The aim of the present study was to find early markers for overreaching that are applicable in sport practice. In a group of elite soccer players aged 15–18, the stress–recovery balance and reaction times before and after exercise were assessed. Overreaching was indicated by an elevated submaximal heart …

Background Fatness and fitness both influence cardiometabolic risk. Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate whether childhood fatness and increasing fatness from childhood to adolescence are associated with cardiometabolic risk during adolescence and how fitness affects this association. …

Dit onderzoek staat in het thema van kwaliteitsmanagementsystemen in de zorg. Vanuit de politiek neemt de druk op zorginstellingen toe om informatie over kwaliteit te registereren en te ontsluiten. Een veelgebruikt systeem voor kwaliteitsmanagement is HKZ (Harmonisatie Kwaliteitsbeoordeling in de Zorgsector). …

Talent development programmes for professional soccer clubs aim to guide players towards professional level performance. We identify whether the intermittent endurance capacity of these players may have changed over time. Since the 2000/2001 competition season, the intermittent endurance capacity of …

The present study examined whether performance characteristics discriminated between selected and deselected players in talent development programmes. This examination was carried out in talented soccer players, aged 16-18 years using objective measurement instruments. Four domains of multidimensional …

Sporters en coaches zijn voortdurend opzoek naar de beste balans tussen belasting en herstel om optimaal te kunnen presteren. Deze balans is per individu verschillend, met name door het verschil in individuele capaciteiten. De Groningen Monitoring Athletic Performance Study (MAPS) tracht kennis over …

In soccer, critical match events like goal attempts can be preceded by periods of instability in the balance between the two teams' behaviours. Therefore, we determined periods of high variability in the distance between the teams' centroid positions longitudinally and laterally in an international-standard …

The aim of this study was to prospectively monitor sport-specific performance and assess the stress-recovery balance in overreached (OR) soccer players and controls. During two competitive seasons, 94 players participated in the study. The stress-recovery balance (RESTQ-Sport) and sport-specific performance …

Het braak liggen van gronden in steden en dorpen is een verschijnsel van alle tijden, maar wordt versterkt onder druk van de huidige economische crisis. Door een inzakkende markt en financiële onmogelijkheden bij gemeenten en ontwikkelaars zijn vele bouwprojecten tijdelijk stopgezet of van tafel geveegd. …

The internet is becoming a tightly interwoven part of our everyday lives. There is a growing market for web services which augment the daily life of users trough products with an internet connection. We call these real world extensions of the web embedded media. In the last couple of years we explored …