Potential benefits of collagen for athletes
Professor Luc van Loon discusses the evidence around collagen for athletes, with a focus on musculoskeletal tissue remodelling.
You will learn about:
Turnover rates of musculoskeletal tissues (muscle, bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons)
The role of protein and amino acids in protein synthesis
Collagen supplementation in musculoskeletal tissue remodelling
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Professor Luc van Loon
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Potential benefits of collagen for athletes
In this lecture on "Potential benefits of collagen for athletes", Professor Luc van Loon outlines the potential effect of collagen, as well as protein, for musculoskeletal tissue remodelling. Luc first provides an overview of muscle protein anabolism with exercise and protein nutrition. Luc then describes potential stimuli that may stimulate the remodelling of other musculoskeletal tissues, including ligaments, tendons and cartilage. The lecture concludes with a state-of-the-art overview of collagen as a dietary supplement.
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Professor Luc van Loon
Luc van Loon is a Professor of Physiology of Exercise and Nutrition at the Department of Human Biology at Maastricht University Medical Centre+. Luc has an international research standing in the area of skeletal muscle metabolism and is generally considered as one of the top experts in the field of protein metabolism in athletes. Research in his laboratory focuses on the skeletal muscle adaptive response to exercise, and the impact of nutrition and exercise interventions to modulate muscle metabolism in health and disease. The main research interests of his laboratory include exercise metabolism, sports nutrition, adaptation to endurance and resistance type exercise, and the use of physical activity and/or dietary interventions to improve health in chronic metabolic disease and with ageing. The latter are investigated on a whole-body, tissue, and cellular level, with skeletal muscle as the main tissue of interest. The research group has authored more than 400 original, peer-reviewed research and review articles.
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