Michel Coppieters

Michel Coppieters is a musculoskeletal physiotherapist with a special interest in nerve disorders and pain. Since 2014, he is Professor in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at VU University Amsterdam in The Netherlands. He is program director of the Master of Science in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at VU University Amsterdam, where he directs the new lines of musculoskeletal physiotherapy research. Previously, he was Associate Professor at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, where he taught in the undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy programs. Michel Coppieters was the inaugural director of the Neuropathic Pain Research Group in the Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. His research consists of clinical studies as well as more basic science experiments. With respect to neurodynamics, his research aims to obtain a better understanding of the pathophysiology of nerve injuries, to develop novel treatment approaches for patients with neuropathic pain and to test the clinical efficacy of these programs. Michel Coppieters has published widely on this topic and he presents frequently at national and international conferences.

Below you find a selection of his papers related to neurodynamics. For a comprehensive overview, please visit http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Coppieters+m

Michel want to share his knowlegde with you. That is why he developed his Neurodynamic course.