Hans Hobbelen began his career in 1988 as a physiotherapist at nursing home De Weerde in Eindhoven, where he worked for 22 years. In 2001, he obtained his master’s degree in Human Movement Sciences, and in 2010, he earned his PhD on the topic of paratonia. This research established him as a leading scientist in the field of paratonia and movement disorders in dementia. For more information on paratonia and other movement disorders associated with dementia, including resources for healthcare professionals, family members, and caregivers, please visit this website.
Since 2012, Hans has been a professor of the research area Ageing and Allied Health Care at Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen. In addition to movement disorders in dementia, his main area of interest is frailty, particularly its multidimensional aspects. Within the SIA-SPRONG FAITH research project, he leads the Database work package, which focuses on developing a research data infrastructure for scientific studies on vulnerability.
Hans is a member of the Scientific College of Physiotherapy at the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (WCF, KNGF), a member of the Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing of the World Health Organization (WHO), and, since May 2019, the president of The International Association of Physiotherapists working with Older People (IPTOP), an official subgroup of World Physiotherapy.
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