Lars Hermann Tang

Lars Hermann Tang

Associate Professor, Central and West Zealand Hospital

Lars Hermann Tang is Associate Professor of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation at the Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, and a researcher and physiotherapist with extensive expertise in complex rehabilitation interventions and physical activity. His research and clinical work focus on rehabilitation in everyday practice across healthcare sectors, with particular expertise in alternative delivery models as well as the barriers and facilitators that influence exercise-based interventions and long-term health behaviour among people living with chronic conditions.

His additional areas of expertise include cross-sectoral collaboration, implementation science, quality monitoring, and the development of rehabilitation and preventive healthcare services.

Lars is part of the leadership group in the research and implementation unit PROgrez at the Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Næstved-Slagelse-Ringsted Hospitals. This unit comprises 47 researchers from 13 different professions. Additionally, Lars is the head of the 'Physical Activity - Delivery, Participation, and Maintenance' research cluster and the ‘Implementation and Evaluation’ unit in PROgrez.

In recent years, he has with success co-lead the Exercise First program, a 15.6 d.kr kroner research program including 19 research and implementation projects partly funded by Region Zealand. Exercise First was very successful and has been extended with a permanent yearly operating grant of 9.5 million d.kr. Lars is affiliated with the University of York in the UK.

Central and West Zealand Hospital, PROgrez

PROgrez conducts research into physical activity and movement, both to develop new treatment pathways and to evaluate and improve those already in place.

PROgrez works across four research areas:

Improving access to physical activity and exercise for prevention and treatment
Exercise as an alternative to surgery and conventional treatment
Movement in everyday life
The quality of exercise and health interventions across sectors

Across these research areas, the projects in PROgrez are organised into the following strands: Physical activity – participation and retention; Self-management of illness, physical activity and everyday life; Exercise and Health; and Implementation of Research.