Physical Therapist and rehabilitation scientist whose research expertise is pain mechanisms, especially central pain mechanisms, in knee osteoarthritis (OA) and chronic low back pain (CLBP)

• NIH All of Us Biomedical Researcher Scholars Award - Baylor College of Medicine (03/01/2024-03/31/2024)
• STAR@UTEP Program (NIH Jumpstart mentorship program) - ORSP, University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
• VERITY/Brigham Course and Mentorship Program in Rheumatology Clinical Research Award - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (05/01/2022-05/31/2022)
• Open Access Author Fund Award - The University of Kansas Medical Center (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
• KUMC SGC Travel Award - The University of Kansas Medical Center (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award - The University of Kansas Medical Center (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
• Ringle-Norton Health Professions Scholarship - The University of Kansas Medical Center (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
• The UIC Department of PT Award - The University of Illinois at Chicago (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
• The Van Doren Scholarship - The University of Illinois at Chicago (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
• Director’s Award - Nishi-Fukuoka Hospital (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine (2022)
• Ph D in Rehabilitation Science, The University of Kansas Medical Center (2019)
• MS in Rehabilitation Science, The University of Illinois at Chicago (2015)
• BS in Physical Therapy, National Hospital Organization Sendai Medical Center Rehabilitation School (2005)

• Opioid induced hyperalgesia in osteoarthritis with Dr Kosaku Aoyagi Joint Action: Osteoarthritis Research Society International (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi.
• Mediating Effect of Pain Sensitization on the Paradoxical Relation of Taking Opioids to Pain Severity in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Arthritis Care & Research (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi.
• Roles of physical therapists in interdisciplinary teams for chronic pain management The Journal of Manual Physical Therapy (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi.
• Delayed timing of physical therapy initiation increases the risk of future opioid use in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a real-world cohort study British Journal of Sports Medicine (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi.
• Post-surgical contributors to persistent knee pain following knee replacement: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi, Laura F. Law, Lisa Carlesso, Michael Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, Na Wang, Tuhina Neogi.

• Current assessment and treatment strategies for central pain mechanisms (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi.
• The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Pressure Pain Thresholds in People with Chronic Low Back Pain (2023), Yoshiro Takano, Kosaku Aoyagi.
• Longitudinal Relation of Central Pain Sensitization to Development of Inefficient Descending Pain Inhibition in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi, Lisa Carlesso, Na Wang, Laura Frey-Law, Cora Lewis, Michael Nevitt, Tuhina Neogi.
• Longitudinal Trajectories of Pain Sensitization in People with or at Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis (2023), Kosaku Aoyagi, Na Wang, Laura Frey-Law, Cora Lewis, Michael Nevitt, Tuhina Neogi.
• Associations of Nociceptive Dysfunction with Physical Activity in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (2022), Kumar D., Wang N., Torabian K., Aoyagi K., Stefanik J., Frey-Law L., Carlesso L., Hausdorff J., Gazit E., Segal N., Lewis CE., Nevitt M., Neogi T.

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