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Researcher

Freek Van de Casteele

Awards & Distinctions

15 Results

2025

Muscle fiber typing with special reference to high-level football : translating research from the lab to the pitch

Freek Van de CasteeleWim DeraveEline Lievens

2024

Does one biopsy cut it? Revisiting human muscle fiber type composition variability using repeated biopsies in the vastus lateralis and gastrocnemius medialis

Freek Van de CasteeleRuud Van ThienenOscar HorwathWilliam ApróThibaux Van der StedeMarcus MobergEline LievensWim Derave

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Estimating muscle fiber-type composition in elite athletes : a survey on current practices and perceived merit

Eline LievensFreek Van de CasteeleFien De BlockKim Van VosselTom VandenbogaerdeGareth N. SandfordPhillip BellingerClare MinahanJan BourgoisTrent Stellingwerff et al.

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE

In professional football the decline in high‐intensity running activities from first to second half is more pronounced in players with a fast muscle typology

Freek Van de CasteeleDieter DeprezJan Van HaarenWim DeraveEline Lievens

A1 Journal Article in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

The effects of residual dipolar coupling on carnosine in proton muscle spectra

Eline LievensKim Van VosselFreek Van de CasteeleWim DeraveJames B. Murdoch

A1 Journal Article in NMR IN BIOMEDICINE

2023

Can muscle typology explain the inter‐individual variability in resistance training adaptations?

Kim Van VosselJulie HardeelFreek Van de CasteeleThibaux Van der StedeAnneleen WeynsJan BooneSilvia Salinas BlemkerEline LievensWim Derave

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Muscle typology influences the number of repetitions to failure during resistance training

Kim Van VosselJulie HardeelFreek Van de CasteeleSarah de JagerEline LievensJan BooneWim Derave

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE

2022

Influence of muscle fiber typology on leg muscle hypertrophy and dynamic strength gains after 10 weeks of resistance training to failure

Kim Van VosselJulie HardeelAnneleen WeynsFreek Van de CasteeleEline LievensWim Derave

Influence of muscle fiber typology on leg muscle hypertrophy and dynamic strength gains after 10 weeks of resistance training to failure

Kim Van VosselJulie HardeelAnneleen WeynsFreek Van de CasteeleEline LievensWim Derave

Muscle fiber typology in national level football and its influence on in-game fatigue

Freek Van de CasteeleEline LievensKim Van VosselJulie HardeelWim Derave

Muscle fibre typology as a novel risk factor for hamstring strain injuries in professional football (soccer) : a prospective cohort study

Eline LievensKim Van VosselFreek Van de CasteeleEvi WezenbeekDieter DeprezStijn MatthysBram De WinneSteve McNallyWolter De GraafJames Burdoch et al.

A1 Journal Article in SPORTS MEDICINE

2021

CORP : quantification of human skeletal muscle carnosine concentration by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Eline LievensKim Van VosselFreek Van de CasteeleM. KrššákJ. B. MurdochD. E. BefroyWim Derave

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Sex-specific maturation of muscle metabolites carnosine, creatine and carnitine over puberty : a longitudinal follow-up study

Eline LievensKim Van VosselFreek Van de CasteeleAudrey BaguetWim Derave

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The influence of different training load quantification methods on the fitness-fatigue model

Kobe VermeireFreek Van de CasteeleMaxim GosseriesJan BourgoisMichael GhijsJan Boone

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE

2020

Is muscle typology in young talented track and field athletes a predictor for adult success?

Freek Van de CasteeleEline LievensKim Van VosselTine BexAudrey BaguetWim Derave