Jonas Verbrugghe

Dr. Jonas verbrugghe is a visiting professor at the university of antwerp and a postdoctoral fellow at hasselt university. He is an expert in the application and evaluation of exercise therapy in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Together with his research team, he introduced multimodal high intensity training (hit) as an innovative therapeutic modality for the treatment of persons with chronic low back pain. His phd consisted of the first large-scale rct demonstrating added effectiveness of hit for the treatment of individuals with this pathology. Jonas developed, optimized and justified the hit intervention program for this specific target group, making him a leading authority in this field. Since his phd, jonas has focused his research efforts on the one hand on elucidating the underlying fundamental mechanisms of hit, and on the other hand on developing strategies to support the successful implementation of this therapeutic modality in clinical care for musculoskeletal disorders.