Freek Van de Casteele

@CasteeleFreek

PhD, Ghent University (@TeamDerave) • Football analytics 📊
Skeletal muscle fiber type composition research 🔬

Gent, België researchgate.net/profile/Freek-… Joined November 2019

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Freek Van de Casteele @CasteeleFreek Oct 3, 2024

Does one biopsy cut it? Short answer: no. Find out the longer answer below 🧵👇

This thread is based on our new @japplphysiol paper, where we investigated human muscle fiber type composition variability by analyzing repeated biopsies. Lots of them.

journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

journals.physiology.org Does one biopsy cut it? Revisiting human muscle fiber type composition variability using repeated... Human skeletal muscle fiber type composition varies greatly along the muscle, so one biopsy may not accurately represent the whole muscle. Recommendations on the number of biopsies and fiber counts...

Freek Van de Casteele @CasteeleFreek Jul 5, 2024

Always a pleasure to present at ECSS! This time on muscle fiber type composition variability with repeated biopsies in VL and GM.
#ECSS2024

Freek Van de Casteele @CasteeleFreek Jan 10, 2024

The first podcast I featured in as a guest is now online 📻👌

We're talking estimating muscle fiber type composition and applications in sports performance. What else did you expect?

Thanks @JohnNicolosi & Jack Williams from @MelbAthDev for having me!

melbourneathleticdevelopment.com.au/podcast/

Freek Van de Casteele @CasteeleFreek Oct 12, 2023

Another one! New paper indicating that slow typology field-based team sport players 🔵 can better maintain high speed running performance during a game. This time in AFL.

Kudos to @HenryHopwood and team for this one!

Henry Hopwood @HenryHopwood Oct 12, 2023

Excited to have my second paper from my masters research published in @IJSPPjournal.
Link to the article below.
@clareMINAHAN
@Phil_Bellinger
@heidithornton09
@TeamDerave
@MBourne5
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…
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Freek Van de Casteele @CasteeleFreek Oct 5, 2023

Is muscle fiber type composition (MFTC) important in professional football⚽️?🧵
In our new SJMSS paper we investigated if
1) fast and slow typology players naturally gravitate to/get selected for specific positions
2) MFTC impacts match running performance
doi.org/10.1111/sms.14…