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Gaston Beunen
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 204
Citations - 10943
Gaston Beunen is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Physical fitness & Twin study. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 204 publications receiving 10214 citations.
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Age at menarche in relation to anthropometric characteristics, competition level and boat category in elite junior rowers.
Albrecht Claessens,Jan Bourgois,Gaston Beunen,Renaat Philippaerts,Martine Thomis,Johan Lefevre,R Loos,Jacques Vrijens +7 more
TL;DR: There is no direct evidence to state that intensive rowing training has a negative influence on the maturation status of junior female athletes.
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Genome-wide linkage scan for contraction velocity characteristics of knee musculature in the Leuven Genes for Muscular Strength Study.
Gunther De Mars,An Windelinckx,Wim Huygens,Maarten Peeters,Gaston Beunen,Jeroen Aerssens,Robert Vlietinck,Martine Thomis +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that many small contributing genes are involved in causing variation in the torque-velocity relationship of the knee flexor and extensor muscles.
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Associations between daily physical activity and physical fitness in Flemish males: A cross-sectional analysis.
Renaat Philippaerts,Johan Lefevre,Katrien Delvaux,Martine Thomis,Bart Vanreusel,Bavo Vanden Eynde,Albrecht Claessens,Roeland Lysens,Gaston Beunen +8 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that physical activity during work was modestly, but inversely related to adiposity, and sport activity was beneficially associated to several fitness components, including cardiorespiratory fitness, trunk muscle strength, and upper body muscular endurance.
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The influence of maternal BMI and age in twin pregnancies on insulin resistance in the offspring
Ruth J. F. Loos,David I.W. Phillips,Robert Fagard,Gaston Beunen,Catherine Derom,Chantal Mathieu,Johan Verhaeghe,Robert Vlietinck +7 more
TL;DR: Novel findings suggest that in twin pregnancies, maternal factors are more important than fetoplacental factors in determining glucose-insulin metabolism in the offspring.
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Genome-wide linkage scan for maximum and length-dependent knee muscle strength in young men: significant evidence for linkage at chromosome 14q24.3
G. De Mars,An Windelinckx,Wim Huygens,Maarten Peeters,Gaston Beunen,Jeroen Aerssens,Robert Vlietinck,Martine Thomis +7 more
TL;DR: Many small contributing genes rather than a few important genes are involved in causing variation in different underlying phenotypes of muscle strength, and some overlap in promising genomic regions were identified among different strength phenotypes.