Current projects

Making non-specific back pain more specific via multi-dimensional pain assessment and artificial intelligence

A living systematic review and meta-analysis that compares primary surgery versus primary rehabilitation for treating anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACL)
 

Telemedicine-based interventions for the treatment of low back pain

Here we investigate why astronauts are more likely to get disc herniations in their neck

A treatment working is not just due to the treatment alone. Relationship with the clinician, natural change over time and the environmen play a role. But how much?

How well are evidence based back pain guidelines implemented in clinical practice? Survey and systematic review.

Improving exercise prescription for chronic musculoskeletal pain

Mapping the currency and quality of evidence for physiotherapy treatments of high-burden diseases

A network of five Belgian and 15 international partners from the UK, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Portugal, Australia, USA and Netherlands on the topic of "pain".

Does adding exercise to osteoporosis therapy in patients with increased fracture risk improve bone mineral density and lower fracture risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis