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Researcher

Dries Pieters

Awards & Distinctions

12 Results

2025

Loading speed and intensity in eccentric calf training impact acute changes in Achilles tendon thickness and stiffness : a randomized crossover trial

Lauren PringelsDries PietersSarah Van Den BergheErik WitvrouwArne BurssensLuc Vanden BosscheEvi Wezenbeek

A1 Journal Article in MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE

The time-course of hamstring muscle passive stiffness and perceived tightness after strenuous exercise : is it time to start using localized stiffness measurements?

Dries PietersErik WitvrouwAdelheid SteyaertLuc Vanden BosscheJoke SchuermansSandro FreitasEvi Wezenbeek

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH

2024

Game on! Battling the obstinate hamstring injuries using shear wave elastography

Dries PietersErik WitvrouwAdelheid Steyaert

The impact of a 10-week Nordic hamstring exercise programme on hamstring muscle stiffness, a randomised controlled trial using shear wave elastography

Dries PietersErik WitvrouwAdelheid SteyaertLuc Vanden BosscheJoke SchuermansEvi Wezenbeek

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

2023

Biceps femoris proximal myotendinous junction size is associated with hamstring strain injury history and hamstring endurance in male soccer players : a case control study using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Joke SchuermansDries PietersErik WitvrouwSarah VanDen BergheEvi Wezenbeek

Is there an association between the jump-landing profile of volleyball players and the viscoelastic properties of the patellar tendon?

Dries PietersCamilla De BleeckerStefan VermeulenErik WitvrouwRoel De RidderEvi Wezenbeek

2022

Acute effects of warming up on Achilles tendon blood flow and stiffness

Dries PietersEvi WezenbeekRoel De RidderErik WitvrouwTine Willems

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH

Association between SARS-COV-2 infection and muscle strain injury occurrence in elite male football players : a prospective study of 29 weeks including three teams from the Belgian professional football league

Evi WezenbeekSander DenolfTine WillemsDries PietersJan BourgoisRenaat M. PhilippaertsBram De WinneMatthias WiemeRobbe Van HeckeLaurence Markey et al.

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Value of isokinetic strength testing for hamstring injury risk assessment : should the ‘strongest’ mates stay ashore?

Dries PietersErik WitvrouwEvi WezenbeekJoke Schuermans

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE

2021

Is inferior dual task performance as a risk factor for injury in youth soccer? A prospective study

Evi WezenbeekDries PietersTine WillemsJoke SchuermansErik Witvrouw

Return to play after a hamstring strain injury : it is time to consider natural healing

Dries PietersEvi WezenbeekJoke SchuermansErik Witvrouw

A1 Journal Article in SPORTS MEDICINE

The association between COVID-19 and muscle strain injury occurrence in elite soccer players : a prospective study

Evi WezenbeekSander DenolfDries PietersJan BourgoisRenaat PhilippaertsBram De WinneJoke SchuermansErik WitvrouwSteven Verstockt