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prof.dr.ir. J.R. Buitenweg (Jan)

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About Me

Jan Reinoud Buitenweg received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with Biomedical specialization from the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, in 1998. He received the Ph.D. degree from the same institution in 2001 after studying the electrical behaviour of the interface between cultured neurons and substrate embedded microelectrodes.

Presently, Jan R. Buitenweg is a Full Professor at the University of Twente and principal investigator of the track Nociceptive and Somatosensory Processing of the department of Biomedical Signals and Systems.

Expertise

Medicine & Life Sciences
# Chronic Pain
# Electric Stimulation
# Electrodes
# Evoked Potentials
# Observation
# Pain
# Shoulder Pain
# Skin

Organisations

Ancillary Activities

  • NociTRACK BV
    Cofounder/owner and statutory director

Research

Jan R. Buitenweg is a Full Professor with the University of Twente and principal investigator of the research theme Nociceptive and Somatosensory Processing of the department of Biomedical Signals and Systems.

The major objective of this research theme Nociceptive and Somatosensory Processing is the development of neurotechnological, neurophysiological and psychophysical tools enabling clinical assessment, prevention and treatment of chronic pain disorders.

The research and valorisation projects in this theme focus on three neural engineering challenges of the chronic pain problem: (1) development of methods for controlled stimulation and conditioning of activity in pain related neural pathways, (2) development of methods for extended quantitative observation of functional changes of nociceptive subsystems and (3) development of mechanism based mathematical models for explaining and predicting experimental and clinical results, based on principles of neurostimulation and neurocomputational insights. All initiatives and activities are strongly driven by translational perspectives on health care innovation, in close collaboration with clinical partners, international industry and university spin-off companies

Publications

Recent
Jansen, N. , Berfelo, T. , Vonkeman, H. E. , ten Klooster, P. M. , van den Berg, B., Krabbenbos, I. P. , & Buitenweg, J. R. (2023). The Relationship between Nociceptive Detection Thresholds and Pressure-and Electrical Pain Thresholds: An Explorative Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. In 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Sydney, Australia (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340755
van den Berg, B. , Berfelo, T., Gefferie, S. R., Krabbenbos, I. , & Buitenweg, J. R. (2023). Identification of Diabetic Small-Fiber Neuropathy Based on Electrophysiological and Psychophysical Responses to Intra-Epidermal Electric Stimulation using a Naïve Bayes Classifier. In 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340455
Berfelo, T., Krabbenbos, I. P., De Beer, M. F. , & Buitenweg, J. R. (2023). Exploring Psychophysical and Neurophysiological Responses to Intra-Epidermal Electrical Stimuli in Patients With Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type 2 with a Spinal Cord Stimulator. In 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Sydney, Australia (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340377
Berfelo, T., Krabbenbos, I. P. , van den Berg, B., Kleinveld, E. , & Buitenweg, J. R. (2023). Altered Nociceptive Function in Patients With Morbid Obesity Compared to Healthy Controls.. 9th Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference 2023, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
Buitenweg, J. R. (2023). Formulation Of The FIRIS-P Professional Core-Competency Framework For Flexible Academic Curricula:The Biomedical Engineering Program. In G. Reilly, M. Murphy, B. V. Nagy, & H.-M. Jarvinen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI): Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings (pp. 1716-1725). Article 1320 https://doi.org/10.21427/EBPD-4X50
Berfelo, T., Krabbenbos, I., De Beer, M. F. , van den Berg, B. , & Buitenweg, J. R. (2022). Observing Nociceptive Function in Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type 2 Patients During Spinal Cord Stimulation. Poster session presented at 15th World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society, INS 2022 , Barcelona, Spain.
Berfelo, T., Krabbenbos, I. , van den Berg, B., Kleinveld, E. , & Buitenweg, J. R. (2022). Altered Nociceptive Detection Thresholds and Evoked Potentials in Morbid Obese Patients with Chronic Arthrogenic Pain Compared to Healthy Controls. Poster session presented at 12th Congress of the European Pain Federation, EFIC 2022, Dublin, Ireland.

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Courses Academic Year  2023/2024

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Courses Academic Year  2022/2023

Projects

The research and valorisation projects in this theme focus on three neural engineering challenges of the chronic pain problem: (1) development of methods for controlled stimulation and conditioning of activity in pain related neural pathways, (2) development of methods for extended quantitative observation of functional changes of nociceptive subsystems and (3) development of mechanism based mathematical models for explaining and predicting experimental and clinical results, based on principles of neurostimulation and neurocomputational insights. All initiatives and activities are strongly driven by translational perspectives on health care innovation, in close collaboration with clinical partners, international industry and university spin-off companies

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Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ZH213
De Horst 2
7522LW  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Horst Complex  ZH213
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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