Marjolein Van Der Krogt PhD

Marjolein van der Krogt is an associate professor and director of the Clinical Movement Analysis Laboratory at the Amsterdam University Medical Center in The Netherlands. She is also president-elect of the European Society of Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC). She obtained a cum laude MSc degree in Human Movement Sciences and a PhD in Rehabilitation Medicine, focusing on musculoskeletal simulation of gait problems in children with cerebral palsy.

During her postdoc period, she was a visiting scholar at Stanford University's neuromuscular biomechanics lab. In her combined function as research professor and head of the clinical gait lab, she strives towards integrating scientific research and clinical care. This translational research approach helps to perform truly patient-oriented research projects and improve health care directly through research outcomes. Her research line focuses on a better understanding of movement deviations and their underlying neural and musculoskeletal impairments in children and adults with neurological disorders.

To this end, she developed and applied novel technologies including predictive simulations of gait, patient-specific foot and ankle modeling, 3D-ultrasound muscle imaging, and systematic interpretation of gait analysis data. In her lecture, she will present how these technologies can help to improve diagnostics and evaluation of orthopedic surgery in pediatric populations.