Jo Nijs

Jo Nijs, PT, MT, PhD, is an associate professor in Physiotherapy, Human Physiology, and Anatomy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. He is a physiotherapist/manual therapist at the University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium and holder of the Chair 'Exercise immunology and chronic fatigue in health and disease' funded by the European College for Decongestive Lymphatic Therapy. He runs the international research group [www.paininmotion.be Our Pain in Motion] which studies the interactions between pain and body movement and focuses on central sensitization in various chronic pain disorders including fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Notable studies

 * 2018, Cerebral Blood Flow and Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Cross-Over Study (Full Text)
 * 2014, Altered immune response to exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a systematic literature review (Full Text)
 * 2013, The role of mitochondrial dysfunctions due to oxidative and nitrosative stress in the chronic pain or chronic fatigue syndromes and fibromyalgia patients: peripheral and central mechanisms as therapeutic targets? (Abstract)

Talks and interviews

 * 2015, Exercise therapy for chronic pain: retraining mind & brain
 * 2014, Treatment of central sensitization pain: targeting bottom-up or top-down mechanisms?

Online presence

 * RearchGate
 * The World Confederation for Physical Therapy Biography

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 * Institution