Movement Science · Digital Health

Dr. Clint Hansen

Sport Scientist & Biomechanist · Digital Health & Wearable Sensing

Bridging biomechanics, motor control and data science to turn human movement into meaningful digital clinical endpoints — from wearable gait analysis in Parkinson’s disease to real-world mobility monitoring.

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About

Understanding human movement — and making it measurable.

Biomechanics Motor Control Wearables Data Science Digital Clinical Endpoints

I am a movement scientist working at the intersection of biomechanics, motor control and data science. As Deputy Group Leader of Neurogeriatrics in the Department of Neurology at Kiel University, my work centres on characterising human movement in health and disease and translating it into robust, clinically meaningful digital outcomes.

My path has been deliberately interdisciplinary. After an MSc in Sports Science at Kiel, I completed a PhD in biomechanics and motor control in Paris, then worked in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and led ACL-injury research at Aspetar in Qatar. Since returning to Kiel in 2017, I have focused on wearable-sensor gait analysis and real-world mobility monitoring in neurological populations.

Much of my current research contributes to large international consortia such as the IMI-funded Mobilise-D and IDEA-FAST projects, where our teams develop and validate sensor algorithms that quantify mobility, fatigue and sleep in Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, COPD and beyond — helping bring digital endpoints closer to everyday clinical care.

Research Pillars

Where my work is focused

Four connected themes run through my research — from sensor engineering and machine learning to clinical translation in movement disorders.

Digital Health & Mobility Metrics

Wearable inertial sensors, real-world walking speed, and the technical validation of digital mobility outcomes within the Mobilise-D consortium.

Parkinson’s Disease & Gait

Prodromal detection, turning and freezing of gait, and longitudinal gait signatures that predict conversion to Parkinson’s disease.

Motor Control, Balance & Fatigue

Postural sway, entropy-based nonlinear dynamics, inter-segmental coordination, and machine-learning models of gait events and fatigue.

Sports Biomechanics & Injury

Load monitoring in elite athletes, ACL and hamstring injury research, and performance analysis across handball, volleyball and racket sports.

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed highlights

A selection from 150+ publications. Filter by theme, or browse the complete lists on PubMed and Google Scholar.

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Career & Impact

Professional experience & roles

A path across four countries — from sports science and aerospace engineering to clinical neuroscience.

  1. University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)

    2017 — Present

    Deputy Head, Neurogeriatrics Working Group

    University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel — leading a team of doctoral students and postdocs in wearable gait and digital mobility research; work-package contributor to Mobilise-D and IDEA-FAST.

  2. Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital

    2016 — 2017

    Researcher — Cruciate Ligament Research

    Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar — built and led the assessment centre; biomechanics and injury-prevention research with elite athletes.

  3. Nanyang Technological University

    2015 — 2016

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore — validation of a cable-driven planar manipulator; human–robot interaction and signal processing.

  4. Sorbonne Universités — Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)

    2013 — 2015

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Sorbonne Universités (UTC), Compiègne, France — MANDARIN project; 3D motion-capture analysis and musculoskeletal modelling.

Education

  1. Université Paris-Sud

    2010 — 2013

    PhD, Human Movement Science · Distinction

    Université Paris-Sud, France — doctoral research on the biomechanics and neural control of human movement.

  2. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    2004 — 2010

    Magister Artium (M.A.), Sport Science

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany.

Contact

Let’s connect

Open to collaborations in movement analysis, wearable sensing and digital biomarkers — and to supervising motivated students and early-career researchers.

hansen.clint@gmail.com

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