology-based exercise protocols for knee osteoarthritis: A computational modeling framework combined with wearable technology, to support patient-specific exercise protocols in knee OA patients. KU Leuven
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic joint disease, for which no cure exists to reverse or stop progression. Joint loading plays an important role in cartilage homeostasis and therefore atypical joint loading is known to accelerate OA progression. Patientspecific exercise protocols, aiming to restore typical joint loading during daily life activities, therefore, holds the potential to slow down OA progression. We will leverage the ...
Genetic determinants of exercise performance and the response to exercise training in heart disease. The renin angiotensin system, autonomic, endothelial and muscular function. KU Leuven
The Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy AgeiNg (ENHANce) project: optimized and individualized anabolic interventions to improve physical performance in sarcopenic community-dwelling older persons. KU Leuven
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass and function with ageing. It is a hot topic in geriatric medicine due to its increasing prevalence and far-reaching consequences such as immobility, falls, fractures and death. To treat sarcopenia, we developed the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy AgeiNg (ENHANce) project, in which we examine the effect of proteins with or without omega-3 fatty-acid supplements on top of a physical exercise program. The ...
Induce pain to relieve pain: The effect of "exercise into discomfort" on clinical outcomes and ultrasound imaging parameters in patients with subacromial shoulder pain. University of Antwerp
Lifetime endurance exercise to prevent coronary artery disease. A comparison with late-onset endurance training and a sedentary lifestyle. KU Leuven
The aim of this project is to validate lifetime endurance exercise as a way of coronary prevention and thus provide a scientific basis for the implementation of endurance exercise programs in Flanders. We want to identify risk factors that are associated with the occurrence of side effects of endurance exercise, namely the occurrence of atrial fibrillation and manifest myocardial fibrosis. Through a better understanding of the dose-response ...
Counteracting sarcopenia through exercise. KU Leuven
As our understanding of the complex process of aging ...
Exercise epigenomics: microRNA as biomarker of exercise-induced cardiovascular adaptation University of Antwerp
Personalized Remotely Guided Preventive Exercise Therapy for a Healthy Heart - the PRIORITY project KU Leuven
PRIORITY aims to generate the scientific evidence for the use of
remotely guided exercise therapy as an accessible, clinical and costeffective
treatment to prevent the deleterious effects of sedentary
aging on the heart and forestall progression towards heart failure (HF).
In Belgium, an epidemic of HF exists, with 200 000 HF patients and 40
new cases every day. Mortality approaches 50% within 5 yrs of
diagnosis. ...