Takken

Associate Professor

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Biography

TIM TAKKEN MSc PhD is a medical exercise physiologist and associate professor in pediatrics at the Wilhemina Children’s Hospital of the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. He has a special interest in clinical pediatric exercise physiology.

He is currently director of the Clinical Exercise Testing Laboratory in the Wilhemina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht. Further he is the chair of the Dutch chapter of CPX international, boardmember of the European Group of Pediatric Work Physiology and the Principal Investigator for the Dutch Physical Activity Report Card for Children. Dr Takken published over 260 peer-reviewed papers and authored 4 books.

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Contact

ttakken@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Research groups

Congenital heart disease

Research aim

To improve long term cardiovascular and neurodevelopmental outcome in patients with severe congenital heart disease.

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Recent publications

All publications

Physical activity, health-related fitness, and physical performance in children with acquired hypothalamic dysfunction I M A A Van Roessel, J Van Schaik, L B Kleinlugtenbelt, S N van Duijn, M Burghard, T Takken, W J E Tissing, W P Bekkering, H M van Santen
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2025, vol. 33

Does stroke volume limit exercise capacity in TGA patients after the arterial switch operation? Renée S. Joosen, Michiel Voskuil, Wieke G. de Pater, Sebastiaan W.H.van Wijk, Dominika Suchá, Abraham van Wijk, Heleen B.van der Zwaan, Gregor J. Krings, Tim Takken, Johannes M.P.J. Breur
International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2025, vol. 19

The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescents Francisco B. Ortega, Kai Zhang, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Mark S. Tremblay, Gregor Jurak, Grant R. Tomkinson, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Katja Keller, Christine Delisle Nyström, Jennifer M. Sacheck, Russell Pate, Kathryn L. Weston, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Eric T. Poon, Lucy Joy M. Wachira, Ronald Ssenyonga, Thayse Natacha Q.F. Gomes, Carlos Cristi-Montero, Brooklyn J. Fraser, Claudia Niessner, Vincent O. Onywera, Yang Liu, Li Lin Liang, Stephanie A. Prince, David R. Lubans, Justin J. Lang, Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Adilson Marques, Aidan Gribbon, Anelise Reis Gaya, Antonio García-Hermoso, Arja Sääkslahti, Arunas Emeljanovas, Avery Faigenbaum, Bernadette Nakabazzi, Bojan Leskošek, Boris Popovic, Brendan O'Keeffe, Brian W. Timmons, Brigita Mieziene, Brooklyn Fraser, Caroline Brand, Cecilia Anza-Ramirez, Celia Alvarez-Bueno, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Charles H. Hillman, Claudia Niessner, Clemens Drenowatz, Costan G. Magnussen, Tim Takken,
Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2025, vol. 14

Psychometrics of Wearable Devices Measuring Physical Activity in Ambulant Children With Gait Abnormalities Huib van Moorsel, Barbara Engels, Jacek Buczny, Jan Willem Gorter, Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Tim Takken, Raoul H.H. Engelbert, Manon A.T. Bloemen
Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation, 2024, vol. 6

Physical Activity Levels, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Physical Literacy in Children with a Chronic Medical Condition Johannes J. Noordstar, Maaike C.A. Sprong, Martijn G. Slieker, Tim Takken, Cornelis K. Van Der Ent, Marco Van Brussel, Marije Bartels, Erik H.J. Hulzebos
Pediatric Physical Therapy, 2024, vol. 37, p.30-35

Feasibility and Reproducibility of Isokinetic Dynamometry in Children with Neuromuscular Diseases Danny R van der Woude, Tim Takken, Thijs Ruyten, Fay-Lynn Asselman, Ruben P A van Eijk, W Ludo van der Pol, Bart Bartels
Journal of Clinical medicine, 2024, vol. 13

External positions

Docent - Geven van scholing - TPA

Lid werkgroep Kindersportgeneeskunde - 4 x per jaar vergadering. - Vereniging Sportgeneeskunde nederland