Laurent Malisoux
Position:
Dr. Laurent Malisoux is a researcher at the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, at Luxembourg Institute of Health.
Dr. Malisoux has expertise in exercise physiology and biomechanics of healthy individuals, as well as in sports training, sports injury epidemiology in the context of sport sciences and population health. He also holds a keen interest in injury prevention among youth in sports, especially due to the long term consequences of such events. In 2012 Dr. Malisoux started his research on running-related injuries, and has conducted studies on running shoes and potential risk factors for injury.
RUNSAFE affiliation:
Dr. Malisoux collaborates with RUNSAFE on scientific articles, and has participated in several of the near-annually scientific meetings with RUNSAFE. He is also a Co-Supervisor of Camma Damsted in her PhD Project "ProjectRUN21".
Dr. Malisoux is a great ressource in the internationalization program.
Background:
MSc. in Sports and Physical Education, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
PhD in Muscle Physiology from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
PhD title: Functional Heterogeneity and Plasticity of Human Single Muscle Fibers
Publications
Dr. Malisoux has published more than 20 Scientific articles in International peer-reviews Journals.