Publications
Post exercise hot water immersion and hot water immersion in isolation enhance vascular, blood marker, and perceptual responses when compared to exercise alone Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Exercise and passive heating induce some similar vascular hemodynamic, circulating blood marker, and perceptual responses. However, it remains unknown whether post exercise hot water immersion can synergise exercise derived responses and if they differ from hot water immersion alone. This study investigated the acute responses to post moderate-intensity exercise hot water immersion (EX+HWI) when compared to exercise (EX+REST) and hot water ...
Attentional abilities of children enrolled in immersion education in French-speaking Belgium Ghent University
Comparison of insulation provided by dry or wetsuits among recreational divers during cold water immersion (<5°C) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Divers thermal status influences susceptibility to decompression sickness hence the need for proper insulation during immersion in cold water. However, there is a lack of data on thermal protection provided by diving suits, hence this study.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two different groups of divers wearing either a wetsuit (n = 15) or a dry suit (n = 15) volunteered for this study. Anthropometric data and dive experience were ...
Intramuscular Temperature Changes in the Quadriceps Femoris Muscle After Post-Exercise Cold-Water Immersion (10°C for 10 min) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Post-exercise cold-water immersion (CWI) is a widely accepted recovery strategy for maintaining physical performance output. However, existing review articles about the effects of CWI commonly pool data from very heterogenous study designs and thus, do rarely differentiate between different muscles, different CWI-protocols (duration, temperature, etc.), different forms of activating the muscles before CWI, and different thickness of the ...
Embodying stressful events : no difference in subjective arousal and neural correlates related to immersion, interoception, and embodied mentalization Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Partial-body cryotherapy (-135°C) and cold-water immersion (10°C) after muscle damage in females Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This randomized controlled trial examined the effects of cold-water immersion (CWI), partial-body cryotherapy (PBC), or a passive control (CON) on physiological and recovery variables following exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD, 5 × 20 drop jumps) in females. Twenty-eight females were allocated to PBC (30 seconds at −60°C, 2 minutes at −135°C), CWI (10 minutes at 10°C), or CON (10 minutes resting). Muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2), ...
Effects of meta-topolin derivatives and temporary immersion on hyperhydricity and in vitro shoot proliferation in Pyrus communis Ghent University
Executive control performance and foreign-language proficiency associated with immersion education in French-speaking Belgium Ghent University
Perfusion of the skin's microcirculation after cold-water immersion (10°C) and partial-body cryotherapy (-135°C) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: Investigations of the perfusion of the skin's microcirculation with laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) after cold treatments are rare. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the effects between cold-water immersion (CWI) conduction and partial-body cryotherapy (PBC) convection on perfusion of the microcirculation and skin temperature on the thigh. Materials and Methods: Twenty healthy males were randomly allocated to ...