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All our research is embedded in the UMCG research institutes “Northern Center for Healthcare Research” (NCH) and “Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences” (BCN). The research performed is organized according to three broad topic areas:
- Overuse injuries
- Physical activity and sports injuries
- Sport and physical activity in special populations
Below, the titles and names of the currently running funded research projects in each topic:
OVERUSE INJURIES
| Tendinopathies |
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TOPGAME-study
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Hans Zwerver, Henk van der Worp, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Evert Verhagen, Fred Hartgens, Ron Diercks
Financing: ZonMW
Information: www.topgamestudie.nl
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TOP-PRIK - study
Mathijs van Ark, Hans Zwerver, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Ron Diercks
Financing: UMCG
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Chronic tendinopathy
Paul van Wilgen, Hans Zwerver, Rienk Dekker
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TOP-shock study
Henk van der Worp, Hans Zwerver, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Ron Diercks
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Physical activity and sports injuries
SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS
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Disability Sport
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Sport with a prosthesis: obstacles and opportunities.
Rienk Dekker, Jan Geertzen, Gert-Jan Pepping |
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| Research projects in cooperation with the Hanze University Groningen |
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Healthy Life style
Adrie Bouma, Paul van Wilgen, Koen Lemmink, Arie Dijkstra, Ron Diercks
Different methods are used for physical activity promotion such as: lifestyle campaigns, telephone counseling, or oral counseling with or without physical activities. These studies however described contradictory effects. Moreover, a large percentage of participants stopped being physically active after the intervention (Bredahl et al, 2008). Physical activity counseling interventions among primarily sedentary individuals should be partly based on barrier and task self-efficacy (Blanchard, 2007).
Therefore, this study will develop a new perspective of lifestyle counseling in primary care. A method will be developed that aims to change people's behavior by focusing on circumventing barriers
to reduce relapse by tailored goal setting (little steps)
and releasing guidelines of physical activity. This intervention focuses on preventing relapse.
How to prevent knee injury in fast sports conditions: the difference between men and women
Anne Benjaminse, Bert Otten, Koen Lemmink en Ron Diercks
A research project looking at prevention of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female and male soccer players. We will investigate the effects of an intervention program on the central somatosensory and neuromuscular system and how the intervention program will potentially promote dynamic stability of the knee, with the ultimate goal to reduce the incidence of ACL injuries. After establishing the effect of the intervention program in a selected sample of soccer players, we will investigate the possibilities to prospectively conduct the program at a larger scale
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The University Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health – Groningen is a joint venture between the Centre of Human Movement Sciences and the Centre for Sports Medicine of the University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. The centre was founded in 2003 and has become operational in 2005 thanks to generous funds of ZonMW.
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