S.J.J. van Netten PhD

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PhD S.J.J. van Netten

Position
Other Academic Staff
Main activities
Education, Research
Specialisation
Rehabilitation; Human Movement Science; Diabetic Foot Disease
Focus of research

Dr. Jaap van Netten is a human movement scientist from the Netherlands, specialized in clinical research on lower-extremity disorders. His research is focused on the prevention of lower-extremity complications in people with diabetes, such as foot ulcers and amputations, by developing and improving technological, biomechanical and behavioural interventions.  

Van Netten obtained his PhD in the field of rehabilitation medicine (University Medical Center Groningen, NL). He moved to the diabetic foot centre of expertise of Hospital Group Twente (Almelo and Hengelo, NL), first as postdoc and then as senior researcher. Early 2016, hemoved to Australia, being appointed senior research fellow at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and scientific director of Diabetic Foot Australia.

In 2017, he moved back to the Northern Hemisphere, although he remains connected as adjunct Associate Professor at QUT. Van Netten now works as senior researcher at the Department of Rehabilitation, Academic Medical Center, in Amsterdam.

In addition, he is the youngest-ever member of the editorial board of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF). This organisation is responsible for developing international evidence-based guidance on the prevention and management of foot problems in diabetes. Van Netten is secretary of the editorial board and the prevention working group.

 

Amsterdam UMC Research Institutes
AMC departments
Key publications
  • van Netten J. J., Price P. E., Lavery L. A., Monteiro-Soares M., Rasmussen A., Jubiz Y., Bus S. A. Prevention of foot ulcers in the at-risk patient with diabetes: a systematic review Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews 2016;32 (Suppl. 1):84-98 [PubMed]
  • Bus S. A., van Netten J. J., Lavery L. A., Monteiro-Soares M., Rasmussen A., Jubiz Y., Price P. E. IWGDF guidance on the prevention of foot ulcers in at-risk patients with diabetes Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews 2016;32 (Suppl. 1):16-24 [PubMed]
  • van Netten Jaap J., Lazzarini Peter A., Armstrong David G., Bus Sicco A., Fitridge Robert, Harding Keith, Kinnear Ewan, Malone Matthew, Menz Hylton B., Perrin Byron M., Postema Klaas, Prentice Jenny, Schott Karl-Heinz, Wraight Paul R. Diabetic Foot Australia guideline on footwear for people with diabetes JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH 2018;11:2 [PubMed]
All Publications
Curriculum Vitae

2017-now: Academic Medical Centre (AMC), Department of Rehabilitation; senior researcher (60%)

2017-now: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia; Adjunct Associate Professor

2018-now: Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT), Almelo, the Netherlands; senior researcher (20%)

2016-2017: QUT; senior research fellow

2016-2017: Diabetic Foot Australia; scientific director

2012-2016: ZGT; senior researcher (50%)

2012-2016: ZGT; scientific director (50%)

2011-2012: ZGT; postdoc

2008-2010; University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation; PhD student

2002-2008: University of Groningen, Human Movement Sciences; student

 

Research programmes

PhD S.A. Bus (Lower-extremity biomechanics and injury prevention in health and disease)

Current PhD Candidates