Equipo ISGlobal

Joren Buekers obtained a PhD in Bioscience Engineering at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 2020. He continued his academic career as a Postdoctoral Researcher at ISGlobal between 2020 and 2024, during which he employed digital health technologies to improve our understanding of physical activity and gait impairment in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other chronic conditions.

He is currently a Staff Scientist working in the areas of digital health, physical activity, respiratory diseases and digital mobility assessments. 

Líneas de investigación

• Digital health
• Wearable devices
• Physical activity and mobility
• Exercise physiology
• Time series analyses

Principales publicaciones

• Buekers et al. (2024). Gait differences between COPD and healthy controls: systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Respir Rev. 2024 Apr 24;33(172):230253. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0253-2023
• Buekers et al. (2023). Laboratory and free-living gait performance in adults with COPD and healthy controls. ERJ Open Res. 2023 Sep 25;9(5):00159-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00159-2023
• Buekers et al. (2023). Heart rate and oxygen uptake kinetics obtained from continuous measurements with wearable devices during outdoor walks of patients with COPD. Digit Health. 2023 Mar 14;9:20552076231162989. doi: 10.1177/20552076231162989
• Buekers et al. (2019). Wearable Finger Pulse Oximetry for Continuous Oxygen Saturation Measurements During Daily Home Routines of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Over One Week: Observational Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Jun 6;7(6):e12866. doi: 10.2196/12866.
• Buekers et al. (2018). Oxygen saturation measurements in telemonitoring of patients with COPD: a systematic review. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2018 Feb;12(2):113-123. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2018