Jeroen Van Cutsem

Dr. Jeroen van Cutsem obtained his joint PhD (Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Doctor in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy; University of Kent: Doctor in Sport and Exercise Sciences & Sports Therapy) in  2019 and is currently a researcher at the research group Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy, Faculty LK of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Jeroen's research focuses on the fatigue during exercise. Specifically, Jeroen is mainly interested in the effect of mental fatigue (e.g. after having worked for a long time on the PC) on physical performance. His research has shown that sport activities such as badminton, deteriorate due to mental fatigue: both trained badminton athletes as well as lay people react slower when they are mentally tired. However, simply rinsing your mouth with a bitter caffeine-containing drink is enough to influence your brain activity and counteract mental fatigue.