Wendy Scholten-Peeters
Researcher
Neck Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain, Effectiveness, Working Mechanisms, Manual Therapy
The research Dr. Wendy Scholten-Peeters conducts focuses mainly on effectiveness, safety and underlying mechanisms (such as neuro-physiological, immunological mechanisms) of manual therapeutic interventions with patients with musculoskeletal pain, and neck pain in particular. Furthermore, she researches diagnostic and prognostic models in patients with neck pain and cervical radiculopathy. She mainly conducts clinical studies which results are usable for both clinical practice and education. As co-supervisor Wendy is connected to Martijn Stenneberg ‘s and Marije Sleijser’s PhD trajectories at SOMT University of Physiotherapy.
Wendy has a background in physiotherapy, and got her Masters degree in Manual Therapy (with honors) from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1996. She finished her PhD titled ‘Whiplash and its management’ at the Catholic University Nijmegen, Center for Quality of Care Research in 2004. From 1996 until 2008, she taught at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and was guest lecturer at the University Genua in Italy. She also worked as manual therapist at the ‘Rugcentrum’ in Uden, and started teaching at SOMT University of Physiotherapy in 2005. From 2009 until 2014, Wendy worked as a senior researcher at the Diagnostics program at the Avans University of Applied Sciences and the Erasmus MC. Since 2014 she is works as associate professor at the Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Publications
- Sleijser-Koehorst MLS, Bijker L, Cuijpers P, Scholten-Peeters GGM, Coppieters MW. Preferred self-administered questionnaires to assess fear of movement, coping, self-efficacy and catastrophizing in patients with musculoskeletal pain – A modified Delphi study. Pain. 2018 Nov 12. doi: 10.1097/ j.pain.0000000000001441.
- Sleijser-Koehorst MLS, Coppieters MW, Heymans MW, Rooker S, Verhagen AP,Scholten-Peeters GGM. Clinical course and prognostic models for the conservative management of cervical radiculopathy: a prospective cohort study. Eur Spine J. 2018 Nov;27(11):2710-2719.
- Stenneberg MS, Busstra H, Eskes M, van Trijffel E, Cattrysse E, Scholten-Peeters GGM, de Bie RA. Concurrent validity and interrater reliability of a new smartphone application to assess 3D active cervical range of motion in patients with neck pain. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2018 Apr;34:59-65.
- Stenneberg MS, Rood M, de Bie R, Schmitt MA, Cattrysse E, Scholten-Peeters GG. To which degree differs active cervical range of motion between patients with neck pain, whiplash and healthy controls? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Jul;98(7):1407-1434.
