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We are a research group within the Department of Public and Occupational Health of the Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, in  The Netherlands. Our research deals with the relationship between physical activity and health. Sufficient levels of physical activity are a necessity for good health, but also entail a risk of injury.

Within this capacity we participate in the Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS), which brings together the two Dutch leading groups on research and practice on prevention and treatment in sports medicine. ACHSS is one of the 10 IOC Research Centers for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health.

Through this website we will keep you updated on our own research and others' who deal with these topics.


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Mark your calendars .. we are hosting the 2019 International Ankle Symposium

September 19, 2017 in Healthy Sports

Fresh out of this year's International Ankle Symposium, hosted by the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNC Chapel Hill, we are pleased to announce that the 8th edition will be held in Amsterdam. The year 2019 seems far away, but we have already started preparations to make you feel welcome.

The International Ankle Symposium is the primary venue by which the International Ankle Consortium disseminates the work of its constituents in an effort to present and discuss the most contemporary theories and research related to ankle joint clinical phenomena and related interventions, with a primary focus on chronic ankle instability (CAI). The symposium will feature many of the leading clinical and research experts in the area of ankle joint injury.

More information will follow soon ... stay in touch!

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