Tim Takken, Associate Professor, Clinical Exercise Physiology

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 220 peer-reviewed papers and authored 4 books.

This episode covered how to approach exercise and physical activity in those individuals with chronic health conditions. The paper can be found at:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21304338