VRIJE UNIVERSITEITPREVENTING SPORT INJURIESFrom evidence to practiceACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFTter verkrijging van de graad Doctor aande Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,op gezag van de rector magnificusprof.dr. V. Subramaniam,in het openbaar te verdedigenten overstaan van de promotiecommissievan de Faculteit der Geneeskundeop dinsdag 19 september 2017 om 13.45 uurin de aula van de universiteit,De Boelelaan 1105doorIngrid Vriendgeboren te WoerdenNederlandse titel:Preventie van sportblessures: van wetenschap naar praktijkISBN: 978-90-9030434-2Cover photo: Peter Traa, Bosbaan triathlon 2015Grafisch ontwerp en boekverzorging: Sander Visser, Ligaturen ontwerptPrinting: New Energy Drukwerk© 2017, I. Vriend, the NetherlandsAll rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or byany means, electronical or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any informationstorage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the author or, when appro-priate, from the publishers of the papers.The studies presented in this thesis were performed at the Consumer Safety InstituteVeiligheidNL, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and at the Department of Public & OccupationalHealth and the Amsterdam Public Health research institute of VU University Medical Center,Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Financial support for printing this thesis and related costs was kindly provided by VeiligheidNL,Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fysiotherapie in de Sportgezondheidszorg (NVFS) and VUUniversity Medical Center.Time to write this thesis was made available by VeiligheidNL.