Functional Exercise Therapy
Learning to move healthily
A healthy lifestyle is not self-evident for everyone. People with physical complaints or limitations need support in developing self-management in their daily movement. The Functional Exercise Therapy research group focuses on optimising self-management support. In doing so, it contributes to the innovation of treatment methods in professional practice and to improving educational programmes for future movement professionals.
Meet us
The experts of Functional Exercise Therapy
Bart Visser
Professor Functional Exercise Therapy
Bart Visser is a professor of Functional Exercise Therapy at the AUAS. He is also a special professor of self-management support for Vital Movement at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and the scientific director of the Centre of Expertise for Urban Vitality at the AUAS.
Daniël Bossen
Associate professor of eHealth & Movement Behavior
Since 2023, Daniël Bossen has been an associate professor and senior lecturer in the Functional Exercise Therapy programme. He conducts applied research into the underlying interactions between movement, behaviour change, and technology. Daniël has a background in physiotherapy and health sciences.
