Jaap Jansen
Jaap has been a senior lecturer at the Institute for Human Movement Studies since 2022 and has been affiliated with the Research Group Clinical Decision-Making in Movement Care since 2025. Within both the research group and education, he focuses on measuring human movement in healthcare settings.
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Jaap trained as a physiotherapist and human movement scientist and obtained his PhD in 2012, focusing on sports-related groin pain. Over the past 20 years, he has been actively involved in physiotherapy education at both bachelor's and master's levels. His work focuses on connecting clinical practice with research and education.
Expertise:
- Technology
- Biomechanics
- Ecological perspective on human movement
Publications
- Manual or exercise therapy for long-standing adductor-related groin pain: a randomised controlled clinical trial
- Short and mid-term results of a comprehensive treatment program for longstanding adductor-related groin pain in athletes: a case series
- The effect of experimental groin pain on abdominal muscle thickness
