Henri Kiers
Henri Kiers PhD (1962) is currently conducting research into the way in which people adapt to movement problems by using big data to investigate what happens when patients receive physiotherapy treatment.
- 2014 - present: Director of the Institute for Human Movement Studies
- 2017 - 2018: Acting Director of the Institute for Allied Healthcare Professions
- 2007 - 2014: PhD candidate at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, with a study on Proprioception and low back pain
- 2011 - 2014: Head of MSA field of expertise
- 2000 - present: Lecturer at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Fields of expertise
- Proprioception / low back pain
- Data collection and analysis
- Physiotherapy
Publications
- Reliability of measures to characterize lumbar movement patterns, in repeated seated reaching, in a mixed group of participants with and without low-back pain: A test-retest, within- and between session
- Validity of Clinical Measurement Instruments Assessing Scapular Function Insufficient Evidence to Recommend Any Instrument for Assessing Scapular Posture, Movement, and Dysfunction-A Systematic Review
- Evidence of splinting in low back pain? A systematic review of perturbation studies