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University Medical Center Groningen

dr. T.J.W. (Tom) Buurke

Assistant professor

Ongoing projects

Title
Funding
Name
Supervisors
The effects of mediolateral optic flow perturbations on dynamic balance control
CSC Scholarship & University of Groningen Top-up
Chunchun Wu (PhD candidate)
prof. dr. Claudine Lamoth
dr. Menno Veldman
dr. Tom Buurke
Decoding the Dynamics of Competitive Dyads: Unravelling Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Environmental Interactions in Male Elite Soccer
University Medical Center Groningen MSc-PhD
Alexander Oonk (PhD candidate)
prof. dr. Koen Lemmink, dr. Tom Buurke, dr. Matthias Kempe
Decoding non-contact injuries in football: ai-powered biomechanical profiling and fatigue-driven risk mitigation
Vienna Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences
Tom Höltke (PhD candidate)
dr. Matthias Kempe, dr. Tom Buurke, dr. Michel Brink
Measuring and controlling human prosthetic gait with a limited set of sensors
CSC Scholarship
Yulong Wang (PhD candidate)
prof. dr. Han Houdijk, dr. Tom Buurke
Lower-limb intermuscular coherence in walking after stroke
Fulbright association
Aditya Senthil (Fulbright scholar)
prof. dr. Geert Verheyden, assoc. prof. dr. Friedl De Groote, dr. Tom Buurke
Influence of Atypical Walking Conditions on Modular Motor Control, Gait Kinematics, and Balance in Healthy and Post-Stroke Adults
Türkiye study abroad programme
Ebru Keklikci (PhD candidate)
prof. dr. Han Houdijk, dr. Tom Buurke

Finished projects

Title
Funding
Name
Supervisors
Defense date
RYSEN in clinical practice
Heliomare Research & Development
dr. Sanne Ettema (PhD candidate)
prof. dr. Han Houdijk, prof. dr. Coen van Bennekom, dr. Tom Buurke, dr. Sina David
19 January 2026
SimStroke - A simulation framework to probe the underlying mechanisms of impaired dynamic balance control during walking post-stroke
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) & KU Leuven Internal Funds
dr. Tom Buurke (Postdoctoral research fellow)
assoc. prof. dr. Friedl De Groote
prof. dr. Geert Verheyden
N.A.
Adaptive control of dynamic balance in human walking
University Medical Center Groningen MSc-PhD
dr. Tom Buurke (PhD candidate)
prof. dr. Claudine Lamoth
prof. dr. Lucas van der Woude
dr. Rob den Otter
20 January 2020
Cum Laude (Top 5% PhD theses in the Netherlands)

Recorded presentations

Naam
Link
Presentation for the Dutch Society for Movement Sciences (VvBN) Thesis Prize competition
Presentation for the Van Swinderen Prize competition
Colloquium at the Department of Human Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam
Groningen Lectures in Movement Sciences (GLMS)

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