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Kosaku Aoyagi

Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy and Movement Sciences

Office Building: Campbell Building
Office Room: 115D
Phone: (915) 747-8215
Email: kaoyagi@utep.edu

Bio

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)

Awards and Honors

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)

Education

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)

Publications

Safety and preliminary efficacy of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on chronic knee pain: A pilot trial Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open (in press), Kosaku Aoyagi, E Rivas, R Shababi, R Edwards, M LaValley, J Lechuga, V Napadow, T Neogi.
Relations of Social Determinants of Health to Pain and Function in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis in a Hispanic-dominant Community Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2025), Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, T Neogi, R Edwards, R Shababi, E Rivas, S Bajpeyi, A Mandal, E Moya, J Lechuga.
Preliminary Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Chronic Pain in People with Knee Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 32 (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, Michael LaValley, Robert Edwards, Julia Lechuga, Elias Rivas, Amy E. Wagler, Tuhia Neogi.
Pain Sensitivity and Central Pain Mechanisms among Older Adults Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic Whites: The Role of Daily Activity and Sociocultural Factors Abstract published in: PAIN Journal (2024), Carolina Valencia, Isaac Medina, Jose L. Rivera, Pablo Quiroz, Leonardo Caro Gallegos, Manuel Morales, Kosaku Aoyagi, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Fredy R. Mora Solis.
Reply to” Calculation of the effect of pain sensitization on opioid-induced hyperalgesia in knee osteoarthritis” (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, T Neogi.
Associations of pain sensitivity and conditioned pain modulation with physical activity: findings from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (2024), L Soyoung, N Tuhina, B McGinley, N Wang, L Frey-Law, K Torabian, Kosaku Aoyagi, J Stefanik, L Carlesso, J Hausdorff, E Gazit, N Segal, C Lewis, M Nevitt, D Kumar.
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 (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, SR Jafarzadeh, L Carlesso, L Frey-Law, C Lewis, M Nevitt, T Neogi.
Tailored Yoga Intervention for Postlumbar Spine Surgical Pain Management: A Feasibility Study Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine (2024), N Sharma, H Li, Kosaku Aoyagi, S Ritchey, E Mohr, B Douglas, P Arnold, Y Colgrove.
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.
Opioid induced hyperalgesia in osteoarthritis with Dr Kosaku Aoyagi Joint Action: Osteoarthritis Research Society International (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.
Does weight-bearing versus non-weight-bearing pain reflect different pain mechanisms in knee osteoarthritis?: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 30 4 (2022), Kosaku Aoyagi, J.W. Liew, J.T. Farrar, N. Wang, L. Carlesso, D. Kumar, L. Frey Law, C.E. Lewis, M. Nevitt, T. Neogi.
Associations of Central Pain Sensitization with Wearable Sensor-Derived Gait Complexity and Dynamic Stability in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study IASP World Congress 2022 (2022), Torabian K., Neogi T., Wang N., Aoyagi K.,, Lee S., Stefanik J., Frey-Law L., Carlesso L.,, Hausdorff J., Gazit E., Segal N., Lewis C.,, Kumar. D. Nevitt M..
Associations of Nociceptive Dysfunction with Physical Activity in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2022 (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..
Longitudinal Trajectories of Central Pain Sensitization in People with or at Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis American College of Rheumatology (2022), Kosaku Aoyagi, Neogi T. Nevitt M..
Relation of PainDETECT to Unpredictable Pain in People with or at Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2022 (2022), Aoyagi K., Wang N., Frey-Law L., Rabasa G.,, Lewis CE., Nevitt M., Neogi T..
Sleep quality in individuals with chronic low back pain and central sensitization Physiotherapy Research International (2022), Kosaku Aoyagi, Jianghua He, Daniel J. Clauw, Neena K. Sharma.
Association of Physical Therapy Interventions With Long-term Opioid Use After Total Knee Replacement JAMA Network Open 4 10 (2021), Kosaku Aoyagi, Tuhina Neogi, Christine Peloquin, Maureen Dubreuil, Lee Marinko, James Camarinos, David T. Felson, Deepak Kumar.
Relation of Depressive Symptoms to Alterations in Conditioned Pain Modulation in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY 73 (2021), Kosaku Aoyagi, Lisa Carlesso, Laura Frey-Law, Gabriela Rabasa, Cora Lewis, Michael Nevitt, Tuhina Neogi.
Correlation Between Central Sensitization and Remote Muscle Performance in Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain. Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics 44 1 (2021), Kosaku Aoyagi, N K. Sharma.
Protocol for Testing Yoga to Reduce Post–Lumbar Spine Surgery Pain: A Methodology Article International Journal of Yoga Therapy 31 1 (2021), Neena K. Sharma, Kosaku Aoyagi, Mary K. Crouch Young, Alyssa Parrish, Carol Smith, Douglas C. Burton, Paul M. Arnold, Kelly Colln, Yvonne Colgrove.
Quantifying Lumbar Mobilization With Inertial Measurement Unit Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 43 2 (2020), Fahed Mehyar, Sara E. Wilson, Vincent S. Staggs, Kosaku Aoyagi, Neena K. Sharma.
Association between Opioid Dose, Acute Post-operative Pain and Walking Distance Following Lumbar Spine Surgery. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 45 1 (2020), Kosaku Aoyagi, J He, M Simpson, B L. Melton, S Chandaka, L R. Waitman, N K. Sharma.
BILATERAL SENSORY DEFICITS AND WIDESPREAD HYPERALGESIA OCCUR FOLLOWING INDUCED DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS OF THE QUADRICEPS. International journal of sports physical therapy 15 1 (2020), C A. Courtney, Kosaku Aoyagi, C Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, P Madeleine.
Development of a Pain Sensitivity Index to Examine the Transition from Intermittent to Constant Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY 72 (2020), Kosaku Aoyagi, Lisa Carlesso, S. R. Jafarzadeh, Michael LaValley, Na Wang, Laura F. Law, Beth Lewis, Michael Nevitt, Tuhina Neogi.
Do Weight-bearing versus Non-weight-bearing Pain Reflect Different Pain Mechanisms in Knee Osteoarthritis?: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY 72 (2020), Jean Liew, John Farrar, Na Wang, Lisa Carlesso, Kosaku Aoyagi, Laura F. Law, Cora Lewis, Michael Nevitt, Tuhina Neogi.
Relation of Pain Mechanisms to Development of Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY 72 (2020), Tuhina Neogi, Na Wang, Kosaku Aoyagi, Laura F. Law, Cora Lewis, Michael Nevitt, Lisa Carlesso.

Presentations

Relation of analgesic antidepressants use to pain severity and measures of pain sensitization in knee osteoarthritis (2024), B Mcgingley, Z Wang, Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, M Clancy, L Frey-Law, C Lewis, M Nevitt, C Domg, T Neogi.
Feasibility of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, Levi A. Johnson, E Rivas, R Shababi, R Edwards, J Lechuga, A Wagler, T Neogi.
Differences in Central Pain Mechanisms and Sociocultural factors Among Older Adults Hispanic Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites from the U.S.-Mexico Border (2024), Volume Amsterdam, Carolina Valencia, Isaac Medina, Jose Rivera, Pablo Quiros, Manuel Morales, Kosaku Aoyagi, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Fredy R. Mora Solis.
Pain Sensitivity and Central Pain Mechanisms among Older Adults Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic Whites: The Role of Daily Activity and Sociocultural Factors. (2024), Volume Amsterdam, Carolina Valencia, Isaac Medina, Jose Rivera, Pablo Quiros, Manuel Morales, Kosaku Aoyagi, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Fredy R. Mora Solis.
Relations of Psychological Symptoms to Pain Experience in People with Knee Osteoarthritis in a Predominantly Hispanic Community (2024), N Macias-Esplana, P Hernandez, J Arias, Kosaku Aoyagi.
Social Support and Exercise Effects on Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis (2024), E Lopez, L Barajas, LA Acosta-Lopez, Kosaku Aoyagi.
Preliminary Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in People with Knee Osteoarthritis (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, J Lechuga, A Wagler, T Neogi.
Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Chronic Knee Pain: A Pilot Study (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, R Edwards, E Rivas, A Gomez, C Martinez, J Lechuga, T Neogi.
Sociocultural Influences on Central Pain Mechanisms and Knee Pain in People with Knee Osteoarthritis (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, R Shababi, N Aviles, A Solis, E Perez, G Manriquez, L Rodriguez, T 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.
Longitudinal Trajectories of Central Pain Sensitization in People with or at Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis (2022), Aoyagi K., Wang N., Frey-Law L., Lewis CE., Nevitt M., Neogi T.
Relation of PainDETECT to Unpredictable Pain in People with or at Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis (2022), Aoyagi K., Wang N., Frey-Law L., Rabasa G., Lewis CE., Nevitt M., Neogi T.
Associations of Central Pain Sensitization with Wearable Sensor-Derived Gait Complexity and Dynamic Stability in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (2022), Torabian K., Neogi T., Wang N., Aoyagi K., Lee S., Stefanik J., Frey-Law L., Carlesso L., Hausdorff J., Gazit E., Segal N., Lewis C., Nevitt M., Kumar. D. .
Association of Conditioned Pain Modulation with Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Knee Osteoarthritis (2022), Lee, S., T. Neogi, K. E. Costello, N. Shah, M. J. Rose, B. Friscia, Aoyagi K. Torabian, Kumar D.
Longitudinal Relation of Central Pain Sensitization to Development of Inefficient Descending Pain Inhibition in Knee Osteoarthritis (2022), Aoyagi K., Carlesso L., Wang N., Frey-Law L., Lewis CE., Nevitt M., Neogi T.
Association between Impaired Exercise Induced Hypoalgesia and Physical Activity in People with Knee Osteoarthritis (2022), Mehta A., Costello KE., Rose MJ., Lee S., Frey-Law L., Aoyagi K., Neogi T., Kumar D.

Grants

Prevalence of mental health disorders among patients with chronic pain in the NIH All of Us dataset
Exercise and Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
I-REACH Rural Veterans

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	CHSC 6390 - Directed Study	14223
Fall 2025	CHSC 6398 - Dissertation	14244
Fall 2025	CHSC 6399 - Dissertation	14267
Fall 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	14176
Fall 2025	PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I	13855
Fall 2025	PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I	13856
Fall 2025	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	14199
Fall 2025	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	16768
Fall 2025	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	16769
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14810
Summer 2025	CHSC 6390 - Directed Study	32756
Summer 2025	CHSC 6398 - Dissertation	32764
Summer 2025	CHSC 6399 - Dissertation	33021
Summer 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	32748
Summer 2025	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	32754
Summer 2025	PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT	33488
Summer 2025	PT 6215 - Special Populations	33524
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31236

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14810
Spring 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	25336
Spring 2025	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26593	Syllabus
Spring 2025	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26595
Spring 2025	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26596
Spring 2025	PT 6117 - PT Capstone Project II	23291
Spring 2025	PT 6117 - PT Capstone Project II	23292
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25028
Fall 2024	PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I	14351	Syllabus
Fall 2024	PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I	14352
Fall 2024	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	16280	Syllabus
Fall 2024	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	16282	Syllabus
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15560
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33035
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33036
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33037
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33038
Summer 2024	PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT	33429	Syllabus
Summer 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31309
Spring 2024	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26368	Syllabus Additional File
Spring 2024	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26369	Syllabus Additional File
Spring 2024	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26370	Syllabus Additional File
Spring 2024	PT 6117 - PT Capstone Project II	23756	Syllabus
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	26016
Fall 2023	PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I	15323	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I	15330	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	15679	Syllabus Additional File
Fall 2023	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	15680	Syllabus Additional File
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	17071
Summer 2023	PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT	35660	Syllabus
Summer 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32611
Spring 2023	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26738	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26739	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26743	Syllabus
Spring 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	27610
Fall 2022	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	20513
Fall 2022	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	20514

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	16280	Evaluation
Fall 2024	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	16282	Evaluation
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33035	Evaluation
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33036	Evaluation
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33037	Evaluation
Summer 2024	PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills	33038	Evaluation
Summer 2024	PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT	33429	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	15679	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	15680	Evaluation
Summer 2023	PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT	35660	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26738	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26739	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis	26743	Evaluation
Fall 2022	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	20513	Evaluation
Fall 2022	PT 6206 - Tests and Measures	20514	Evaluation

Bio

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)

Awards and Honors

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)

Publications

Safety and preliminary efficacy of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on chronic knee pain: A pilot trial Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open (in press), Kosaku Aoyagi, E Rivas, R Shababi, R Edwards, M LaValley, J Lechuga, V Napadow, T Neogi.
Relations of Social Determinants of Health to Pain and Function in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis in a Hispanic-dominant Community Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2025), Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, T Neogi, R Edwards, R Shababi, E Rivas, S Bajpeyi, A Mandal, E Moya, J Lechuga.
Preliminary Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Chronic Pain in People with Knee Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 32 (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, Michael LaValley, Robert Edwards, Julia Lechuga, Elias Rivas, Amy E. Wagler, Tuhia Neogi.
Pain Sensitivity and Central Pain Mechanisms among Older Adults Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic Whites: The Role of Daily Activity and Sociocultural Factors Abstract published in: PAIN Journal (2024), Carolina Valencia, Isaac Medina, Jose L. Rivera, Pablo Quiroz, Leonardo Caro Gallegos, Manuel Morales, Kosaku Aoyagi, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Fredy R. Mora Solis.
Reply to” Calculation of the effect of pain sensitization on opioid-induced hyperalgesia in knee osteoarthritis” (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, T Neogi.

Presentations

Relation of analgesic antidepressants use to pain severity and measures of pain sensitization in knee osteoarthritis (2024), B Mcgingley, Z Wang, Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, M Clancy, L Frey-Law, C Lewis, M Nevitt, C Domg, T Neogi.
Feasibility of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, M LaValley, Levi A. Johnson, E Rivas, R Shababi, R Edwards, J Lechuga, A Wagler, T Neogi.
Differences in Central Pain Mechanisms and Sociocultural factors Among Older Adults Hispanic Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites from the U.S.-Mexico Border (2024), Volume Amsterdam, Carolina Valencia, Isaac Medina, Jose Rivera, Pablo Quiros, Manuel Morales, Kosaku Aoyagi, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Fredy R. Mora Solis.
Pain Sensitivity and Central Pain Mechanisms among Older Adults Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic Whites: The Role of Daily Activity and Sociocultural Factors. (2024), Volume Amsterdam, Carolina Valencia, Isaac Medina, Jose Rivera, Pablo Quiros, Manuel Morales, Kosaku Aoyagi, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Fredy R. Mora Solis.
Relations of Psychological Symptoms to Pain Experience in People with Knee Osteoarthritis in a Predominantly Hispanic Community (2024), N Macias-Esplana, P Hernandez, J Arias, Kosaku Aoyagi.

Prevalence of mental health disorders among patients with chronic pain in the NIH All of Us dataset
Exercise and Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
I-REACH Rural Veterans

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CHSC 6390 - Directed Study

Section

14223

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CHSC 6398 - Dissertation

Section

14244

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CHSC 6399 - Dissertation

Section

14267

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CHSC 6385 - Independent Study

Section

14176

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I

Section

13855

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I

Section

13856

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

CHSC 6388 - Research Applications

Section

14199

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

16768

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

16769

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14810

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

CHSC 6390 - Directed Study

Section

32756

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

CHSC 6398 - Dissertation

Section

32764

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

CHSC 6399 - Dissertation

Section

33021

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

CHSC 6385 - Independent Study

Section

32748

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

CHSC 6388 - Research Applications

Section

32754

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT

Section

33488

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

PT 6215 - Special Populations

Section

33524

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31236

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14810

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CHSC 6385 - Independent Study

Section

25336

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26593

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26595

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26596

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PT 6117 - PT Capstone Project II

Section

23291

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

PT 6117 - PT Capstone Project II

Section

23292

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

25028

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I

Section

14351

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I

Section

14352

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

16280

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

16282

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15560

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33035

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33036

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33037

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33038

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT

Section

33429

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31309

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26368

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26369

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26370

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PT 6117 - PT Capstone Project II

Section

23756

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

26016

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I

Section

15323

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PT 6116 - PT Capstone Project I

Section

15330

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

15679

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

15680

Syllabus

Syllabus
Additional File

Term

Fall 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

17071

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT

Section

35660

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

32611

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26738

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26739

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26743

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

27610

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

20513

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

20514

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

16280

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

16282

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33035

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33036

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33037

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6208 - Patient Care Skills

Section

33038

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT

Section

33429

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

15679

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

15680

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2023

Course

PT 6216 - Research Methods for PT

Section

35660

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26738

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26739

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PT 6407 - Med Kines and Motion Analysis

Section

26743

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

20513

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PT 6206 - Tests and Measures

Section

20514

Evaluation

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