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个人简介
Prof dr. Paul BECKERS, PT PhD EFESC (°09.04.1954 - male) was Head of Physical Therapy of the Department of Cardiology and coordinator of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre at the Antwerp University Hospital Wilrijkstraat 10 in B-2650 Edegem Belgium and is now Emeritus at the University of Antwerp (UA) e-mail: paul.beckers@uantwerpen.be - mobile phone 0479/55 04 32.
Clinical
As physical therapist he has been clinically involved for over 40 years in the physical rehabilitation of patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Chronic Heart Failure. His specialisation is the treatment of patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and of patients before and after heart transplantation. His main focus is on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) and strength training of cardiac patients.
Research
Prof dr. Paul Beckers, PT PhD EFESC is professor emeritus of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation at the Antwerp University. He was active in the Translational Pathophysiological Research group and the REVAKI Research group. As clinical physical therapist he has extensive experience in cardiac rehabilitation and has developed specific training techniques for heart failure patients. He contributed to the design of and actively participated in three large clinical international multicentre trials (SAINTEX-CAD, SMARTEX-HF and OPTIMEX-CLIN). He investigated the effects of exercise training on CPET derived prognostic markers in the sub-studies of these trials. He has authored 42 peer-reviewed papers reported in PubMed with 1725 citations and an H-index of 23. In 2010 he defended his PhD thesis in Medical Sciences on “Exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: focus on testing, training and maintenance”.
He participated in several international visits and trainings. He and his co-workers had more than 40 presentations on their scientific work at internationally renowned congresses. More than 45 posters were presented. He is actively involved in reviewing for 10 major journals and in abstract grading for the European Society of Cardiology Congresses.
Over the last 5 years he has co-promoted 4 doctoral theses: two were successfully completed, one was stopped and one is still on going. In the same period 7 Medical-, 1 Biomedical- and 2 Physical Therapy-students finished their Master theses under his guidance.
He received several prizes. The most recent one, given by the scientific committee of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation at Europrevent 2016 was for “The most original work in Translational Research”.
Education
Prof dr. Paul Beckers, PT PhD EFESC teaches Cardiac Physical Therapy at the REVAKI department of the Antwerp University and is involved in the Inter-University Course on Advanced methods for rehabilitation of cardiovascular disorders for 2° Master PT students. He is also involved in the ongoing teaching of CPET and CPET derived prognostic markers to the trainees in cardiology at the Antwerp University Hospital and coordinates the education and follow-up of trainees in physical therapy at the same hospital.
Community
Founder and secretary of the Belgian Federation of Cardiac Rehabilitation Centres ; Founder and secretary of the former European Association on Cardiac Rehabilitation ; Founder and board member of the Wilrijkse Kinesitherapeuten Kring; Expert assigned by the Belgian Federal Ministry of Education to evaluate University Colleges for Physical Therapy (Member of the Visitation Commission) ; Former board member of the Federal Rehabilitation Council ; Member of the Belgian Working group on Exercise and Cardiac Rehabilitation of the Belgian Society of Cardiology ; Member of the Basic Science Section of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (EACPR) ; Member of the Federal Scientific Council on Physical Therapy ; Member of the Federal Technical Council on Physical Therapy ; Member of the Translational Pathophysiological Research group of the Cardiology department at the faculty of Medicine and Health of the Antwerp University; Emeritus Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.
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