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The human engine

Komt de man met de hamer? Of is er nog net voldoende energie over voor een winnende eindsprint?


Juiste sportvoeding kan het verschil maken tussen winnen en verliezen. Beweging kost energie, bij sporters soms zelfs heel veel energie. De spieren halen die energie uit de voeding, vooral uit de energiebronnen koolhydraten en vetten. De keuze voor de energiebron hangt af van de omstandigheden. De intensiteit van de inspanning, de voedingstoestand en de trainingsstatus van de sporter zijn van grote invloed. Bovendien is de voeding van de sporter interessant voor de wetenschap: voortdurend zijn er onderzoeken die weer nieuwe inzichten opleveren.

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Jeroen van Cutsem gagne le premier prix 'Gaston Beunen' au VK Symposium

Jeroen van Cutsem won the first 'Gaston Beunen' price at the symposium of 'Vereniging voor Kinesiologie' on friday 12/12/2014 with his oral presentation of the study:  'The influence of a mild thermal challenge and severe hypoxia on exercise performance and serum BDNF.'

 

Jeroen Van Cutsem1, Nathalie Pattyn1,4, Dirk Vissenaeken3, Gino Dhondt3, Kevin De Pauw1, Cajsa Tonoli1, Romain Meeusen1,5, Bart Roelands1,2.
1 Department of Human Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
2 Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO)
3 Center for Aviation Medicine, Military Hospital Queen Astrid, Brussels, Belgium
4 Vital Signs and Performance Monitoring, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium
5 School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia

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Cognitive performance in patients with chronic central sensitization pain

Persistent pain in the absence of structural pathology remains a challenging issue for clinicians. Besides the suffering from the pain itself, chronic ‘unexplained’ pain is often accompanied by other debilitating symptoms such as fatigue, sleep difficulties, dizziness, psychological symptoms, and cognitive problems among others. A growing body of scientific research underlines the involvement of a common pathophysiological mechanism of central sensitization (CS), commonly known as an hypersensitivity of the central nervous system, in overlapping chronic pain conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). One of the numerous common features seen in the majority of patients with chronic CS pain is the presence of debilitating cognitive dysfunctions. Cognitive complaints are some of the most frequent and significant contributors to social and occupational dysfunctions in these patients, thus having direct implications for their daily functioning.

The aim of this dissertation was to investigate possible associated and influencing factors of cognitive impairments in chronic CS pain conditions such as CFS, FM and chronic WAD. More specifically, the role of pain, health-related physical fitness and exercise were studied with regard to cognitive performance.

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