Fields of interest

Biomechanics, Human locomotor system, robotic support of human movement, tissue interaction, mechanics for rehabilitation and orthopedics

Biography

Professor Bart Koopman graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering, specialising in fluid dynamics, and then received his PhD at the end of 1989 from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, on the biomechanics of movement. When the Laboratory of Biomechanical Engineering was founded in 1990, he started working there as a Faculty Member on topics related to the co-ordination of movement. Although his research and publications have involved areas as diverse as biomechatronics, robotics and implant mechanics, these have predominantly focussed on applications in the medical fields of rehabilitation, orthopaedics and neurology. Professor Koopman had supervised more than 300 higher degree research students in Biomedical Engineering. Since 2005 he has served as Chair of the Biomechanical Engineering Department which, during this time, has developed into one of the largest Faculty groups. All research is embedded in the Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine (MIRA) of the University of Twente and facilitated by a strong cooperation and collaboration with various technological and clinical partners.

In my inaugural lecture, presented on February 12, 2009, Bart Koopman gave an impression of the state of the art at that time and his plans for the future. You may find it here (in Dutch).

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Expertise

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Muscle
    • Total Knee Arthroplasty
    • Joint
  • Computer Science

    • Control
    • Design
  • Engineering

    • Joints (Structural Components)
    • Estimation
    • Supports

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Publications

2024

A wearable gait lab powered by sensor-driven digital twins for quantitative biomechanical analysis post-stroke (2024)Wearable Technologies, 5. Article e13 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Simonetti, D., Hendriks, M., Koopman, B., Keijsers, N. & Sartori, M.https://doi.org/10.1017/wtc.2024.14ISTA Award 2023: Toward functional reconstruction of the pre-diseased state in total knee arthroplasty (2024)The Bone & joint journal, 106-B(11), 1231 - 1239. Tzanetis, P., Fluit, R., de Souza, K., Robertson, S., Koopman, H. F. J. M. & Verdonschot, N. J. J.https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.106B11.BJJ-2023-1357.R1Tissue Bioprinting: A granular approach (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Trikalitis, V. D.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036562317Numerical study of osteophyte effects on preoperative knee functionality in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (2024)Journal of orthopaedic research, 42(9), 1943-1954. Tzanetis, P., de Souza, K., Robertson, S., Fluit, R., Koopman, H. F. J. M. & Verdonschot, N. J. J.https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.25850Toward personalized total knee arthroplasty: Pre-planning the patient's optimal joint function (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Tzanetis, P.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036559355Toward a wearable gait lab for the quantitative assessment of musculoskeletal function (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Simonetti, D.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558853

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Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room C201
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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