Musculoskeletal disorders generally lead to pain and restricted mobility. They are the leading cause for functional disabilities and physiotherapy treatment.
Scientific research on musculoskeletal health and clinical treatment has increased exponentially over the last 15 years. By learning to conduct clinical research yourself, as a clinician or therapist you will better understand and value the possibilities, limitations, and results of scientific evidence from clinical research as well as its translation into clinical practice.
This one-year Master’s programme gives you theoretical education within the context of clinical challenges. It is unique in its multidisciplinary focus on both fundamental and clinically applied scientific research. We use recent innovations and high-level technology, such as motion capture, EMG, Matlab-based data analysis and use of virtual reality.
You gain hands-on experience in analysing human movement, muscle activity and musculoskeletal pain mechanisms, while developing strong data science skills in Matlab and R. You also explore musculoskeletal pain from both biological and psychological perspectives using innovative methods such as Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) and immune markers.
Experience with clinical reasoning is important and no pre-master is required for this master.