He is the 2020 recipient of the award 'Excellence in Aquatic Physical Therapy" by the Academy of Aquatic Physical Therapy (of APTA-USA), as first non-American aquatic professional and already in 1998 he was named Aquatic Therapy Professional of the year in the USA. He has taught over 900 seminars in over 50 countries on almost all topics in aquatic therapy.. He is the author or co-author of 5 books / CDRom's , over 30 published articles and chapters in (peer reviewed) journals and books on aquatics and aquatic therapy. In 2005, he joined the Cochrane Collaboration balneotherapy review group. Johan was affiliated as Free Research Associate to the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven (2006-2016), joining the EU Erasmus Aquaevidence/Aquaoutcome project, see his Linkedin profile . His Research Gate Score SG = 24.76 and the h-index = 8.
He is Honorary Professor at the Zhongshan Vocational College in Nanjing China and Honorary Advisor of the China Rehabilitation Research Center in Beijing.
His consultancy and teaching institute has clients in over 50 countries worldwide. As a knowledge broker, he tries to implement the existing evidence in the daily practice of aquatic therapy. Keywords are:
His consultancy and teaching institute has clients in over 50 countries worldwide. As a knowledge broker, he tries to implement the existing evidence in the daily practice of aquatic therapy. Keywords are:
- patient centered approach based on clinical reasoning
- skillful hands-on teaching
- teaching-by-reasoning-and-doing
He is Senior Lecturer in all networks of the Association IATF (International Aquatic Therapy Faculty), see www.iatf.info
He is Senior Lecturer in all networks of the Association IATF (International Aquatic Therapy Faculty), see www.iatf.info
Johan also was primary contact person for the Aquatic Physical Therapy Network affiliated to the WCPT till May 2019
More information: see his profile at Linked in
More information: see his profile at Linked in
