Philippe Tadger
Physiotherapist · Researcher · Founder of Somalynk.
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist · Applied Statistician · PhD Candidate
Profile
I’m Philippe Tadger: physiotherapist, manual therapist, and osteopath, with more than 20 years of clinical experience. I’m passionate about helping people rebuild their relationship with pain and movement; movement has shaped my whole career across different disciplines, countries, and patient populations.
My work focuses on musculoskeletal and spinal disorders, with a special interest in persistent and complex pain. I combine hands-on orthopaedic manual therapy and osteopathic care with motor control retraining, dry needling, and up-to-date pain science.
Current Positions
Physiotherapist & Osteopath: ESP Brussels & Kortenberg
Clinical practice in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and osteopathy across ESP’s clinics in Brussels and Kortenberg.
Nov 2025-Present
Fellow Researcher: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Doctoral proposal integrating RWE meta-analysis and mediation models to explore treatment mediators in chronic pain and lifestyle interventions.
Oct 2024-Present
Statistical Editor: Cochrane Anaesthesia, Emergency & Critical Care Group
Methodological review and statistical assistance for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Jun 2021-Present
Previous Experience
Physiotherapist: Ananda Massage Cabinet, Paris
Intermittent clinical collaboration, joining every two months to run an intensive three-week clinic for complex patients.
Nov 2024-Nov 2025
Senior Statistician: IQVIA Belgium (RWE Department)
Led analyses for 3 RWE studies and 1 Phase IV RCT. 7 protocols/SAPs, 200+ TLF outputs (SAS/R), mentored 10 statisticians across 8 interdisciplinary teams.
May 2022-May 2024
Statistical Consultant: Universidad Boyacá, Colombia
Jun 2020-Jun 2024
Researcher / Assistant Professor: Universidad Boyacá & Universidad de San Buenaventura
2016-2018
Teacher: CUR “May Hamilton” & Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas
Physiotherapy Diagnosis, Evaluation Techniques, thesis supervision (CUR). Diplomado in Neuro-Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy (USB).
2009-2016
Clinical Practice: Venezuela
Owner & Director, Instituto Fisiokinesis (private MSK clinic). Manager, Gym & Rehab Unit at Últimas Noticias. Physiotherapist at Unidad Quirúrgica Los Sauces, Zona Pilates, and VAAC.
2006-2017
Publications
- Semiparametric modeling for cardiometabolic risk index in older adults (2024)
- Aerobic threshold and maximal fat oxidation: follow-up meta-analysis (2022)
- Sex and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival: systematic review (2022)
- Aerobic threshold and fat oxidation: systematic review & meta-analysis (2022)
- Trypanosoma cruzi ELISA diagnostic evaluation (2022)
- Chagas disease RDT & ELISA: systematic review & meta-analysis. PLoS NTD (2022)
- HIV Dementia Scale for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders: meta-analysis (2021)
- Risk of falls in older Colombian adults: SABE analysis (2022)
- Predictors of mortality in COVID-19 with cerebrovascular disease: meta-analysis protocol (2023)
- Master’s Thesis: Meta-Research on Statistical Methods of Combining Diagnostic Studies (Hasselt University)
- Bachelor’s Thesis: Mathematical Modelling of the Convex Rule at the Glenohumeral Joint (IFOMPT / JOSPT, 2012)
Education
Postgraduate Osteopathy
Collège Belge d’Ostéopathie · 2023-2028
MSc Statistics
Universiteit Hasselt · 2018-2020
MSc Orthopaedic Manual Therapy
Universidad de Zaragoza · 2009-2011
BSc Physiotherapy
Columbus University, Panama · 2008-2011
TSU Physiotherapy
Univ. Técnica ‘May Hamilton’, Venezuela · 2003-2007
Academic Collaboration
Universidad San Sebastián (Chile)
Diplomado en Manejo del Dolor Crónico o Persistente: a clinical training collaboration bridging research and practice.
Key Skills
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy & OMT
- Statistics & Applied Epidemiology
- Meta-analysis & Cochrane Methodology
- Clinical Research & RWE
- SAS · R · Python
- Movement Education
- Academic Teaching & Mentoring
Selected Conferences
- Cochrane GUT Editorial Meeting (2021)
- IFOMPT Conference: JOSPT abstract (2012)
- I Latin American OMT Congress, Cartagena (2016)
- National Congress of Physiotherapy, Bogotá (2017)
- III WCPT-SAR Congress (2014)
- First National OMT Congress, Spain (2011)
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