Schoudernetwerken Nederland

What Schoudernetwerken Nederland does

SchouderNetwerken Nederland (SNN) is a Dutch Stichting (foundation) founded in 2014 and headquartered in Goor, Netherlands, that coordinates 24 regional shoulder networks comprising 500+ physiotherapy practices focused exclusively on shoulder care. The organization serves a dual audience: patients seeking qualified shoulder-specialized physiotherapists, who access SNN via a website-based therapist finder (filterable by location and specialization including manual therapy, ultrasound, and sports physiotherapy), and shoulder-specialized physiotherapists, who become members of regional networks to access continuing education, peer discussion, and standardized clinical resources.

SNN's core offerings are clinical knowledge products and network coordination rather than software. Member-facing assets include fact sheets, postoperative and treatment guidelines, JSES article abstracts, discussion articles, coursework, and the SNN-developed 3S Questionnaire (available in PDF and Excel) for standardized shoulder assessment. The Schouderboek (Shoulder Book, ISBN 978-5472-483-4), authored by SNN/SNV contributors and presented at the 15-12-2023 Schoudercongres, codifies the network's clinical knowledge. The organization is governed by a board (Bestuur SNN), an Advisory Council (Raad van Advies), and committees covering Care Innovation (Commissie Zorginnovatie), Professional Content (Commissie Vakinhoud), and Communications (Commissie Communicatie).

The business model is a non-profit, membership-based foundation structure operating exclusively within the Netherlands. Membership fees for physiotherapists are not publicly disclosed, and no revenue, funding, sponsorship, or financial figures are published. The organization funds its activities through undisclosed membership receipts, congress revenue, and possibly textbook royalties, with no venture capital, private equity, or institutional investment indicated. No acquisitions, partnerships, or technology-stack disclosures are present in the source material.

Name

Schoudernetwerken Nederland

Legal name

Stichting SchouderNetwerken Nederland

Website

https://schoudernetwerk.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

SchouderNetwerken Nederland is a Dutch foundation coordinating 24 regional shoulder-specialized physiotherapy networks and 500+ member practices, providing patients with a therapist finder and members with clinical guidelines, the 3S Questionnaire, and biannual congresses across the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Physiotherapy Professional Network

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Allied Health & Rehab Referral Platforms (PT/OT/SLP) (HLALALAI)

Keywords

• Physiotherapy professional network
• Shoulder rehabilitation
• Clinical guidelines
• Musculoskeletal care
• Therapist directory

Headquarters

HQ city

Goor

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SchouderNetwerken Nederland operates as a national professional network foundation that coordinates 24 regional shoulder networks with 500+ member physiotherapy practices, providing continuing education, clinical guidelines, the 3S Questionnaire assessment tool, the Schouderboek reference publication, and a patient-facing therapist finder. It serves both physiotherapists seeking specialization in shoulder care and patients seeking qualified shoulder-specialized therapists.

Product overview

SchouderNetwerken Nederland is a professional healthcare network organization (Stichting SchouderNetwerken Nederland) that connects 24 regional shoulder networks across the Netherlands. The organization provides educational resources for both patients and therapists, including fact sheets, questionnaires (such as the 3S Questionnaire), postoperative treatment guidelines, and literature summaries including JSES Abstracts. The network organizes biannual meetings and congresses to discuss the direction and development of shoulder care in the Netherlands. The core offering is the network itself, which serves as a knowledge-sharing and collaboration platform for shoulder-specialized physiotherapists rather than a traditional software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SchouderNetwerken Nederland Regional Network Platform A professional network platform connecting 24 regional shoulder networks across the Netherlands, facilitating knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuing education among more than 500 shoulder-specialized physiotherapy practices.
• Shoulder Therapist Locator An interactive map-based search tool on schoudernetwerk.nl that allows patients to find shoulder-specialized physiotherapists in their area within a configurable 5–50 km radius, with filtering options for manual therapy, ultrasound imaging, and sports physiotherapy.
• 3S Questionnaire (3S Vragenlijst) A proprietary patient questionnaire tool developed by SchouderNetwerken Nederland for assessing and evaluating shoulder conditions, available in PDF and Excel formats for member physiotherapists.
• Fact Sheets Educational fact sheets on shoulder conditions and physiotherapy treatments, including resources on rotator cuff tendinopathy (RCRSP/SAPS), diagnostic tests, and clinical recommendations, compiled for patients and therapists.
• Postoperative and Treatment Guidelines (Postoperatieve en Behandelrichtlijnen) Clinical guidelines and protocols for postoperative rehabilitation and treatment of shoulder conditions, developed through regional consensus among physiotherapists, general practitioners, and medical specialists.
• Schouderboek (Shoulder Book) The Schouderboek (ISBN 978-5472-483-4) is a comprehensive clinical textbook covering shoulder anatomy, conditions, and rehabilitation, authored by SNN/SNV contributors and published by Arko Sports Media as a reference for member physiotherapists.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60–70% of shoulder pain (SP) patients can be classified as SAPS/RCRSP, indicating the scale of the primary condition addressed by the network's member therapists
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES): Leading peer-reviewed journal on shoulder and elbow surgery and rehabilitation. SNN curates and disseminates JSES abstracts to its members as a core continuing-education offering, making JSES a content ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fysiotherapie in de Sportgezondheidszorg (NVS-FSW / NVFS): Dutch association for sports physiotherapists, many of whom treat shoulder injuries and overlap with SNN's 'sports physiotherapy' filter on its therapist finder. Comparable Dutch specialty network for a related PT discipline.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Manuele Therapie (NVMT): Dutch professional association for manual therapists, many of whom are also SNN member physiotherapists. NVMT overlaps with SNN's membership base and clinical scope, particularly for shoulder manual therapy specializations listed on SNN's therapist finder.
• EUSSER (European Society for Shoulder and Elbow Rehabilitation): European professional society dedicated to shoulder and elbow rehabilitation. EUSSER is the closest international analogue to SNN, sharing the shoulder/elbow specialization and serving physiotherapists and rehabilitation clinicians, though at continental rather than national scope.

Broad incumbents

• SECEC-ESSE (European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow): European orthopedic society for shoulder and elbow specialists, focused on surgery but overlapping with SNN's clinical domain. Represents the broader, surgeon-led shoulder/elbow ecosystem against which SNN positions its physiotherapy-led network.
• KNGF (Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie): Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy, the national professional association for all Dutch physiotherapists. It is the most directly comparable Dutch organization to SNN but operates across all specialties rather than focusing exclusively on shoulder care.
• APTA Orthopaedic Section (American Physical Therapy Association): Specialty section of the American Physical Therapy Association for orthopaedic physical therapy. Comparable to SNN in providing specialized clinical resources, guidelines, and continuing education to musculoskeletal physiotherapists, though embedded within a much larger parent organization.

Regional players

• BESS (British Elbow & Shoulder Society): UK-based multidisciplinary society for shoulder and elbow care. Comparable to SNN in shoulder-specific clinical focus and educational mission, but primarily serves the United Kingdom rather than the Netherlands.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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