Jeroen Demarteau

Jeroen graduated as a Physiotherapist (B, 1998), Manual Therapist (MSc, 2006), Geriatric Physiotherapist (2009) and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Sonographer (2009). He is currently employed as a teacher/researcher at the Geriatric Physiotherapy Master program of SOMT University of Physiotherapy (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) (2011-present) and as a self-employed PhD-student/ Pre doc researcher at the Frailty & Resilience in Ageing (FRIA) research department of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) (2014-present), PhD-topic ‘Postural changes and functional performance at higher age’. 

Expertise: 

• Ageing

• Posture

• Functional performance

• Hyperkyphosis