Jo Nijs holds a PhD in rehabilitation science and physiotherapy. He is an associate
professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) and physiotherapist manual therapist at the University Hospital Brussels. His research and clinical interests
are patients with chronic unexplained pain/fatigue and pain-movement interactions.
He has (co-) authored more than 150 peer reviewed publications, obtained over €4.7
million of grant income, supervised 6 PhD projects to completion and served more
than 150 times as an invited speaker at national and international meetings in 19
different countries. His work has been cited >1700 times (ISI Web of Knowledge).
Website: www.paininmotion.be Twitter: @PaininMotion
Recent publications on ‘pain and neuroscience’:
Analgesic effects of manual therapy in patients with musculoskeletal pain: a systematic
review.
Voogt L, de Vries J, Meeus M, Struyf F, Meuffels D, Nijs J.
Man Ther. 2015 Apr;20(2):250-6.
Applying modern pain neuroscience in clinical practice: criteria for the classification of
central sensitization pain.
Nijs J, Torres-Cueco R, van Wilgen CP, Girbes EL, Struyf F, Roussel N, van Oosterwijck J,
Daenen L, Kuppens K, Vanwerweeen L, Hermans L, Beckwee D, Voogt L, Clark J, Moloney
N, Meeus M.
Pain Physician. 2014 Sep-Oct;17(5):447-57.
Balancing "hands-on" with "hands-off" physical therapy interventions for the treatment
of central sensitization pain in osteoarthritis.
Lluch Girbés E, Meeus M, Baert I, Nijs J.
Man Ther. 2015 Apr;20(2):349-52.
Exercise therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain: Innovation by altering pain
memories.
Nijs J, Lluch Girbés E, Lundberg M, Malfliet A, Sterling M.
Man Ther. 2015 Feb;20(1):216-20.
Treatment of central sensitization in patients with 'unexplained' chronic pain: an
update.
Nijs J, Malfliet A, Ickmans K, Baert I, Meeus M.
Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2014 Aug;15(12):1671-83.
Efficacy of a modern neuroscience approach versus usual care evidence-based
physiotherapy on pain, disability and brain characteristics in chronic spinal pain
patients: protocol of a randomized clinical trial.
Dolphens M, Nijs J, Cagnie B, Meeus M, Roussel N, Kregel J, Malfliet A, Vanderstraeten
G, Danneels L.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 May 8;15:149.
The effect of lateral wedge insoles in patients with medial compartment knee
osteoarthritis: balancing biomechanics with pain neuroscience.
Baert IA, Nijs J, Meeus M, Lluch E, Struyf F.
Clin Rheumatol. 2014 Nov;33(11):1529-38.
Exercise, not to exercise, or how to exercise in patients with chronic pain? Applying
science to practice.
Daenen L, Varkey E, Kellmann M, Nijs J.
Clin J Pain. 2015 Feb;31(2):108-14.
A modern neuroscience approach to chronic spinal pain: combining pain neuroscience
education with cognition-targeted motor control training.
Nijs J, Meeus M, Cagnie B, Roussel NA, Dolphens M, Van Oosterwijck J, Danneels L.
Phys Ther. 2014 May;94(5):730-8.
You may need a nerve to treat pain: the neurobiological rationale for vagal nerve
activation in pain management.
De Couck M, Nijs J, Gidron Y.
Clin J Pain. 2014 Dec;30(12):1099-105.
Written pain neuroscience education in fibromyalgia: a multicenter randomized
controlled trial.
van Ittersum MW, van Wilgen CP, van der Schans CP, Lambrecht L, Groothoff JW, Nijs J.
Pain Pract. 2014 Nov;14(8):689-700.
Pain treatment for patients with osteoarthritis and central sensitization.
Lluch Girbés E, Nijs J, Torres-Cueco R, López Cubas C.
Phys Ther. 2013 Jun;93(6):842-51.
From acute musculoskeletal pain to chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia:
application of pain neurophysiology in manual therapy practice.
Nijs J, Van Houdenhove B.
Man Ther. 2009 Feb;14(1):3-12.