AQUA - LEUVEN 2015 Book of Abstracts

106 Pages·2015·1.58 MB·English

by  J. Bakker

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Title:
Abstracts Book of the Second European Conference on Evidence Based Aquatic Therapy,
AQUA-LEUVEN 2015

Editor:
Daniel Daly

Publishers:
KULeuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences

Address:
Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, 3001,
Leuven, Belgium

Cover:

Reviewer:
Susana Maria Soares Ribeiro,Faculty of Sports, University of Porto

Leuven, Belgium, 2015

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Bibliographic reference:
Daly, D. (2015). Abstracts Book of the Second European Conference on Evidence Based Aquatic
Therapy, AQUA-LEUVEN 2015. Belgium: Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU
Leuven.
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Table of contents

Welcome messages ___________________________________________________________ 7
Sponsors ___________________________________________________________________ 9
Committees ________________________________________________________________ 10
Scientific committee ______________________________________________________ 10
Organizing committee _____________________________________________________ 10
Invited speakers ____________________________________________________________ 11
Podium Programme _________________________________________________________ 14
Wednesday 15 April, 2015 _________________________________________________ 14
Thursday 16 April, 2015 ___________________________________________________ 14
Friday 17 April, 2015 _____________________________________________________ 16
Saturday 18 April, 2015 ___________________________________________________ 17
Poster program _____________________________________________________________ 18
Conference abstracts _________________________________________________________ 24
Key notes _______________________________________________________________ 24
Podium presentations _____________________________________________________ 31
Poster presentations _______________________________________________________ 65
Author’s index ____________________________________________________________ 103

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Welcome messages

Welcome from the Dean of the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences: KU
Leuven

In the name of the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences of the KU Leuven I
want to welcome you to AquaLeuven. You are visiting one of the oldest Universities in the
world, founded in 1425. We are a research intensive University with 16 faculties organized in
3 groups: Humanities & Social Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and Science, Engineering &
Technology. Presently we have about 55,000 students in Leuven. In our Faculty we have
more than 2400 students in Bachelor, Master and PhD programs. To achieve our mission we
rely on more than 100 highly motivated and qualified academic colleagues. Our educational
programs are the disseminators of the scientific knowledge generated within the domain of
‘human movement’ and ‘moving humans’. We offer two bachelor programs (Ba in Physical
Education and Kinesiology, and Ba in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy) and three
master programs (Master of Physical Education and Kinesiology, Master of Rehabilitation
Sciences and Physiotherapy and an International Master in Adapted Physical Activity). We
also have programs in Sports Medicine and Occupational Therapy.
During the last few decades our research effort has also experienced strong growth, led by
two research departments, each generating a considerable scientific output in highly rated
journals. The Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences at the KU Leuven strongly
believes in the benefits of international cooperation. We want to pursue this scientific track,
not in the least by attracting students and researchers from abroad to spend varying time in
our laboratories.
Our faculty is located at the FaBeR-campus, where state-of-the-art sports facilities are
embedded in the beautiful green environment of the Arenberg park which you are
experiencing. Housing in the park provides the perfect mix for students and scholars from
Belgium or abroad to study and live in an open and friendly community atmosphere. We hope
you enjoy your stay in Leuven and that this will lead you to new ideas as well as friendships.

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Welcome from the Organizers,

In the name of the organization of AquaLeuven 2015 we want to welcome you to the
second European conference on evidence based aquatic therapy. Aquatic therapy and physical
activity in water in general are extremely popular and we all think that it is effective and even
more effective than other forms of therapy. We are here to examine and test this hypothesis.
We have about 140 participants from all parts of the world and as far away as New Zealand.
There are 7 keynote speakers, 34 podium presentations, 38 poster presentations as well as
workshops and pool demonstrations. These include all aspects of aquatic therapy and physical
activity in water covering therapeutic applications in several populations as well as learning
to swim and the therapeutic potential of performance and competition swimming. The topics
are diverse. We will also examine new topics such as the awareness of aquatic therapy as a
potential intervention and this in several settings. We have a full program but we hope there
will be sufficient opportunities to interact with old as well as new friends and colleagues.
We also want to take the time to thank everyone who helped to make this organization
possible. First of all our University and the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science
has provided us with superb facilities and assistance to organize this conference. EWAC
Medical has backed us from the beginning. Without Eric Legdeur and his crew there would
be no AquaLeuven. You will see some of this in your congress bag and especially at the pool
demo on Saturday. The Science Foundation Flanders has also provided financial support. We
want to thank our colleagues at the University of Gent, The Free University of Brussels and
the Université catholique de Louvain for their help here. The city of Leuven will offer you the
opening reception in our beautiful City Hall.
We are especially proud to have the IATF as a partner. They are making an important
contribution by sponsoring the congress bags and especially looking to the future by
presenting the young investigator award. Their expertise will also be demonstrated on
Saturday morning.
We want to thank the keynote speakers for taking time from their busy schedules to come
to Leuven to share their knowledge with you all. The scientific committee took the time to
carefully read all abstracts without personal gain. We particularly want to recognize all
participants who will make presentations either podium or poster. The success of a meeting
depends a many things but most of all on the quality of the work presented. I really want to
acknowledge all participants whoever you may be. We invite you to interact and hope this
will be days that you will not forget soon.
And finally we are very grateful to Susana Maria Soares Ribeiro from the University of
Porto who did the largest part of setting this book. Her experience and hard work we will
never forget.

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Sponsors

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Committees

Scientific committee

- Alice Nieuwboer - KU Leuven
- Anna Ogonowska-Słodownik - Józef Piłsudski Univ. of Physical Education, Warsaw,
Poland
- Antonio Cuesta-Vargas - University of Malaga, Spain
- Arianne Verhagen - Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Brendan Burkett - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Christine Van den Broeck - Universiteit Gent
- Daniel Daly - KU Leuven
- Dieter Van Assche - KU Leuven
- Eric Kerkhofs - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Filip Staes - KU Leuven
- Huub Toussaint - Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
- Ingi Þór Einarsson - University of Iceland
- Jane Hall - Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK
- Javier Gueita - King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
- Jens Bansi - Klinik Valens, Valens, Switzerland
- Johan Lambeck - KU Leuven
- Laurie Malone - Lakeshore Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Marc Francaux - Université catholique de Louvain
- Marlies DeClerck - University of Edinburgh, UK
- Mehmet Yanardag - Anadolu University, Eskisehir, TURKEY
- Osnat Fliess-Douer - Wingate Insitute, Netanya, Israel
- Ricardo Fernandes - University of Porto, Portugal
- Rob de Bie - University of Maastricht, Netherlands
- Sophie Heywood -The Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre, Australia
- Thierry Trooster - KU Leuven
- Tinus Jongert - Dutch Paramedical Institute, Amersfoort, Netherlands
- Urs Gamper - Klinik Valens, Valens, Switzerland
Organizing committee

- Daniel Daly - Chairman: KU Leuven
- Christine Van den Broeck - Universiteit Gent
- Christophe Delecluse – Dean of the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences
(FaBeR) , KU Leuven
- Eric Kerkhofs - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Johan Lambeck - Program Advisor: KU Leuven
- Marc Francaux - Université catholique de Louvain
- Marilyn Guffens - Communications Officer, FaBeR, KU Leuven
- Rik Gosselink - Vice Rector for Student Affairs and Sport Policy: KU Leuven
- Sofie Claessens - Adminstrative Director, FaBeR, KU Leuven
- Stefanie Verbeeck - Conference and Events: KU Leuven

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