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Overview

Jo Nijs is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on medicine, with significant contributions in pharmacology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research spans multiple topics including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, pain mechanisms and treatments, pain management and placebo effect, sleep and related disorders, pediatric pain management techniques, and cancer survivorship and care.

Recent papers authored by Jo Nijs include:

  • "Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine," 2021, The Lancet Rheumatology
  • "Nociplastic Pain Criteria or Recognition of Central Sensitization? Pain Phenotyping in the Past, Present and Future," 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Integrating Motivational Interviewing in Pain Neuroscience Education for People With Chronic Pain: A Practical Guide for Clinicians," 2020, Physical Therapy

Other notable recent works where Jo Nijs appears as a co-author include:

  • "Chronic nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system: clinical criteria and grading system," 2021, Pain (authored by Eva Kosek)
  • "Do Nutritional Factors Interact with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain? A Systematic Review," 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine (authored by Ömer Elma)

Jo Nijs frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors in their field. The most frequent collaborators include:

  • Anneleen Malfliet (48 collaborations)
  • Iris Coppieters (38 collaborations)
  • Eva Huysmans (36 collaborations)
  • Kelly Ickmans (34 collaborations)
  • Mira Meeus (31 collaborations)

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in journals such as the Journal of Clinical Medicine, Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, Pain, Physical Therapy, and Pain Medicine, reflecting their research focus in clinical and therapeutic aspects of pain and rehabilitation.

Best Publications

  • Central sensitization: a biopsychosocial explanation for chronic widespread pain in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

    Mira Meeus;Jo Nijs

  • Recognition of central sensitization in patients with musculoskeletal pain: Application of pain neurophysiology in manual therapy practice

    Jo Nijs;Boudewijn Van Houdenhove;Rob A.B. Oostendorp

  • Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Pain-Free and Chronic Pain Populations: State of the Art and Future Directions

    David Rice;Jo Nijs;Eva Kosek;Timothy Wideman

  • How to explain central sensitization to patients with ‘unexplained’ chronic musculoskeletal pain: Practice guidelines

    Jo Nijs;C. Paul van Wilgen;Jessica Van Oosterwijck;Miriam van Ittersum;Miriam van Ittersum

  • Chronic nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system: clinical criteria and grading system.

    Eva Kosek;Eva Kosek;Daniel Clauw;Jo Nijs;Jo Nijs;Ralf Baron

  • Evidence for central sensitization in patients with osteoarthritis pain: a systematic literature review.

    E. Lluch;E. Lluch;R. Torres;J. Nijs;J. Van Oosterwijck;J. Van Oosterwijck

  • Assessment of the strength of proximal femur in vitro: Relationship to femoral bone mineral density and femoral geometry

    X G Cheng;G Lowet;Steven Boonen;P H Nicholson

  • Applying modern pain neuroscience in clinical practice: criteria for the classification of central sensitization pain.

    J. Nijs;Rafael Torres-Cueco;C. Paul Van Wilgen;Enrique Lluch Girbés

  • Central sensitization and altered central pain processing in chronic low back pain: fact or myth?

    Nathalie A Roussel;Jo Nijs;Mira Meeus;Veit Mylius

  • Dysfunctional Endogenous Analgesia During Exercise in Patients with Chronic Pain: To Exercise or Not to Exercise?

    Jo Nijs;Eva Kosek;Jessica Van Oosterwijck;Mira Meeus

  • Low back pain: guidelines for the clinical classification of predominant neuropathic, nociceptive, or central sensitization pain.

    Jo Nijs;Adri Apeldoorn;Hank Hallegraeff;Jacqui Clark

  • Pain Physiology Education Improves Pain Beliefs in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Compared With Pacing and Self-Management Education: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

    Mira Meeus;Jo Nijs;Jessica Van Oosterwijck;Veerle Van Alsenoy

  • Thinking beyond muscles and joints: Therapists' and patients' attitudes and beliefs regarding chronic musculoskeletal pain are key to applying effective treatment

    Jo Nijs;Nathalie Roussel;Nathalie Roussel;C. Paul van Wilgen;Albère Köke

  • Structural and functional brain abnormalities in chronic low back pain: A systematic review☆

    Jeroen Kregel;Mira Meeus;Mira Meeus;Anneleen Malfliet;Mieke Dolphens

  • Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine

    Jo Nijs;Jo Nijs;Steven Z George;Daniel J Clauw;César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

  • Evidence for central sensitization in chronic whiplash: A systematic literature review

    J. Van Oosterwijck;J. Nijs;M. Meeus;L. Paul

  • Reduced pressure pain thresholds in response to exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome but not in chronic low back pain: an experimental study.

    Mira Meeus;Nathalie A Roussel;Steven Truijen;Jo Nijs

  • Pain Physiology Education Improves Health Status and Endogenous Pain Inhibition in Fibromyalgia: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

    Jessica Van Oosterwijck;Mira Meeus;Lorna Paul;Mieke De Schryver

  • Scapular positioning and movement in unimpaired shoulders, shoulder impingement syndrome, and glenohumeral instability

    F. Struyf;J. Nijs;J.-P. Baeyens;S. Mottram

  • The effects of lifestyle, dietary dairy intake and diabetes on bone density and vertebral deformity prevalence: the EVOS study.

    M Lunt;P Masaryk;C Scheidt-Nave;J Nijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Romain Meeusen
Romain Meeusen Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Patrick Cras
Patrick Cras University of Antwerp
Garth L. Nicolson
Garth L. Nicolson University of Helsinki
Erik Fransen
Erik Fransen University of Antwerp
Hans Knoop
Hans Knoop Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Daniel J. Clauw
Daniel J. Clauw University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gijs Bleijenberg
Gijs Bleijenberg Radboud University
César Fernández-de-las-Peñas
César Fernández-de-las-Peñas King Juan Carlos University
Deborah Falla
Deborah Falla University of Birmingham
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez Ghent University

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