Michel is a (sports) physical therapist and human movement scientist with a PhD in medical sciences. He works as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy at the University of Antwerp. After more than a decade in clinical practice, he transitioned into academia to combine his passion for research, teaching, and evidence-based rehabilitation.
His research focuses on musculoskeletal disorders, particularly frozen shoulder, chronic shoulder pain, and pain in oncologic populations. He specializes in prognostic modeling, pain mechanisms, and rehabilitation outcomes.
Michel is an active educator and science communicator, having presented at numerous conferences and delivered courses to clinicians and athletes. He continues to promote interdisciplinary approaches to pain and rehabilitation science.
> Institute: Research Group MOVANT, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (REVAKI), University of Antwerp, Belgium
> ORCID: 0000-0002-7170-3518
> Researcher-ID: ABC-7712-2020
> Expertise: (chronic) shoulder pain, prediction/prognostic modeling, quanbtitative sensory testing, self-reported pain, self-reported disabilities, autonomic function, Meta-analyses, systematic reviews, longitudinal cohort studies