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

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Developing International Consensus on Key Indicators for a 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Report Card in Early Childhood Wendy Y. Huang, Danqing Zhang, Mark S. Tremblay, Martin C.S. Wong, Cindy H.P. Sit, Sam W.S. Wong, Derwin K.C. Chan, Stephen H.S. Wong, Long Yin, Sunyue Ye, Guanghai Wang, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Patricia Tucker, Grant R. Tomkinson, Simone Tomaz, Brian W. Timmons, Chiaki Tanaka, Tim Takken, Gareth Stratton, Martyn Standage, Ann Christin Sollerhed, Mohd Razif Shahril, John Scriven, Olga Lucia Sarmiento, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Rute Santos, Blanca Roman-Viñas, John J. Reilly, Alessandra Prioreschi, Bee Koon Poh, Sabine Plancoulaine, Vincent O. Onywera, Line Grønholt Olesen, Timothy Olds, Christine Delisle Nyström, Paulina Nowicka, Nelson Nardo Junior, Rowena Naidoo, Jorge Mota, Shawnda A. Morrison, Clarice Martins, Taru Manyanga, Daga Makaza, Marlene Rosager Lund Pedersen, Himangi Lubree, Marie Löf, Yang Liu, Cong Liu, Eun Young Lee, Nicholas Kuzik,
Sports medicine - open, 2025, vol. 11

Fatigue in pediatric congenital heart disease Maartje D. Stutvoet, Anouk Vroegindeweij, Merel M. Nap-Van der Vlist, Johanna W. Hoefnagels, Dionne R.H. de Vos, Lisa Weijer, Tim Takken, Martijn G. Slieker, Sanne L. Nijhof
Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior, 2025, vol. 14, p.1-14

Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, activity behavior, physical literacy and parental sports participation in children with a critical congenital heart disease J. J. Noordstar, M.C.A. Sprong, F. C. Lenderink, M. G. Slieker, E.H.J. Hulzebos, T. Takken
Early Human Development, 2025, vol. 211

Myopathic Symptoms and Exercise Tolerance in Adolescent Patients With Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders Marit Schwantje, Marco van Brussel, Tim Takken, Monique G M de Sain-van der Velden, Mirjam Langeveld, Gepke Visser, Sabine A Fuchs
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2025, vol. 48

Two decades after the arterial switch operation R S Joosen, M C van de Veerdonk, A E Bohte, T Takken, A van Wijk, M G Dickinson, G J Krings, M Voskuil, J M P J Breur
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2025, vol. 27

Intra and Inter-Rater Reliability and Convergent Validity of the Canadian Agility and Movement Skill Assessment (CAMSA) in Children With a Critical Congenital Heart Defect Yannick A D Breeschooten, Johannes J Noordstar, Maaike C A Sprong, Anne de Kievit, Tim Takken, Erik H J Hulzebos
Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, 2025, vol. 37, p.327-334

External positions

Docent - Geven van scholing - TPA

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