Thomas Bandholm is Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation at The Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, and Senior Researcher at the Department of Clinical Research, Amager and Hvidovre Hospital. He is Head of Research at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research - Copenhagen (PMR-C), a founder-led research program in physical medicine and rehabilitation, established as a joint-venture between The Department of Clinical Research, The Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and The Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. Thomas is also Head of the Graduate PhD Program MUSKOS: Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal Sciences (+80 PhD-students enrolled) under the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, and co-founder of the “Excellence and Kindness in Research Training” (ELIS) initiative (www.hvidovrehospital.dk/ELIS).  

The mission of PMR-C is to improve rehabilitation health care by producing fantastic research and educating excellent researchers who know right from wrong. We focus on the use of physical medicine to enhance recovery in patients, or to prevent injury or disease. Our approach is clinical, but we also conduct basic research to investigate mechanisms and research to develop new outcome measures.

At PMR-C, we believe strongly in collaboration over competition. We believe that excellence must not come at the expense of kindness, and that excellence without kindness has little value. We recruit talent and seek collaboration based on this belief. Our value keywords are; excellence, integrity, transparency, diversity and kindness.

PMR-C is part of the Clinical Academic Groups "Sustainable Health Improvements Following Obesity Treatment (SHIFT)”, “Physical Activity and Sports in Clinical Medicine (imPAct)”, “Research OsteoArthritis Denmark (ROAD)”, and “Prognostication of Acute Recovery Capacity in an Aging Population (ACUTE)” under Greater Copenhagen Health Science Partners (https://chsp.dk/), as well as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Center in Copenhagen 

Thomas´ primary research focus is if - and how - physical activity and exercise can enhance clinical recovery in different patient groups. A secondary focus is efforts to enhance the quality, transparency and relevance of clinical research; e.g. PREPARE and REPORT trial guides: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/51/20/1494.full.pdf https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2022/02/21/bjsports-2021-105058.full.pdf

About me: I am Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation at The Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen. I am also Head of Research at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research - Copenhagen (PMR-C), a multi-disciplinary research program in physical medicine and rehabilitation, established as a joint-venture between The Clinical Research Centre, The Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and The Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Amager-Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen. Please see www.pmrc.dk for more details and www.pmrc.dk/publications for last year´s PMR-C research report).

About my research: My main research focus is if - and how - physical activity and exercise can enhance clinical recovery in different patient groups.