Dr A.J.H.M. Houben, Ph.D.

Betz, M. W., Monsegue, A. P., Houben, L. H. P., Hendriks, F. K., van Kranenburg, J., Aussieker, T., Adriaans, B. P., Houben, A. J. H. M., Verdijk, L. B., van Loon, L. J. C., & Snijders, T. (2025). Aerobic Exercise Preconditioning Does Not Augment Muscle Hypertrophy During Subsequent Resistance Exercise Training in Healthy Older Adults. Sports Medicine, Article 110723. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02229-y

Betz, M. W., Fuchs, C. J., Chedd, F., Monsegue, A. P., Hendriks, F. K., van Kranenburg, J. M. X., Goessens, J., Houben, A. J. H. M., Verdijk, L. B., van Loon, L. J. C., & Snijders, T. (2025). Post-Exercise Cooling Lowers Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Perfusion and Blunts Amino Acid Incorporation into Muscle Tissue in Active Young Adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000003723

Steens, I. L. M., Ji, Y., Sedaghat, S., Pankow, J., Klein, B. E. K., Cotch, M. F., Mcclelland, R. L., Hayden, K. M., Hughes, T. M., Bancks, M. P., Houben, A. J. H. M., Kroon, A. A., Koster, A., Bosma, H., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., de Galan, B. E., & van Sloten, T. T. (2025). Diabetes and incident stroke and mediation by microvascular dysfunction: Pooled analysis of three population-based studies. Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism, 27(4), 2299-2304. Article 16217. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.16217

Beuken, M. J., Kleynen, M., Braun, S., Van Berkel, K., van der Kallen, C., Koster, A., Bosma, H., Berendschot, T. T., Houben, A. J., Dukers-Muijrers, N., van den Bergh, J. P., Kroon, A. A., Kanera, I. M., & Maastricht Study Management (2025). Identification of Clusters in a Population With Obesity Using Machine Learning: Secondary Analysis of The Maastricht Study. JMIR Medical Informatics, 13, Article e64479. https://doi.org/10.2196/64479

van Oeteren, M. A. J., Simons, N., Simons, P. I. H. G., van de Waarenburg, M. P. H., Kooi, M. E., Feskens, E. J. M., van der Ploeg, E. M. C. L., Van den Eynde, M. D. G., Houben, A. J. H. M., Schalkwijk, C. G., & Brouwers, M. C. G. J. (2025). Fructose restriction has beneficial effects on adipose tissue distribution but not on serum adipokine levels: Post-hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Clinical Obesity, 15(1), Article e12714. https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12714

Zhao, X., Schalkwijk, C., Kroon, A., Schram, M. T., Stehouwer, C., & Houben, A. (2024). Different Measures of Hyperglycemia Are Negatively Associated With Skin Microvascular Flowmotion: The Maastricht Study. Microcirculation, 31(7), Article e12882. https://doi.org/10.1111/micc.12882

Lear, R., Metcalf, B., Hillsdon, M., Bond, B., Koster, A., Vandercappellen, E., de Galan, B., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Houben, A., Kooman, J., Kroon, A. A., Bosma, H., Eussen, S. J. P. M., & Pulsford, R. (2024). Associations of between- and within-day patterns of physical activity accumulation with arterial stiffness and indices of microvascular health—Evidence from The Maastricht study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 34(5), Article e14649. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14649

van Gennip, A. C. E., Gupta, M. D., Houben, A. J. H. M., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Webers, C. A. B., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Koster, A., Wesselius, A., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Schalkwijk, C. G., de Galan, B. E., Köhler, S., Schram, M. T., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & van Sloten, T. T. (2024). Retinal microvascular function and incidence and trajectories of clinically relevant depressive symptoms: the Maastricht Study. Psychological Medicine, 1-10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724000618

Betz, M. W., Hendriks, F. K., Houben, A. J. H. M., Van Den Eynde, M. D. G., Verdijk, L. B., Van Loon, L. J. C., & Snijders, T. (2024). Type II Muscle Fiber Capillarization Is an Important Determinant of Post-Exercise Microvascular Perfusion in Older Adults. Gerontology, 70(3), 290-301. https://doi.org/10.1159/000535831

Beran, M., van Gennip, A. C. E., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Jansen, J. F. A., Gupta, M. D., Houben, A. J. H. M., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Webers, C. A. B., Wesselius, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Backes, W. H., de Jong, J. J. A., van der Kallen, C. J. H., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Köhler, S., Vonk, J. M. J., Geerlings, M. I., Schram, M. T., & van Sloten, T. T. (2024). Microvascular Dysfunction and Whole-Brain White Matter Connectivity: The Maastricht Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(3), Article e9112. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.031573