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The SportsComp project’s three e-learning courses developed in Work Package 3 are ready. Development of the courses took place during a 9-month period, between June 2024 - March 2025. The three e-learning courses were developed based on the competency update of Work Package 2.

We have launched our new BLITS website! Take a quick look at https://blits.vub.be/. 

Led by Prof Kevin De Pauw , researcher Arnau Dillen from the Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy (MFYS) research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has developed a brain-computer interface, in which the brain controls a robotic arm.

The SportsComp Erasmus+ project. An initial WP2 Protocol Overview: The International and Multidisciplinary Delphi and Qualitative Study.

Our recent publication "Deficits in neurocognitive performance in patients with chronic ankle instability during a neurocognitive balance task - A retrospective case-control study" sheds light on the neurocognitive aspects of chronic ankle instability, a common complication following ankle sprains.

We are pleased to announce that the Erasmus+ collaborative project, Higher Education to Improve Competence in Sports Physiotherapy (SportsComp), has been awarded €400,000 for a 3-year international project.

  Study objective We will ask you to collect all data and information necessary for the study - such as your demographic data (age, weight, height, gender) as well as data on your medical history, your medication use and your dependence on certain products (tobacco use, alcohol consumption) .

Kick-off Backyard Project with world-class ultra-endurance athletes.  In the picture Merijn Geerts with a personal record of 677km.  Stay tuned for more info. 

VUB professor Bart Roelands heads the Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy research group. One of his specialisations is thermoregulation.    The heater is a lot lower, at home and at work. Some don't even turn on the heating. How should you dress?   That is not difficult.