Promotoren: Prof.dr.ir. D.F. Stegeman, Prof.dr. A. de Haan
Co-promotoren: dr. H.L. Gerrits

• Title pages (Full text in pdf format; 58kb)
  
• Chapter 1 General introduction and outline of the thesis (Full text in pdf format; 127kb)
  
• Chapter 2 Strength, size and activation of knee extensors followed during 8 weeks of horizontal bed rest and the influence of a countermeasure (Full text in pdf format; 156kb)
  
• Chapter 3 High-density surface EMG study on the time course of central nervous and peripheral neuromuscular changes during 8 weeks of bed rest with or without resistive vibration exercise (Full text in pdf format; 625kb)
  
• Chapter 4 Knee extensor fatigability after 8 weeks of bed rest with and without countermeasure (Full text in pdf format; 231kb)
  
• Chapter 5 Characteristics of fast voluntary and electrically evoked isometric knee extensions during 5 days of bed rest with and without countermeasure (Full text in pdf format; 202kb)
  
• Chapter 6 General discussion (Full text in pdf format; 97kb)
  
• Summary (Full text in pdf format; 58kb)
  
• Samenvatting (Full text in pdf format; 59kb)
  
• Publications (Full text in pdf format; 49kb)
  
• Dankwoord (Full text in pdf format; 62kb)
  
• Curriculum Vitae (Full text in pdf format; 46kb)
  

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