Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation profile
The merged research group MOVE (= former BEGE+BEPR+MODI groups) was founded in 2020, with Prof. Dr. Eva D’Hondt as current chair, and is part of the Department of Movement and Sport Sciences (BESW) of the Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy (LK). The ‘Movement and Nutrition for Health and Performance’ research group unites the enthusiasm and expertise of young and more experienced researchers, focusing on 3 prominent lines of research.
1. Health
Research into:
- Health-related behavior, including the measurement and analysis of physical activity, sedentary behavior, physical fitness, exercise/movement patterns, diet and sleep.
- Determinants to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior, both at the individual and environmental level.
- Determinants of nutritional habits and specific dietary patterns, both at the individual and environmental level.
- Energy-balance related behavior linked to well-being in different populations, with specific attention to critical transition periods during the life course.
- The economic evaluation of clinical protocols and health interventions.
- Body composition, growth and development.
2. Performance
Research into:
- Factors influencing sports performance from different perspectives:
- Biomechanical analysis (2D/3D) of sport specific movements.
- Technical and tactical aspects of different sports and disciplines.
- Nutritional aspects linked to sport specific body and performance characteristics.
- Physical and psychological aspects linked to different sports and disciplines.
- Growth and morphologic development in relation to sport specific performance.
- The development and assessment of effective training programs.
- Facilitating and supporting progress and achievements in elite sport as well as in sport participation at every level for different target and age groups.
3. Motoriek en didactiek
Research into:
- The promotion of ‘physical literacy’, linked to aspects of motor skills, pedagogy and didactics, both at the level of the individual, (educational) practice and (health) policy.
- Motor competence as building block for a physically active lifestyle, including the development and validation of new tools to assess actual and/or perceived competence in different movement contexts.
- The role of motor coordination (in combination with growth, development, maturity, body composition, etc.) in the context of health in the general population, and more specifically injury prevention within (elite) youth sports.
- Fundamental and applied biomechanics as well as motor control in various target populations.
- Pedagogical and didactic methods in the interest of creating more effective, efficient, motivating and activating learning environments promoting movement and health.
- The assessment of (independent vs. supervised) self-study and integrated forms of evaluation within health-related educational programs.
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Profiles
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Dirk Aerenhouts
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Movement and Nutrition for Health and Performance
- Movement and Sport Sciences - Academic
Person: Researcher, Professor
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Jean-Pierre Baeyens
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Movement and Nutrition for Health and Performance
- Movement and Sport Sciences - Academic
- Biomechanics
Person: Researcher, Professor
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Inge Bogaert
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Movement and Nutrition for Health and Performance
- Multidisciplinair Inst. Lerarenopleiding - Academic
- Movement and Sport Sciences - Academic
Person: Researcher
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Lise Buelens
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Movement and Nutrition for Health and Performance
- Movement and Sport Sciences - Academic
Person: Researcher
Projects
- 3 Active
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FWOTM1023: Fatigue and Stroke Recovery (FaStR): Trajectories of Sleep, Physical Activity & Inflammation as Potential Mediators. A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
Scheys, E., Swinnen, E., Beckwée, D., Aerenhouts, D. & Njemini, R.
1/11/20 → 31/10/22
Project: Fundamental
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OZR3662: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - UGent, VERMOTE Marie
8/07/20 → 7/07/24
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out
International Motor Competence Network (IMCN), 1 Jan 2021, In : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 1, p. 1-20 20 p., 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Efforts needed for preventing breast and colorectal cancer through changes in dietary patterns
Mullie, P., 2021, In : European Journal of Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The impact of non-residential grandchild care on physical activity and sedentary behavior in people aged 50 years and over: Study protocol of the Healthy Grandparenting Project
Vermote, M., Deliens, T., Deforche, B. & D'Hondt, E., 6 Jan 2021, In : BMC Public Health. 21, 1, 38.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Vitamin C in East-Greenland traditional nutrition: a reanalysis of the Høygaard nutritional data (1936-1937).
Mullie, P., Deliens, T., Pieter, M., van Veelen, L. & Clarys, P., 2021, In : International Journal of Circumpolar Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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21st century skills development and assessment in higher education: a systematic review
Van Roey, A., Derom, I., De Bosscher, V. & De Martelaer, K., 2020, (Unpublished).Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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Activities
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Commissie Topsport VUB: Dual career at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel - New facts & figures
Koen De Brandt (Speaker), Paul Wylleman (Speaker), Evert Zinzen (Contributor), Gert Sonck (Contributor)14 Jan 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a school event
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Plantaardig eten: een MUST!
Evelien Mertens (Speaker)19 Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Validation of a novel device for horizontal weight-bearing for dynamic computer tomography: A surface EMG study
Luca Buzzatti (Speaker), Benyameen Keelson (Contributor), Joris van der Voort (Contributor), Jef Vandemeulebroucke (Contributor), Jean-Pierre Baeyens (Contributor), Nico Buls (Speaker), Gert Van Gompel (Contributor), Ben Serrien (Contributor), Erik Cattrysse (Speaker)2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Voeding en (duur)sport
Evelien Mertens (Speaker)20 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Healthy plant-based nutrition
Evelien Mertens (Speaker)17 Apr 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar