Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS)Waseda University

Name

BRUMAGNE, Simon

Position and Affiliated Institution

Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven KU Leuven, Belgium

Degree

PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy

Education and Academic Employment

Research Topic

Proprioception, Low back pain, Physical therapy:

Peripheral and central mechanisms of proprioceptive postural control in healthy individuals and in people with spinal pain. Muscle vibration, as a strong stimulus of muscle spindles, plays a central role in studying proprioception in his research team. A specific focus is on muscle characteristics, including activity, fatigability, quality (both back muscles and inspiratory muscles), as a mechanism for a decreased proprioceptive control variability, and on the effects of a novel proprioceptive training program in patients with recurrent low back pain and in patients after (neuro-) surgery.

Fields of Research Interests

Exercise, Motor control, Muscle, Musculoskeletal rehabilitation, Low back pain, Physical therapy, Postural control, Proprioception, Rehabilitation sciences, Spinal disorders

Academic Publications

• Brumagne S, Cordo P, Lysens R, Swinnen S, Verschueren S, The role of paraspinal muscle spindles in lumbosacral position sense in individuals with and without low back pain, Spine 2000;25(8):989-994. (Citations: 361) (IF publication year: 2.5) (most recent IF: 2.65).
• Brumagne S, Janssens L, Knapen S, Claeys K, Süüden-Johanson E. Persons with recurrent low back pain exhibit a rigid postural control strategy. Eur Spine J. 2008;(17): 1177-1184.
• Janssens L, McConnell AK, Pijnenburg M, Claeys K, Goossens N, Lysens R, Troosters T, Brumagne S. Inspiratory muscle training affects proprioceptive use and low back pain. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2015;47(1):12-9.
• Pijnenburg M, Brumagne S, Caeyenberghs K, Janssens L, Goossens N, Marinazzo D, Swinnen SP, Claeys K, Siugzdaite R. Resting-state functional connectivity of the sensorimotor network in individuals with nonspecific low back pain and the association with the sit-to-stand-to-sit task. Brain Connect. 2015;5(5):303-11.
• Brumagne S, Diers M, Danneels L, Moseley GL, Hodges PW. Neuroplasticity of sensorimotor control in low back pain. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2019;49(6):402-414.

Affiliated Academic Organizations

Member of the Ethical Committee Research UZ/ KU Leuven

Co-chair of the Ethical Review of Master’s Thesis Committee (OBC) Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven

Member of the General Doctoral Thesis Committee FaBeR, KU Leuven

Member of the Erkenningscommissie van kinesitherapeuten (Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid, Vlaamse Gemeenschap (Government Agency for Care and Health, Flanders)

Representative of Biomedical Sciences Regional Committee South-East Asia, KU Leuven

Member of The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

Member of International Society for Posture & Gait Research

Member of Society for Neuroscience

Awards

• 2010-2017 Hercules 2 project
• 2009-2014 FWO project G.0674.09N
• 2006-2007 Specialisation fellowship, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap – bilateral cultural co-operation between the Vlaamse Gemeenschap and Estonia
• 2005 Spine Society of Europe Clinical Poster Award
• 2003-2005 FWO project 1.5.104.03N
• 2000-2001 Postdoctoral fellowship PDM (100%) KU Leuven

Other Interests

Contemporary art, photography, running, cycling

HP（URL）

https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00011633