Discipline codes:
Physiotherapy (03030603), Rehabilitation (03030604), Motor control (03030503), Biomechanics (03030501), Biomechanics (03020301), Musculo-skeletal systems (03022601), Rehabilitation sciences (03022602)
Supervised PhDs
BREATHE-(H)IT: Multimodal whole-body high-intensity training to improve inspiratory muscle function in persons with chronic nonspecific low back pain
Sim Klaps for the title Doctor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Hyperventilation in recurrent non-specific low back pain: a bottom-up and top-down perspective
Sofie Van Wesemael for the title Doctor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Back to Back: the forgotten role of back muscle characteristics to tailor exercise therapy for recurrent non-specific low back pain
Vasiliki Karagiannopoulou for the title Doctor of Rehabilitation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Sensory Integration and Balance Control During Standing and Walking under Challenging Conditions in Healthy Young and Older Adults
Esma Kolbasi for the title Doctor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
The PROFit Multi Study: The role of lumbar proprioceptive deficits, fear-related factors and inflammation in pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain: a follow-up study in pregnant women
Myrthe Gregoor for the title Doctor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (doctorate in progress)
The role of proprioceptive, fear-related, and inflammatory factors in the persistence of pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain. (PROFit Primi study) (Research)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027
Sensory Integration and Balance Control During Standing and Walking under Challenging Conditions in Healthy Young and Older Adults (Research)
01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027
Can we prevent pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain?
The role of proprioceptive, fear-related and inflammatory determinants. (PROFit Multi study) (Research)
01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027
Hyperventilation in recurrent non-specific low back pain: a bottom-up and top-down perspective (Research)
01/04/2022 - 31/03/2026
Back To Back: the forgotten role of back muscle characteristics to
tailor exercise therapy for recurrent non-specific low back pain (Research)
01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025
The Breathe-(H)IT trial: Multimodal high intensity training to improve
diaphragm functioning in persons with chronic low back pain. (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025
Direct access to physiotherapy for acute low back pain: a pragmatic pilot trial (the Direct-Physio trial) (Research)
01/05/2021 - 31/12/2024
Improving maternal health by identifying and tackling predictive factors for the development of low back pain during pregnancy and postpartum (Research)
01/09/2019 - 31/12/2021
Co-financing Axa Research Fund: Improving maternal health by identifying and tackling predictive factors for the development of low back pain during pregnancy and postpartum. (Research)