OVERVIEW

GHENT UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND

HEALTH SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES

AND PHYSIOTHERAPY

ARTEVELDEHOGESCHOOL

REHABILITATION SCIENCES AND PHYSIOTHERAPY

GHENT

OVERVIEW

EDUCATION

RESEARCH

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

Embedded in the Ghent University

Hospital

REHABILITATION SCIENCES AND PHYSIOTHERAPY

GHENT

Bachelor and master in

Rehabiliation Sciences and

Physiotherapy

RESEARCH

Research units:

- Developmental motor disorders

- Exercise training and physical fitness

- Neurogeriatric

- Neuromotor disorders

- Musculoskeletal disorders:- Lower and upper extremity- Spine

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

STAFF

- 6 staff members

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATORS

- 1 postdoctoral fellow (FWO)

- 8 PhD students

Lieven DanneelsGuy VanderstraetenErik Witvrouw

Barbara Cagnie

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

RESEARCH LINES/THEMES

- Evaluation and rehabilitation of functional spinal stability - Lumbopelvic region - Cervicothoracic region

- Side and adverse effects after spinal manipulation

- Evaluation and rehabiliation of scapulothoracic dysfunction

- Evaluation and rehabiliation of patellofemoral pain patients

- Evaluation and rehabilitation of foot and ankle overuse injuries

- Fundamental biomechanical research i.r.t. movement analysis.

See: http://www.revaki.ugent.be/en/research/research_units.php